British Bird Sounds on CD (British Library - British Library Sound Archive)
British Bird Sounds on CD (British Library - British Library Sound Archive) book cover

British Bird Sounds on CD (British Library - British Library Sound Archive)

Audio CD – Audiobook, January 1, 2001

Price
$13.65
Publisher
British Library Publishing
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0712305129
Dimensions
5.5 x 1 x 5 inches
Weight
4.7 ounces

Description

"This new CD from the British Library is going to help me continue to find out more about the fascinating world of British wildlife, and, when out and about, will help me identify the sounds I’m listening to, which will let me know what I’m looking for.”—Kaye Jemmeson, Wear Valley Mercury (Kaye Jemmeson Wear Valley Mercury )

Features & Highlights

  • This is a guide to all British birds whose sounds are likely to be encountered by the average birdwatcher. A total of 175 species are heard ranging from the familiar tawny owl to the very rare call of the bittern. This is an authorititive guide and an ideal gift for anyone wishing to learn the sounds of the great variety of birds that can be seen and heard throughout the season. A perennial bestseller. Includes an introductory booklet.

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list of bird songs

Disk 1 - non-passerines
1 black throated diver
2 red-throated diver
3 little grebe
4 great crested grebe
5 fulmar
6 manx shearwater
7 storm petrel
8 gannet
9 bittern
10 grey heron
11 bewick's swan
12 whopper swan
13 bean goose
14 pink-footed goose
15 white-fronted goose
16 greyleag goose
17 canada goose
18 barnacle goose
19 brent goose
20 shelduck
21 teal
22 wigeon
23 gadwall
24 mallard
25 pintail
26 shoveler
27 tufted duck
28 eider
29 long-tailed duck
30 osprey
31 buzzard
32 sparrowhawk
33 kestrel
34 hobby
35 peregrine
36 red grouse
37 black grouse
38 capercaillie
39 red-legged patridge
40 grey partridge
41 quail
42 pheasant
43 water rail
44 corncrake
45 moorhen
46 coot
47 oystercatcher
48 avocet
49 stone curlew
50 little ringed plover
51 ringer plover
52 golden plover
53 grey plover
54 lapwing
55 dunlin
56 snipe
57 woodcock
58 whimbrel
59 curlew
60 spotted redshank
61 redshank
62 greenshank
63 green sandpiper
64 common sandpiper
65 turnstone
66 arctic skua
67 black-headed gull
68 common gull
69 herring gull
70 leser black-backed gull
71 great black-backed gull
72 kittiwake
73 sandwich tern
74 common tern
75 artctic tern
76 little tern
77 guillemot
78 razorbill
79 black guillemot
80 puffin
81 stock dove
82 woodpigeon
83 collared dove
84 turtle dove
85 cuckoo
86 barn owl
87 little owl
88 tawny owl
89 long-eared owl
90 short-eared owl
91 nightjar
92 swift
93 kingfisher
94 green woodpecker
95 great spotted woodpecker
96 lesser spotted woodpecker

Disk 2 - passerines
1 woodlark
2 skylark
3 swallow
4 sand martin
5 house martin
6 tree pipit
7 meadow pipit
8 rock pipit
9 yellow wagtail
10 grey wagtail
11 pied wagtail
12 wren
14 dunnock
15 robin
16 nightingale
17 black redstart
18 redstart
19 whinchat
20 stonechat
21 wheatear
22 blackbird
23 mistle thruch
24 song thrush
25 ring ouzel
26 fieldfare
27 redwing
28 cetti's warbler
29 grasshopper warbler
30 sedge warbler
31 marsh warbler
32 reed warbler
33 dartford warbler
34 lesser whitethroat
35 whitethroat
36 garden warbler
37 blackcap
38 wood warbler
39 chiffcharr
40 willow warbler
41 goldcrest
42 firecrest
43 spotted flycatcher
44 pied flycatcher
45 bearded tit
46 long-tailed tit
47 willow tit
48 marsh tit
49 coal tit
50 great tit
51 blue tit
52 nuthatch
53 treecreeper
54 jay
55 magpie
56 chough
57 jackdaw
58 rook
59 carrion crow
60 raven
61 starling
62 house sparrow
63 tree sparrow
64 chaffinch
65 brambling
66 goldfinch
67 greenfinch
68 siskin
69 redpoll
70 linnet
71 twite
72 crossbill
73 bullfinch
74 hawfinch
75 snow bnting
76 yellowhammer
77 cirl bunting
78 reed bunting
79 corn bunting

duration for both disks combined 151 minutes
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