What bird is singing here.

sharki · #1 (**permalink**) 18-02-2011, 08:10 PM

Hi.

Can somebody please identify the bird singing away in the back ground on my video?

I filmed it in the south west, in a woodland last March.

I think it's a Coal tit..

Thanks, this is only my third post on here, but have been using the site for research recently and it's been a great help for me to catalogue the beasties in my many photo's

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Dogghound · #2 (**permalink**) 18-02-2011, 08:14 PM

Great tit

Dragonyka · #3 (**permalink**) 18-02-2011, 08:29 PM

Oooh! That one drove me mad all summer last year

. It sounds like a squeaky seesaw to me, but my parents (who were my only bird id-ing resource aren't great at their songs) couldn't tell me what it was from my description. Now I know it, I won't forget though

thunder · #4 (**permalink**) 18-02-2011, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragonyka

Oooh! That one drove me mad all summer last year

. It sounds like a squeaky seesaw to me, but my parents (who were my only bird id-ing resource aren't great at their songs) couldn't tell me what it was from my description. Now I know it, I won't forget though

One of the old country names for Great Tit is Saw-sharp, and if you have ever sharpened a saw with a file you will know why.

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