IS this a dunnock?

[wildfirejc]

It comes by every morning since a week ago and sings it's heart out.
Looks like a sparrow but has a thin sharp beak like a robin.
I even recorded his song.
Can anyone identify it please? I think it's a dunnock

[nikolai_avenger]

Yes, a dunnock.

[Gill Catton]

Yes is a dunnock, a lovely hurried little song - one of the first species in the year to start territorial song. They appear just grey and brown at distance but the plumage is actually quite beautiful up close. (and they have very interesting courtship)

[wildfirejc]

Thanks! Now I can tell my husband what it is and put him out of his misery.

[toadpole]

i remember hearing the most beautiful bird song one summer just before dusk 4 years ago ,and put it down to being a Robins song ...then a few days later i actually saw this little Dunnock singing his heart out in a neighbours tree ......and it has been one of my favourite birds to listen to from then on ....and perhaps he has much to sing about because of his ''unusual courtship'' as Gill Catton put it little devils .....Marion

[lilyrose]

We have one sitting on a fence just like in your photo - he is so brave and just sits there as we walk past him, it's like he is telling us off!!

[faz]

its a dunnock welcome to WAB wildfirejc

[Redrob]

Yes! Dunnock (Hedge Sparrow)
We have one that starts singing 4.30 -5.00am out-side our bedroom window every morning.
Nice bird with a lovely song!!