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Thought this would be interesting and fun to write about. This will include your day to day lives whilst doing other things. The bird I can hear at the moment is The Blackbird.
Nice idea Euan!
A 30 seconds listen once it stopped snowing produced Blackbird,Song and Mistle Thrush,Great Tit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Wren and Yellowhammer plus something tapping ( Nuthatch or GSWoodie the obvious suspects).
First singer this morning was (predictably) a Robin.
90 minutes on, and spotting this thread, I opened the back door for 10 minutes and there’s a faint Blackcap on the other side of the stream at the bottom of the garden, a nearer Chiffchaff, a noisy Blackbird and a couple of Great Tit
Spring-tastic
I can hear the robin singing. I don’t understand how he has the time to do so considering he is feeding his chicks relentlessly, as does his female companion. They have a nest in the clematis right in front of the kitchen door.
Another 30seconds’ listen at exactly 06h00 produced Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Black Redstart and Fieldfare (a couple of pairs nest near the house).
(Hong Kong) Right where I live, I often hear Large Hawk Cuckoo and Plaintive Cuckoo in the spring. On occasion one can also hear an Indian Cuckoo. Sometimes they sing well into the night.
I mention these because they are more interesting. Other urban birds here also vocalise plenty. Asian Koel and Greater Coucal are resident cuckoos, as opposed to the above which are summer visitors. Lots of smaller passerines can catch your ear in my neighbourhood.
Factoids:
Though loud, the three cuckoos with which I started this answer are not easy to see properly in Hong Kong. As far as the difficulty of getting good views, I would almost compare Indian Cuckoo to Common Quail or Cetti's Warbler.
Back at Oxford I used to know someone (not a birder) who wrote on his Facebook wall that he wishes that these loud robins wouldn't drive him to distraction in the morning. I was surprised that this dislike exists, but it seems that it does - perhaps the very same that inspired the song by the Wurzels, "Where be the Blackbird to".