Bird song CD's (1 Viewer)

[Keith Dickinson]

Hi folks,
Just a quick line to let you know that next weekend The Independent newspaper will be giving away 2 CD's of British bird song.
First CD on Sat 20th and the second on Sun 21st. So for less than a fiver you can swot up bird songs at any time.
The ad didn't give any listings for the CD's but they carry the RSPB badge on them therefore they should be decent quality.

 

[Fat Rat]

Hi Keith

I have that set in my phone as a reminder, I have been thinking about getting a bird song cd for a while but was not to sure where to get one, problem solved

 

[JRE]

Thanks Keith, will definitely get a copy of the Independent

 

[pie]

Great!! Thanks so much for the tip, that sounds like an offer we cant refuse.
Ta Keith!

 

[Dizzy]

Brilliant! Thanks very much Keith. I've made a note to buy the Independent next week.

Best wishes

 

[Ruth Daniel]

Oh dear!!!!
I bought one yesterday from RSPB Conwy...mind it's a cracker with 175 songs and calls on 2 CD's so I'm not too disapointed!!
Thanks anyway Keith,
Best wishes,

 

[Angelface]

Hi Keith,
Thats just what I need so I will be getting the Independent as well. :t:

 

[walt-m]

Hi Keith
Thanks for the tip of i was about to order them but now Ill wait and get the paper on sat& sun.
all the best Keith.

 

[Wendy Morris]

Cheers Keith, you never know, I may even become a convert to the paper too!

 

[Gill Osborne]

I've just finished listening to the CD and it IS good! :t:

And how did I get a preview 24 hours before anybody else? Simple...I work in a newsagent LOL Snaffled my copy a day early and can thoroughly recommend it as a good basic cd to help you id various bird song and calls.

This first cd has 50 birds ranging from Aquatic Warbler up to Lesser spotted Woodpecker. I imagine Sunday's paper will have the birds L - Z There is also a small factsheet included with a small picture of each bird next to a decription of it.

I found the three woodpecker calls invaluable......I now know what to listen out for in Hulne Park and elsewhere on my travels. And I've realised that that bizarre wild call I heard on January 1st WAS a Green Woodie - just got to catch a sighting of it now!

 

[Wendy Morris]

Thanks again Keith, got them both now and will listen with great interest. I`m fairly good on visual identification, but sounds have let me down. Plenty of time to listen before the leaves are back on the trees and hiding the birds!

 

[JRE]

Who, who, who is is going to hear a Common Scoter or an Aquatic Warbler in Britain unless they're a birder??? And the CDs are for the public! Next thing we know, ther'll be reports all over Britain of Eider's in people's gardens!

 

[BazR]

Hi Jyothi.
I would hope that there is a bit of tongue-in-cheek in your comments. If the two birds that you mention are the only two on the discs that one is unlikely to hear, then I say well done the RSPB and Independent. All ' birders ' are ' members of the public ', and it's the non-committed members of the public who are tomorrows ' birders ', and hopefully conservationists. Anything that can be done to create, or increase awareness in birds and nature in general cannot be a bad thing surely. As for Eiders being reported in people's gardens, so what? It's up to people like us on the boards to put the people making such reports right. Who knows, from an interest being shown in their comments, we might get a few more birders. More birders usually means more bird care, which can't be bad.

All the best.
Baz

 

[pie]

Hi All,
I'm chuffed to bits with the CD's.
I listened to them when cooking dinner, just glancing to check "who's who".

There's no mistaking the wonderful haunting sound of the Bittern, I now know what to listen out for.

(Ooo, sorry folks, I don't mean to keep harping on about the Bittern)

Thanks again for the reminder Keith.

 

[bill moss]

Hi Jyothi,

Just to say that I'm with Baz on this, surely the point of this kind of 'freebie' is to introduce as many people as possible to the DIFFERENT sounds that birds make. If there are 100 on the discs then the chances of the average person hearing more than about 30% of them is quite small, but who knows, people do go on holidays etc.

You're entitled to your own opinion of course but I would suggest that the only time to criticise is if they have left off some common birds in order to make space for the more esoteric ones.

As far as Eiders are concerned, to me they are one of the most memorable of all bird sounds.

Bill.

 

[Chris Oates]

If anyone missed this great offer the CD collection to get is Geoff Sample's Bird Songs and Calls of Britain and Northern Europe.
Get it from Amazon