First birdsong! (2 Viewers)

[Andy Lakin]

Obviously not singing but was very pleased to spot a pair of Long Tailed Tits putting the finishing touches to their nest. Still amuses me when.you get a few different Great Tits singing like today and they all sound different to each other.

 

[foresttwitcher]

First singing Chiffchaff of the year for me this morning - it must be spring!

 

[foresttwitcher]

First singing Blackcap & Willow Warbler for me this morning at College Lake, Herts..

 

[jogresh]

Singing Willow Warbler in my concrete back yard yesterday was nice.
Starlings been singing cheerily for a good while now - however, new for me was one imitating a Chough! (I get real Choughs calling from the house from time to time).
Lovely to encounter 4 different pairs of Long Tailed Tits nest building, 1 pair collecting spider's webs in Ivy, totally unconcerned! 🤩🐦

 

[maplekong]

First chiffchaff in local park yesterday, skylark above Stonehenge on Saturday, my first.

 

[jogresh]

First Robin singing since their high summer lull, yesterday morning. A bit tentative and fairly short, but there it was. Sang again today too. Wonderful! 🤩👍🐦

 

[pianoman]

Next year, as usual, I will be listening out for the first "spring" song (actually February) which is the heartening jingle of the Dunnock. Then you know the winter won't last forever

 

[jogresh]

Yes cracking things to be fair. Can still remember the first time I really listened to one as a kid in my mate's back garden prior to some footy, y'know, jumpers for goalposts.

 

[jogresh]

A new "thing" for me a couple of days ago - a Great Spot Woody drumming, post-breeding.. 🤔 Heard it Mon & Tue mornings in north Cheshire. There were Coal and Great Tits singing too, but that's a bit more expected.
As Martin Garner used to say - always learning. 🙂👍🐦

 

[jogresh]

I'm sitting underneath a Pine (not Scots - Maritime?) with a Goldcrest singing away. This is Wythenshawe Park, Manchester. 20 mins ago a Great Tit was also in song; quite mild today, c. 12 deg C.
A Song Thrush was in full song, though briefly, about 3-4 weeks ago, when a Starling was singing away from inside a nesting cavity in our house. And my notes tell me that my first autumn Robin re-started on Aug 12th! 🙂🐦🐦

 

[jogresh]

Tuesday 17th Dec was another very mild day, and lo! and behold - a Blackbird was singing it's full song 🎵 from the top of a house across the road. Only brief, bit lovely to hear for the first time since... when? This year I tried to notice when I heard my last Blackbird, I think it was very early July - it kind of went less and less warbly, quieter and shorter phrases before finally petering out altogether. So it was really nice to hear one singing again for the first time in 5 months. Hopefully it won't be too long til the next burst, tho it's turned very cold and Sunday will be bitter northerlies. 🙄🤷🐦