Course curriculum

  • 1

    Week 1: Pre-spring introduction

    • Welcome

    • Ways of learning birdsong

    • Types of bird sound

    • Platforms for the course

    • Soundscape - 50 Birds

    • Survey

    • All week 1 audio in one
  • 2

    Week 2: Garden birds - part 1

    • Introduction to week 2

    • Blackbird

    • Robin

    • Wren

    • Song Thrush

    • Dunnock

    • Great Tit

    • Chaffinch

    • All week 2 audio in one

  • 3

    Week 3: Garden birds - part 2

    • Introduction to week 3

    • Goldfinch

    • Greenfinch

    • Starling

    • Pied Wagtail and House Sparrow

    • Blue Tit

    • Magpie, Carrion Crow, Rook and Jackdaw

    • Woodpigeon and Collared Dove

    • All week 3 audio in one
  • 4

    Week 4: Early Spring arrivals

    • Introduction to week 4

    • Mistle Thrush

    • Great Spotted Woodpecker

    • Nuthatch

    • Chiffchaff

    • Willow Warbler

    • Blackcap

    • All week 4 audio in one
  • 5

    Week 5: Farm and open country birds

    • Introduction to week 5

    • Skylark

    • Meadow Pipit

    • Lapwing

    • Yellowhammer

    • Linnet

    • Corn Bunting

    • All week 5 audio in one
  • 6

    Week 6: Woodland birds - part 1

    • Introduction to week 6

    • Bullfinch

    • Treecreeper

    • Green Woodpecker

    • Jay

    • Stock Dove

    • Nightingale

    • How to sit-spot

    • All week 6 audio in one
  • 7

    Week 7: Mid-Spring arrivals

    • Introduction to week 7

    • Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin

    • Sedge and Reed Warbler

    • Common Whitethroat & Lesser Whitethroat

    • All week 7 audio in one

  • 8

    Week 8: Woodland birds - part 2

    • Introduction to week 8

    • Goldcrest

    • Coal Tit

    • Siskin

    • Common Crossbill

    • Test your ears! 40+ birds for British Birdsong 101

    • All week 8 audio in one
  • 9

    Week 9: Heathland birds

    • Introduction to week 9

    • Dartford Warbler

    • Common Redstart

    • Cuckoo

    • Nightjar

    • Stonechat

    • Woodcock

    • Tree Pipit

    • Woodlark

    • All week 9 audio in one

  • 10

    Week 10: Summer arrivals

    • Introduction to week 10

    • Spotted Flycatcher

    • Garden Warbler

    • Turtle Dove

    • Swift

    • Final thoughts

    • All week 10 audio in one