Course curriculum

  • 1

    Week 1

  • 2

    Weeks 2 & 3: Getting to know the neighbourhood

    • Types of bird sound

    • Dunnock

    • Great Tit

    • Greenfinch

    • Blue Tit

    • Magpie, Carrion Crow, Rook and Jackdaw

    • All week 2/3 audio in one

  • 3

    Week 4 & 5: Neighbourhood, part 2

    • The sit-spot technique

    • Woodpigeon and Collared Dove

    • Goldfinch

    • Chiffchaff

    • Blackcap

    • All audio in one
  • 4

    Weeks 6 & 7: Woodland

    • Willow Warbler

    • Great Spotted Woodpecker

    • Green Woodpecker

    • Nuthatch

    • Coal Tit

    • Goldcrest

    • Bullfinch

    • All week 6/7 audio in one

  • 5

    Weeks 8 & 9: Farmland and open country

    • Common Whitethroat & Lesser Whitethroat

    • Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin

    • Yellowhammer

    • Skylark

    • All week 8-9 audio in one

  • 6

    Week 10: Late spring into summer

    • Introduction to the final week

    • Sedge and Reed Warbler

    • Swift

    • Turtle Dove

    • Nightjar

    • All final lessons audio in one