A beginner's guide to... woodland birds

A beginner's guide to... woodland birds

From Wilder Lincolnshire Podcast by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

April 17, 2026 · 21 min

About this episode

The episode serves as a beginner's guide to woodland birds, focusing on their calls, songs, and identifiable characteristics.

Enjoy the first episode in what will be an educational series of 'a beginner's guide to' with bird expert and Gibraltar Point Warden Richard Doan. The series is intended to help you learn the basics from calls and songs to easily identifiable characteristics of the particular group of birds featured in the episode. First up, it is our woodland birds. Audio credits Some bird sound recordings featured in this episode were sourced from Xeno-canto. All recordings remain the property of their respective recordists and are used in accordance with their stated Creative Commons licences. All recordings have been credited to their original recordist. These sounds were included for education purposes and used only in non-monetised content. For full details, please refer to the original recordings on Xeno-canto. Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) call by He Wenjin/文进 ( XC1019733 ); European green woodpecker (Picusviridis) flight call by Mark Plummer ( XC1086852 ); Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) drumming by Paul Driver ( XC778156 ); Great tit (Parus major) song by david m ( XC180727 ); Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) song by david m ( XC910883 ); Long-tailed tit…

People in this episode

Guest: Richard Doan

Topics covered

  • woodland birds
  • bird calls
  • bird songs
  • bird identification
  • nature education

Keywords

  • woodland birds
  • bird expert
  • bird calls
  • bird songs
  • identification

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, Xeno-canto

Products: Great spotted woodpecker, European green woodpecker, Great tit, Blue tit, Long-tailed tit, European robin, Eurasian Wren, Dunnock

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