JAY

Garrulus glandarius

Gosforth Park NR, Northumberland

April 2009

calls  (7 secs)

MAGPIE

Pica pica

1) Backworth, Northumberland

Dec 2010

2) Wallsend Swallow Pond, Northumberland

November 2012

calls  (14 secs)

calls  (14 secs)

CHOUGH

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax    

Islay, Argyll, Scotland

March 2010

calls  (10 secs)

JACKDAW

Corvus monedula   

1. Thorneyburn, Northumberland

Dec  2009

2. Brada Quarry, Northumberland

January 2011

calls  (6 secs)

calls  (15 secs)

ROOK

Corvus frugilegus    

Elford, Northumberland

Dec  2008

calls at Rookery  (7 secs)

CARRION CROW

Corvus corone

East Chevington NR, Northumberland

November 2010

calls  (3 secs)

MARSH TIT

Poecile palustris

Felton Lane, Northumberland

January 2022

calls/song  (27 secs)

WILLOW TIT

Poecile montana

Marden Quarry, Whitley Bay, Northumberland

September 2018

call  (19 secs)

COAL TIT

Periparus ater

Harwood Forest, Northumberland

March 2010

calls  (18 secs)

GREAT TIT

Parus major

Eshott, Northumberland

December 2025

call  (48 secs)

BLUE TIT

Cyanistes caeruleus

1. Eshott, Northumberland

March 2022

2. Eshott, Northumberland

April 2025

call  (29 secs)

call  (23 secs)

SKYLARK

Alauda arvensis

Belford Moor, Northumberland

June 2009

song  (11 secs)

SAND MARTIN

Riparia riparia                        

Lynemouth Flash, Northumberland

July 2012

calls  (12 secs)

SWALLOW

Hirundo rustica                      

Eshott, Northumberland

July 2012

calls   (17 secs)

CETTI'S WARBLER

Cettia cetti

1. East Chevington NR, Northumberland

April 2018

2. Lakenheath RSPB, Suffolk

May 2023

3. Marden Quarry, Northumberland

November 2025

4. East Chevington, Northumberland

May 2026

calls/song  (39 secs)

song  (1 min)

song  (15 secs)

song  (30 secs)

alarm call  (20 secs)

song  (15 secs)

Willow Warbler & Chiffchaff in background

LONG-TAILED TIT

Aegithalos caudatus

1. Eshott, Northumberland

Feb 2010

2. Eshott, Northumberland

June 2020

calls  (20 secs)

calls  (14 secs)

family party

WILLOW WARBLER

Phylloscopus trochilus

1. Bamburgh, Northumberland

May 2012

2. Druridge Pools NR, Northumberland

August 2011

3. Slaley Forest, Northumberland

June 2022

song  (20 secs)

call   (10 secs)

call given while collecting food for young in nest  (20 secs)

CHIFFCHAFF

Phylloscopus collybita             

1. Eshott, Northumberland

March 2012

2. Bamburgh, Northumberland

April 2013

song  (26 secs)

call + snatch of song  (15secs)

CHIFFCHAFF x WILLOW WARBLER

a Chiffchaff 'mixed' singer

Marden Quarry, Whitley Bay, Northumberland

April 2011

song  (33 secs)

song  (21 secs)

IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF

Phylloscopus ibericus

1. Swalwell, Co. Durham

July 2019  (apparently this record is considered 'Not Proven' by BBRC)

2. Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield, Co. Durham

May 2026

song  (24 secs)

song  (34 secs)

Wren, Long-tailed Tit, Blackbird & Robin in background!

WOOD WARBLER

Phylloscopus sibilatrix             

Allen Banks, Northumberland

May 2012

song   (26 secs)

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER

Phylloscopus inornatus              

1. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

Oct 2011

2. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

September 2012

3. High Hauxley, Northumberland

October 2024

call   (10 secs)

call   (15 secs)

call  (35 secs)

HUME'S WARBLER

Phylloscopus humei                   

1. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

Nov 2008

(Compare sonograms of Hume's & Yellow-browed Warblers here)

2. Brierdene, Whitley Bay, Northumberland

November 2014

call   (12 secs)

call  (17 secs)

SEDGE WARBLER

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus   

1. East Chevington NR, Northumberland

May 2012

2. Druridge Pools NR, Northumberland

May 2023

song  (16 secs)

song  (46 secs)

REED WARBLER

Acrocephalus scirpaceus   

East Chevington NR, Northumberland

May 2012

song  (20 secs)

MARSH WARBLER

Acrocephalus palustris   

1. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

June 2009

2. Hauxley NR, Northumberland

July 2011

3. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

May 2024

song  (20 secs)

song  (11 secs)

(nb Oystercatcher 'piping' in background!)

song  ((54 secs)

BLYTH'S REED WARBLER

Acrocephalus dumetorum

Upsettlingham, Borders, SCOTLAND

song  (49 secs)

long-staying vagrant - Blackbird, Goldfinch & Woodpigeon in background

EASTERN OLIVACEOUS WARBLER

Iduna pallida

Kilminning, Fife, SCOTLAND

October 2012

call  (13 secs)

a well-watched vagrant

GRASSHOPPER WARBLER

Locustella naevia                  

Bamburgh, Northumberland

April 2013

song  (26 secs)

BLACKCAP

Sylvia atricapilla

1. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

May 2012

2. Eshott, Northumberland

April 2026

song  (21 secs)

alarm calling  (20 secs)

GARDEN WARBLER

Sylvia borin

1. Warenton, Northumberland

June 2009

2. Beacon Hill, Northumberland

May 2009

song  (19 secs)

song  (24 secs)

LESSER WHITETHROAT

Sylvia curruca

1. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

May 2012

2. Holywell Pond, Northumberland

May 2023

3. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

September 2025

4. East Chevington, Northumberland

April 2026

song  (18 secs)

call - breeding bird (32 secs)

call - migrant (18 secs)

Robin & Linnet in background

song  (53 secs)

Blue Tit & Cetti's warbler in background

COMMON WHITETHROAT

Sylvia communis

1. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

May 2009

2. Two examples of abberant song or perhaps mimicry. Fenwick Pit, Northumberland

June 2022

(bird seen & photographed)

song  (17 secs)

song  (22 secs)

song  (50 secs)

GOLDCREST

Regulus regulus

1. East Chevington, Northumberland

Oct 2011

2. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

March 2012

3. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

Oct 2014

4. Bamburgh, Northumberland

April 2019

call  (11 secs)

song  (9 secs)

call  (26 secs)

song  (36 secs)

FIRECREST

Regulus ignicapilla

Marden Quarry, Whitley Bay, Northumberland

November 2025

call  (20 secs)

NUTHATCH

Sitta europaea

1. Eshott, Northumberland

October 2025

2. Eshott, Northumberland

November 2025

call  (20 secs)

call  (20 secs)

BLACKBIRD

Turdus merula

1. Eshott, Northumberland

May 2022

2. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

May 2026

alarm calls  26 secs)

song  (8 secs)

Skylark in background

SONG THRUSH

Turdus philomelos

1. Eshott, Northumberland

Feb 2010

2. Gosforth Park, Northumberland

April 2022

song  (16 secs)

song  (35 secs)

MISTLE THRUSH

Turdus viscivorus

1. Holystone Common, Northumberland

June 2023

2. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

March 2023

3. Holywell Village, Northumberland

April 2025

song  (1 min 9 secs)

song  (7 secs)

song  35 secs)

REDWING

Turdus iliacus

St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

October 2025

flight calls - incoming migrant  (25 secs)

FIELDFARE

Turdus pilaris

Eshott, Northumberland

January 2024

calls  (13 secs)

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER

Muscicapa striata

Eshott, Northumberland

July 2011

calls  (11 secs)

NIGHTINGALE

Luscinia megarhynchos

1. Near Bolam Lake, Northumberland   

June 2009

2. Cowpen Bewley, Co. Durham

May 2012

song  (32 secs)

song  (38 secs)

REDSTART

Phoenicurus phoenicurus           

Allen Banks, Northumberland

May 2012

song  (16 secs)

STONECHAT

Saxicola torquatus                  

1. East Chevington NR, Northumberland

May 2012

2. Cresswell Pond NR, Northumberland

May 2012

song  (18 secs)

song  (17 secs)

call   (11 secs)

call   (17 secs)

HOUSE SPARROW

Passer domesticus                 

1. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

May 2012

2. Monkseaton, Northumberland

April 2022

calls  (15 secs)

call of male at nest site entrance  (12 secs)

call of male at nest site entrance  (14 secs)

TREE SPARROW

Passer montanus   

1.Eshott, Northumberland

November 2012

2. Hauxley NR

January 2014

calls  (15 secs)

calls  (15 secs)

GREY WAGTAIL

Motacilla cinerea

1. Harwood Burn, Northumberland

May 2023

2. Eshott, Northumberland

October 2025

song  (36 secs)

Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Wren & Willow Warbler in background

call  (5 secs)

PIED WAGTAIL

Motacilla alba yarrellii

Harwood Forest, Northumberland

May 2023

male calling from perch  (22 secs)

DUNNOCK

Prunella modularis

1. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

March 2010

2. Monkseaton, Northumberland

April 2020

3. Eshott, Northumberland

November 2012

song  (16 secs)

song  (28 secs)

call  (14 secs)

MEADOW PIPIT

Anthus pratensis   

1. Newton Links, Northumberland

July 2012

2. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

June 2022

3. Earsdon, Northumberland

August 2020

song flight  (11 secs)

call given with fledged young nearby  (16 secs)

flight calls  (17 secs)

TREE PIPIT

Anthus trivialis

1. Slaley Forest, Northumberland

June 2022

2. Slaley Forest, Northumberland

June 2022

song from high perch  (40 secs)

call given with fledged young nearby  (17 secs)

WATER PIPIT

Anthus spinoletta   

Whitley Bay Beach, Northumberland

December 2009

calls  (9 secs)

ROCK PIPIT

Anthus petrosus   

Whitley Bay Beach, Northumberland

December 2012

calls  (5 secs)    calls  (2 secs)

call while foraging  (19 secs)

CHAFFINCH  

Fringilla coelebs

1. Eshott, Northumberland

June 2020

2. St. Mary's Island Wetland, Northumberland

October 2025

song  (24 secs)

call  (14 secs)

BRAMBLING

Fringilla montifringilla

St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

October 2025

call  (24 secs)

interfering Greenfinch in background!

GREENFINCH

Chloris chloris

Morston, Norfolk

July 2013

St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

April 2023

calls  (19 secs)

calls  (27 secs)

Chiffchaff in background

LESSER REDPOLL

Acanthis cabaret

1. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

May 2023

2. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

April 2025

song flight  (14 secs)

song flight  (26 secs)

background Willow Warbler & Wren

SISKIN

Spinus spinus

1. Bakethin Reservoir, Northumberland

March 2012

2. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

March 2022

3. Harwood Burn, Northumberland

May 2023

song flight  (11 secs)

song & call  (19 secs)

call  (9 secs)

COMMON CROSSBILL

Loxia curvirostra

1. Blakehope Nick, Northumberland

Jan 2011

2. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

Feb 2010

3. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

Jan 2012

4. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

Jan 2012

5. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

February 2022

6. Harwood Forest, Northumberland

March 2022

male singing (20 secs)

perched male calling  (16 secs)

calls & song  (16 secs)

flight calls  (10 secs)

song  (19 secs)

calls  (13 secs)

CORN BUNTING

Emberiza calandra                   

Highmoor, Northumberland

May 2009

song  (29 secs)

slightly abberant song with Yellowhammer-type phrasing - Common Whitethroat in background

YELLOWHAMMER

Emberiza citrinella                              

1. East Thirston, Northumberland

June 2012

2. Eshott, Northumberland

June 2010

song  (21 secs)

Skylark singing in background

song  (24 secs)

REED BUNTING

Emberiza schoeniclus               

1. Old Hartley, Northumberland

April 2013

2. St. Mary's Island, Northumberland

May 2012

3. Bamburgh, Northumberland

March 2012

song  (16 secs)

song  (13 secs)

call  (12 secs)