Song Thrush

Loud, varied, and prone to a quick burst even in mid-summer. It’s all in the repetition. We’ll look out for evidence of snail-smashing too.

Yellowhammer

A bird of open landscapes that says ‘a little bit of bread and no cheese’, right through the summer

Stock Dove

One of the subtle treasures of our woodlands, with a little known ‘reverse coo’ call, like a DJ scratching a record.

Wren

The stony contact calls, if not their penetrating trilling song, will help us locate these tiny crevice dwellers.

Green Woodpecker

Professor Yaffle, with a loud ringing laugh and an appetite for ants

Other birds to listen out for at Stanmer Park in July

• Blackbird

• Goldfinch

• Grey Wagtail

• Goldcrest

• Greenfinch

• Chaffinch

• Treecreeper

• Dunnock

• Great Spotted Woodpecker

• Skylark

• Blue Tit

• Great Tit

• Jay

• Carrion Crow

• Woodpigeon