Learn some Oxford birds while in lockdown

Summary: 
A short movie featuring 31 species local to Oxford with habitat and song to help people learn to recognise the songs they hear
Narrative: 

During the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 many people are noticing birdsong, sometimes for the first time in their lives. The materials added here are to help people start to recognise the birds around them through learning some of their songs.

Location: 
Location Description: 

East Oxford, UK, Shotover, Risinghurst, Sydlings Copse

Related Items: 

Oxfordshire's Lost Voices

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Community
People + Birds Around the World
Category
Educational materials, Europe, Biology / ecology, Markers of environ. change, Conservation, Observed changes, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, Personal narratives, Names, Historical
Summary
Twenty-four bird species that have become rare or extinct in the last 100 years, most in the last 40 years.
Animals
Luscinia megarhynchos (Common Nightingale), Caprimulgus europaeus (European Nightjar), Acrocephalus palustris (Marsh Warbler), Streptopelia turtur (European Turtle-dove), Poecile montanus (Willow Tit), Anthus trivialis (Tree Pipit), Dryobates minor (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker), Jynx torquilla (Eurasian Wryneck), Lullula arborea (Woodlark), Crex crex (Corncrake), Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Wood Warbler), Emberiza calandra (Corn Bunting), Emberiza citrinella (Yellowhammer), Emberiza cirlus (Cirl Bunting), Phoenicurus phoenicurus (Common Redstart), Coturnix coturnix (Common Quail), Perdix perdix (Grey Partridge), Passer montanus (Eurasian Tree Sparrow), Motacilla flava (Western Yellow Wagtail), Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike), Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher), Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Hawfinch), Burhinus oedicnemus (Eurasian Thick-knee), Saxicola rubetra (Whinchat)
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Related Items: 
Oxfordshire's Lost Voices
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People + Birds Around the World
Protocol: 
Openly shared • Abierto a tod@s
Bird and Other Animal Species: 
Turdus merula (Eurasian Blackbird), Erithacus rubecula (European Robin), Troglodytes troglodytes (Northern Wren), Columba palumbus (Common Woodpigeon), Fringilla coelebs (Common Chaffinch), Parus major (Great Tit), Cyanistes caeruleus (Eurasian Blue Tit), Periparus ater (Coal Tit), Prunella modularis (Dunnock), Cuculus canorus (Common Cuckoo), Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Eurasian Bullfinch), Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker), Picus viridis (Eurasian Green Woodpecker), Carduelis carduelis (European Goldfinch), Sylvia atricapilla (Eurasian Blackcap), Passer domesticus (House Sparrow), Certhia familiaris (Eurasian Treecreeper), Strix aluco (Tawny Owl), Milvus milvus (Red Kite), Buteo buteo (Eurasian Buzzard), Alauda arvensis (Eurasian Skylark), Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian Collared-dove), Regulus regulus (Goldcrest), Phylloscopus collybita (Common Chiffchaff), Sylvia communis (Common Whitethroat), Sitta europaea (Eurasian Nuthatch), Turdus philomelos (Song Thrush), Delichon urbicum (Northern House Martin), Apus apus (Common Swift), Pica pica (Eurasian Magpie), Garrulus glandarius (Eurasian Jay)
Category: 
Educational materials, Europe, Bird song & calls, Preferred habitats, Naming, Names
Keywords: 
common species, Oxford, covid-19, pandemic
Collections: 
Resources for teaching and learning
Original Date: 
2020 May 12th
Original Date Description: 
Date of production
Creator: 
Andy Gosler
Language: 
English
Rights (including copyrights): 
© EWA
Source: 
EWA Oxford (Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology & Institute of Human Sciences, University of Oxford)
Publisher: 
A Gosler
Identifier: 
Oxford Lockdown Birds
Subject: 
Learning birdsong
Type: 
Educational Materials
Format: 
MP4

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Submitted by AGosler on Tue, 05/12/2020 - 16:52

The prize goes to our friend Isobel who spotted the erroneous scientific name of Coal Tit. It should of course be Periparus ater, but I remember typing that, so PowerPoint seems to to have screwed that up for me!

fwyndham's picture

Submitted by fwyndham on Sat, 06/06/2020 - 02:19

Hi Andy-- So if you choose a CC license, you shouldn't copyright the material or vice versa...

AGosler's picture

Submitted by AGosler on Thu, 06/11/2020 - 11:52

Thanks Felice, I'll check what I've put here.

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