A mid-May visit to two Welsh RSPB reserves – Dinas, near Llandovery, to join up with Tony Pickup, and Ynyshir, near Machynlleth, to meet Dick Squires – to hear, and hear about a total of 41 species with 55 different songs and calls. Among them are Pied Flycatcher, Wood, Garden, Reed, Sedge, Willow and Grasshopper Warblers, Raven, Buzzard, Peregrine, Red Kite, Redstart, Heron, Teal, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch, Whitethroat, Shelduck and Lapwing.
1. Introduction, pied flycatcher, chaffinch 3'31"
2. Jackdaw, long-tailed tit, chaffinch call 1‘20"
3. Pied flycatcher, willow warbler, garden warbler, blue tit 4'04"
4. Wood warbler, redstart 3’53"
5. Cuckoo, nuthatch, pied flycatcher 1’03"
6. Tree pipit, mistle thrush call, raven, buzzard 4'09"
7. Robin, garden warbler 1'05"
8. Marsh tit, tree creeper, pied flycatcher & call, great tit, blue tit, willow warbler, robin 4’24"
9. Blackbird, red kite, pied flycatcher, peregrine 4’25"
10. Wren, jackdaw, pied flycatcher call, grey wagtail 2’02"
11. Song thrush, pied flycatcher, wren 2'34"
12. Great-spotted woodpecker call & drum, green woodpecker, RSPB details, wood warbler 4'10"
13. Chiffchaff, song thrush, canrion crow 3'02"
14. Pied flycatcher, blackcap, chaffinch call, robin, willow warbler, blue tit, nuthatch 4’30"
15. Garden warbler 1‘28"
16. Reed warbler 1'00"
17. Willow warbler, shelduck, greylag & Canada geese 2’47"
18.Whitethroat, carrion crow, teal, lapwing, garden warbler, blackcap 2’55"
19. Reed warbler, Canada & greylag geese 1‘34"
20. Sedge warbler, blackcap, willow warbler, grasshopper warbler 4’08"
21. Swallow, Canada goose, blue tit, long-tailed tit, great tit, chaffinch 2'12"
22. Wren, garden warbler, shelduck, wren alarm, tree creeper 2'19"
23. Wood warbler alarm 0'51"
24. Garden warbler & blackcap alarm 0’48"
25. Redstart, pied flycatcher, garden warbler, great tit, garden warbler 4’04"
26. Carrion crow, willow warbler, chaffinch, swift 1‘46"
27. Robin, pied flycatcher, blackcap, great-spotted woodpecker, RSPB details, green woodpecker 1’32"