A beginner's guide to... woodland birds

<p>Enjoy the first episode in what will be an educational series of &#39;a beginner&#39;s guide to&#39; 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.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Audio credits</strong></p><p>Some bird sound recordings featured in this episode were sourced from Xeno-canto.</p><p><em>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.</em></p><p><em>Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) call by He Wenjin/文进 (</em><a href="https://xeno-canto.org/1019733" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>XC1019733</em></a><em>); European green woodpecker (Picusviridis) flight call by Mark Plummer (</em><a href="https://xeno-canto.org/1086852" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>XC1086852</em></a><em>); Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) drumming by Paul Driver (</em><a href="https://xeno-canto.org/778156" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>XC778156</em></a><em>); Great tit (Parus major) song by david m (</em><a href="https://xeno-canto.org/180727" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>XC180727</em></a><em>); Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) song by david m (</em><a href="https://xeno-canto.org/910883" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>XC910883</em></a><em>); Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) call by Lars Edenius (</em><a href="https://xeno-canto.org/980798" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>XC980798</em></a><em>); European robin (Erithacus rubecula) song by Agris Celmins (</em><a href="https://xeno-canto.org/1029275" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>XC1029275</em></a><em>); European robin (Erithacus rubecula) call by Agris Celmins (</em><a href="https://xeno-canto.org/1029274" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>XC1029274</em></a><em>); Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) song by David Boyle (</em><a href="https://xeno-canto.org/1025759" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>XC1025759</em></