General London wildlife
A collection of recordings made around London of birds, mammals and insects. Special thanks to xeno canto recordist Stuart Fisher for kindly allowing many of his recordings to be included here.
| Blackbird alarm calls | Wanstead Park |
| Blackbirds Telegraph Hill | Telegraph Hill |
| Blue Tit | Colindale |
| Brambling | Bromley-by-Bow |
| Carrion Crow 1 | Lesnes Abbey Woods |
| Collared Dove | Rainham station |
| Common Chaffinch | Bromley-by-Bow |
| Common Whitethroat | Wanstead–Ilford |
| Dunnock 1 | Wanstead Flats |
| Dunnock 2 | Wanstead–Ilford |
| Eurasian Blackbird 1 | Bromley-by-Bow |
| Eurasian Blackbird 2 | Leytonstone |
| Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Wanstead Park |
| Eurasian Jay | Wanstead Park |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Beddington Farm |
| European Robin 1 | Lesnes Abbey Woods |
| European Robin 2 | Bromley-by-Bow |
| European Starling | Beddington Farm |
| Garden Warbler 1 | Manor Park Cemetery |
| Garden Warbler 2 | Manor Park Cemetery |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 | Beddington Farm |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 | Bromley-by-Bow |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 | Walthamstow Marshes |
| Great Tit 1 | Telegraph Hill |
| Little Owl | Beddington Farm |
| Mistle Thrush | Wanstead Flats |
| Ringnecked Parakeet 1 | Lesnes Abbey Woods |
| Rock pigeon roost Belvedere | By the Thames, Belvedere |
| Skylark | Dartford Marshes |
| Song Thrush | Bromley-by-Bow |
| Stock Dove | Wanstead Park |
| Water Pipit | Beddington Farm |
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Illustration from British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C.A. Johns.
Classification: Land birds
Common name: Great Spotted Woodpecker
Scientific name: Dendrocops major
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Recording date and time: 28 March 2010, 5.30pm
Location: Walthamstow Marshes
Description: A Great Spotted Woodpecker drums three times in a small copse on Walthamstow Marshes.
Technical guff: Audio Technica BP4029 mid-side mic and Fostex FR-2LE digital recorder.
Additional notes: None.