Among seasoned bird-listeners there is a rule of thumb: if you can’t tell what it is, it’s probably a great tit.
This is not to say that the great tit it always a mystery. It fact it has a wonderfully clear and teachable song, that actually sounds like ‘teacher teacher’.
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