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Listening to the audio while reading the text is the best thing. It really does sound like they can’t make up their mind about the song, or that they forget midway through what the song was again. I love it. Thank you!

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You're welcome Aria - yes, maybe they're actually forgetting all the time, like Dory in Finding Nemo.

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I can sometimes pick them out when I walk down the lane with the dogs. There is one that likes to sing from the top of the telegraph pole and I once managed to catch a bad photograph of it singing away in the evening light.

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Thanks Charlie! Song thrushes are one of my favourite songs - never witnessed smashing of snails I’ll keep an eye out for this 🐌

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Thanks Ed! Yes, something to keep you peering along the path as you walk... 🙂

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Music to my ears. Ours usually begin singing next month. Way back in the 70's in North Nottinghamshire I came across one bird which was perfectly imitating a Nightingale.

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They're so versatile I'm not sure whether they're imitating other species or just happening upon the same sounds (round here they do some phrases close to a nuthatch, and to a green sandpiper). Or perhaps we'll one day find that they're the originators of *all* songs, and the other birds just learned from them...

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Brilliant. Now that would be something!

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I love learning from you, Charlie. And the distinction between the song thrush and the Nightingale is particularly appreciated in this post. And also, the audio is always fantastic. Thank you!

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A favourite, always welcome near me, no matter what time! I went for years not hearing them, on a housing estate with surprisingly few songbirds despite some mature gardens surviving the onslaught of concrete and decking. Hearing a thrush daily after moving last year was a joy. Thanks.

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