Great tit
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Great tit |
Rasvatihane |
The great tit stays in Estonia during the whole year. As the first bird it opens the spring season with its song: already in January its rhythmic ”sawing” begins; towards spring changing into the typical gaily sounding song „tsitsifüü tsitsifüü ...“ („sitsikleit sitsikleit“). (from the book, ”Eesti laululinnud – Estonian songbirds” by Rootsmäe and Veroman pp 215-216). Some individuals can imitate other birds. The register of calls is similarly very varied. Up to 50 different calls have been noted for the great tit. In the morning the great tit begins singing up to one hour before sunrise and stops in the evening a little after sunset
Kõrv loodusesse - Listening to nature: Great tit
Goldcrest
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Goldcrest |
Pöialpoiss |
The goldcrest is the tiniest bird in Estonia and in Europe. It has a very thin voice. The song, reminding of a violin, is so high-pitched that older people cannot hear it. The goldcrest’s song can be heard in CONIFEROUS and MIXED FORESTS. It usually keeps to the crowns of high spruces. In the mornings it begins singing 30-50 minutes before sunrise, in the evening it stops already some time before sunset. The last ones singing can be heard in the second half of July or in August, even in September in exceptional cases. The call resembles the corresponding call of tits.
Kõrv loodusesse, Listening to nature: Goldcrest
Great spotted woodpecker
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Great spotted woodpecker |
Suur-kirjurähn |
The great spotted woodpecker is our most frequently heard and encounteret woodpecker. It often reveals its presence with a sharp "kik" call. The drumming is generally brief and rapid, with 6-7 taps. For nesting it chooses deciduous trees but it is not very particular with regard to habitat. As a supportive species the woodpeckers create nest hollows for other hollow nesters in forests.
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Treecreeper |
Porr |
The treecreeper is a brown-speckled little bird that moves in a spiral up along a tree trunk searching for insects in crevices in the tree bark with its slightly downwards-bent beak. It isn’t particularly shy of people. Its call is a high-pitched fine whistle. The song starts with 2 or 3 thin „tsii-s“, goes on with a twittering "row of pearls“ on a falling pitch, at the end there is always a whistle-like "tsüihh“. You can hear the song already in January, and it sings regularly from the middle of March until the end of April. Habitat is spruce forests and mixed forests with spruces.
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