BirdsongCan anyone identify birdsong?

I know quite a few of the common ones that one hears in our gardens & local countryside. I believe it's possible to buy recordings of them. You'd have to put a recording of your bird on here to get it identified. No idea whether that's possible, certainly too high tech for me.

the RSPB have bird songs on their website.
Could it have been a wren? they have several songs and are one of the loudest birds in the garden. Especially when you consider their size.

I had a similar experience and the crooner turned out to be a robin - I didn't even know they could sing like that - so melodic and sweet. That could be tricky using the app. Some birds, like our Northern Cardinal has several different songs in his repertoire he uses according to his intent. The Mockingbird just mimics other birds and other sounds he hears even a crying baby.

Keep your ears & eyes open. Chances are you'll see him again.

I wonder if it could be a dunnock/hedge sparrow, they have a pale-ish grey breast. If it had been blackbird size I'd say song thrush as they are marking territories at this time.

Thank you, all. I went to the RSPB website and listened to birdsong. Then I went to another site and listened but not one bird sang as musically as the one I heard. I’ll just have to hope it returns though I’m wondering if it was just a foreign visitor.
Thanks again.

The Blackcap has a beautiful song, I think it's my favourite. It too has a pale chest. Try listening to it & also the garden warbler. Some overwinter here nowadays.

Well whatever it was lets hope it comes to live in your garden to give you pleasure all spring!

I get few birds in my garden despite my best efforts to entice them. This bird was on a neighbour’s tree. I had thought of Blackcap or Warbler, Feverfew, but the recorded sounds weren’t the same. Perhaps this bird was singing in a foreign language :)!
I’ll keep trying to find out though because the song was the most beautiful I’ve ever heard.

I immediately thought of the song thrush, who "sings each song twice over, lest you think he never could recapture that first, fine, careless rapture". (Browning), but a thrush is about the size of a blackbird. The thrush's song is magical and I haven't heard it for years as they are very much in decline through loss of habitat and use of slug pellets to kill its main source of food.

Goldfinches are very small with a red flash on their heads.

This was a bird about the size of a goldfinch and, from the little I could see, it’s head was darker. I’m dazzled by bright lights anyway so with the sun behind it wasn’t easy.
I shall keep listening.

Thank you everybody.

Could it possibly have been a wren then? You get a lot of song per ounce from these little treasures...

Could have been a male blackcap, they have a pretty song.

BBC Radio 3 have just put an item on the BBC news page regarding birdsong. Perhaps you could listen to it and hopefully identify 'your' bird!!