Birds / Nuthatches
Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaAlso known as Eurasian nuthatch
Recording: Sander Bot / xeno-canto
Sounds like
Loud, ringing 'tuit-tuit-tuit' whistles and fast trills. Call: an emphatic 'chwit'.
Remember it
Someone whistling for their dog.
When and where
Listening for the nuthatch
- Heard
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan to Jun
- Time of day
- Day
- Where
- Woodland, Gardens
- In Britain
- All year
- Family
- Nuthatches
Side by side
Often confused with
Play them one after the other and listen for the difference.
Great Tit
Parus majorJFMAMJJASOND
'Teacher, teacher.' And if you hear a call you can't place, guess great tit.
Could you pick out a nuthatch?
Hear a song, choose from four birds, and build your streak.
Same habitat
Also in woodland
Blackbird
Turdus merulaJFMAMJJASOND
Slow, rich, fluting phrases that wander about and often trail off into a quiet chuckle.
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusJFMAMJJASOND
Two or three thin, high notes followed by a fast, shimmering trill: 'tsee-tsee-tsuhuhuhu'.
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsJFMAMJJASOND
A cheerful, accelerating run of notes that tumbles down and ends in a flourish, repeated over and over.
Coal Tit
Periparus aterJFMAMJJASOND
A fast, high, two-note phrase repeated several times: 'pitchoo-pitchoo-pitchoo'.