Birds and Their Nests

Mary Howitt (1799 - 1888)

Short descriptions of different kinds of English birds and their nests. The following birds are discussed: wren, goldfinch, song thrush, blackbird, dipper or water-ousel, nightingale, skylark, linnet, peewit, house-martins or window-swallows, chiff-chaffs or oven-builders, golden-crested wrens, wagtail, jackdaw, spotted fly-catchers, wood-pigeons, white-throat, bull-finch, missel-thrushes, yellow-hammer or yellow-head, magpie, nuthatch. (Summary by mleigh)

Genre(s): Nature & Animal Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): birds (144), nests (3), blackbird (3), skylark (3), wren (3), goldfinch (3), linnet (2), song thrush (1), dipper (1), water-ousel (1) ... [Show full list]

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introductory Chapter mleigh
00:14:49
Play 01 The Wren Adrian Stephens
00:13:45
Play 02 The Goldfinch Adrian Stephens
00:10:08
Play 03 The Song Thrush Adrian Stephens
00:12:40
Play 04 The Blackbird Adrian Stephens
00:13:03
Play 05 The Dipper, or Water-ousel Adrian Stephens
00:06:57
Play 06 The Nightingale Melanie Campbell
00:09:52
Play 07 The Skylark Larry Wilson
00:09:09
Play 08 The Linnet mleigh
00:09:11
Play 09 The Peewit Inkell
00:06:40
Play 10 The House-martins, or Window-swallow KevinS
00:16:49
Play 11 The Chiff-chaff, or Oven-builder veranne
00:06:19
Play 12 The Golden-crested Wren Patricia Hachten
00:09:28
Play 13 The Wagtail prajak
00:11:57
Play 14 The Jackdaw prajak
00:09:36
Play 15 The Spotted Fly-catcher prajak
00:08:59
Play 16 The Wood-pigeon Inkell
00:07:52
Play 17 The White-throat veranne
00:07:43
Play 18 The Bull-finch prajak
00:09:41
Play 19 The Missel-thrush veranne
00:08:04
Play 20 The Yellow-hammer, or Yellow-head BettyB
00:06:31
Play 21 The Magpie BettyB
00:09:38
Play 22 The Nuthatch BettyB
00:08:28