While you observe a yellowhammer, why not help the research on its song too? Although yellowhammers are an introduced species (once even a serious crop pest), they might attract your attention. Similarly to native saddle-backs, they have dialects, however their song is so simple, that you can actually hear the difference! In the 19th century, they were translocated from the UK to New Zealand and subsequently colonized the whole territory. Yellowhammer Dialects project (http://yellowhammers.net) aims to map and compare the distribution of yellowhammer dialects primarily in New Zealand and in the UK and put these to contrast with historical available data. Can you trace the roots of yellowhammer by ears?

We would prefer if you chose our own website http://yellowhammers.net (which is connected to inaturalist and therefore you can log in using inaturalist and any yellowhammer recording uploaded by you to our website is stored as an observation on inaturalist). However even recordings posted here are most welcome!

You would help not only by uploading the sounds, but also just by observation - others can record the song of yellowhammer, where you have seen it.

For information, visit our website or contact me (ppipek@gmail.com)

Pavel Pipek
Yellowhammer Dialects project
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