Redstart? Bird song, Scotland (1 Viewer)

[curlewsandpiper1980]

Hello all,

I heard this song for a while, in an open mixed broadleaf woodland (and adjacent to farmland) in East Scotland, in early July.

Audio recording attached. Bird singing high in the tree, at 0:09, 0:19 and 0:30 and each verse is slightly different and last for only 1 or 2 seconds.

Is this a common restart or a black redstart? (in the background there is a siskin calling) Thanks,

 

[lou salomon]

Common Restart with a 'reduced' song.

 

[curlewsandpiper1980]

Many thanks,

Is black redstart occuring also in the northeastern parts of Scotland too?

 

[mummymonkey]

Many thanks,

Is black redstart occuring also in the northeastern parts of Scotland too?

Small numbers on passage only as far as I know.
I recall a "probable" breeding record in Aberdeen in the 70s.