Posted in the birdwatching thread before I saw this one...

Open Mike - UK singer Derek Gifford has done a similar thing - he was at Chippenham Festival in 2008 with a whole concert of birdwatching songs - songs that mention birds in them.

'The snow it melts the soonest' Eliza Carthy - mentions woodcock in one of the verses.

There are many tunes and songs about the hunting of the wren, which is right for this time of year (just... Boxing Day and Twelfth Night in certain years)- the Chieftains 'The Bells of Dublin' CD and the Boys of the Lough 'MidWinter Nights Dream' (aka 'Da Day Dawns') has some great ones.

'She moved through the fair' mentions swans....

Then there's Jake Thackery's 'Bantam Cock' which may get you thrown off air...

(Marc Bolan & T-Rex's 'Ride a white swan'?)

At a stretch you could put in 'I'll fly away' from 'Brother, where art thou'?

LTS