Garden bird identification

There are a number of apps you can download if you have a smartphone or tablet, take a photo, then identify with the app.

I'd recommend investing in a field guide. Recommendations here:

www.countryfile.com/wildlife/birds/best-british-bird-identification-books/

You might enjoy the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) video series which can help sort out birds which are commonly mistaken for one another:

www.bto.org/develop-your-skills/bird-identification/videos

Thank you both.

My sister has an app on her phone which identifies birds by their song, she uses it on woodland walks.
Often, we can't see the birds but we can hear them, and this app listens and names them.
A bit like Shazaam for birds!
I'll find out the app name and come back..

Supernanaunal, it's called Bird Up! ??

I don't know if Merlin Bird ID covers the UK, but I use it here and it is brilliant. They have just added a sound ID. I recorded 10 seconds in the nearby woods, and it identified 3 birds immediately by sound.

I also keep a bird book by the window. Darn little things don't keep still long enough for me sometimes! I will take a photo and then I can zoom in afterwards. Many of the little songbirds are very similar.