Identify a bird by its call
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Baggy
Cake connoisseur
- Location
- Where the chevrons are
We also hear it all the time but have never spotted the bird responsible.
Ashtrayhead
Über Member
- Location
- Belvedere, Kent.
Someone's collapsed in the field and their mobile needs re-charging.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Not that I'm going to be able to identify it but I'm intrigued now and want to know myself. So what sort of field ... crops, grass? Is each note a single note? Short or long notes?
Have you taken binoculars to work yet
?
Have you taken binoculars to work yet
?
Pretty hard from that as has been said.
You could wade through this or narrow it down by some visual clues.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/a/
You could wade through this or narrow it down by some visual clues.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/a/
Panter
Just call me Chris...
- Location
- Sittingbourne, Kent
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/q/quail/index.aspx
Quails are very secretive and more likely to be heard than seen.
It's supposed to sound rather like "wet my lips" but although 3 notes it's not low, mid, high maybe.
Quails are very secretive and more likely to be heard than seen.
It's supposed to sound rather like "wet my lips" but although 3 notes it's not low, mid, high maybe.
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
A Nuthatch?
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
Not sure about the one you've heard, but I do know the following bird calls,
"Way aye pet, mines a Bacardi Breezer" is the call of a Newcastle bird, and
"Ey up chuck show us your pies" is the mating call of a Wigan bird
"Way aye pet, mines a Bacardi Breezer" is the call of a Newcastle bird, and
"Ey up chuck show us your pies" is the mating call of a Wigan bird
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Hello, someone say riff-raff?
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Archaeopteryx? 
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
chiff chaffs are often heard but less spotted
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Chuff Chuffs are often heard near stations.
gbb
Legendary Member
- Location
- Peterborough
[QUOTE 1875239, member: 45"]Grass. Three single notes. Each one rising from the last. Very like the sound in the link to the chiff chaff but more distinct notes.
I need to find my binoculars out. Especially as we're now living a few hundred metres from a nature reserve.[/quote]
Its bugged me ever since i read this...i can hear it now, three rising notes and repetetive, heard it so many times but never identified the culprit. I even waded (scuse the pun) through the RSPB websire where you can listen to birdsong. Its bugging me even more now.
I need to find my binoculars out. Especially as we're now living a few hundred metres from a nature reserve.[/quote]
Its bugged me ever since i read this...i can hear it now, three rising notes and repetetive, heard it so many times but never identified the culprit. I even waded (scuse the pun) through the RSPB websire where you can listen to birdsong. Its bugging me even more now.
