Such a vague question can't really expect an answer.

[Dave7]

A horny frog moving from pond to pond?

No ponds anywhere near

 

[Jenkins]

Members of the local dogging community?

 

[mistyoptic]

Maybe a Bandersnatch?

More likely a Jubjub bird IMHO

 

[Stephenite]

More likely a Jubjub bird IMHO

You're right.

 

[steveindenmark]

It does sound like a fox. If you listen to a few episodes of midsummer murders, you will hear one. They often play them on there. 😁

 

[classic33]

Anything like any of these?
https://wildambience.com/wildlife-sounds/red-fox/

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

If you could somehow record the sound and post it maybe someone would recognise it?

 

[Dave7]

If you could somehow record the sound and post it maybe someone would recognise it?

Not possible really. Is starts at any time after midnight and it is intermittent.

 

[cougie uk]

Do we have deer in Cheshire ?

 

[pawl]

It’s the ogre bird laying it’s square eggs which is not easy.

 

[Arrowfoot]

Possibly red deer noted for its croak start.

Here is a recording and a start as other recording at available on the same site - birds, animals etc
https://sounds.bl.uk/environment/British-wildlife-recordings/022M-W1CDR0001424-0200V0

 

[Dave7]

If you could somehow record the sound and post it maybe someone would recognise it?

Not possible really. Is starts at any time after midnight and it is intermittent.

 

[Baldy]

Possibly red deer noted for its croak start.

Here is a recording and a start as other recording at available on the same site - birds, animals etc
https://sounds.bl.uk/environment/British-wildlife-recordings/022M-W1CDR0001424-0200V0

That's a rutting stag, hinds make more of a short barking sound.

 

[Salad Dodger]

An oomagoolie.

A noise created by someone trying to take a short cut through the park at night, and carelessly straddling the boundary fence......

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

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Not possible really. Is starts at any time after midnight and it is intermittent.

f you have a PC (including a laptop) then there is a program called Audacity that records and edits sound
Apparently it has a feature to make the recording sound activated

if you could position a microphone (often included with a laptop) then you could use this to record any sounds during the night and then edit out the other stuff afterwards

might take a while and you probably have more exciting stuff to do - like watching paint dry

instructions on the sound activation here

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5U2CoI3JUw


I'm sure these modern new fangled phones and tablet things have something similar - probably called an app but really just a program

feel free to ignore this - but it is what I would do - to much eye rolling from SWMBO