Bird Song
Now that summer is over and most of the song birds have migrated south for the winter, I was thinking about how much I miss the sound of birds from dawn to dusk and during my recent long drives home had started to make a list of my favourite bird sounds,
as in a "Top 5" type of thing. So here it is:
1. The jaw dropping sound of a Skylark on a summers morning singing high up over a field.
2. The madness of a Song Thrush as he flits from one warble to another, usually the first sound I hear in early Spring and one of the last at the end of the day. Totally manic.
3. The gentle cascade of a Willow Warbler. An English Summer in a brief song.
4. Hearing thousands of Geese coming in off one of our coasts for winter or for roosting. Tingle time
5. The laughter of a female Mallard as if someone has just told her a dirty joke.
Loads of others but I did say 5, so what will you miss or even look forward to?
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Unfortunately my sister insisted I must enjoy her previous Christmas present which is an rspb bird clock. On the hour every hour we can hear a different bird. During the summer the cuckoo is very loud at 2pm and if the back door is open the neighbours must think we're doing well for cuckoos round here! The batteries have lasted far too long.
But yes, I like to hear a Robin, a Thrush or a Blackbird at any time of the year. The squawk of a Green Woodpecker and even the call of a pigeon or two.
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I get really excited when I hear a Goldcrest - I oinly knew how it sounded because we have an RSPB stuffed one! Long-tailed tits always make me feel happy - we call them British budgies! The good thing about winter is that you can see the birds left behind
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I love listening to Robins, and agree with Wherenext about the Mallards they do sound like they are laughing.
Wonderful. The last few mornings, I can hear what must be a large flock of birds in a bramble bush when I walk the dog, the noise is incredible, don't know what they are though, can't see them.
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The haunting dirge of a Curlew across a misted marsh. Spine tingling.
a Robin in winter singing from a frosted branch another melancholy song of Winter. So relaxing.
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OP, most nights I hear a 'toowit-toowoo' off thru the open window, sometimes 2, sometimes more Tawnys as they sound like an echo or stutter. It's very relaxing & reassuring. We tend to take the enjoyment of our natural world for granted until like this thread
we are given a prompt to share the joys
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I love the warble of a curlew as well. As for Brue's pigeons, they get on your nerves after a while.
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The haunting call of the "Raingoose" - this one was at Altnahara CC site
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Curlew, wonderful when they return to their breeding ground on the moors in spring.
Barn owl, something other worldly about their call.
In Norfolk last week, the calls of hundreds of wigeon in the early morning drizzle was magical.
Pliers, it ain't called the screech Owl for nowt, always gives me shivers
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We're quite lucky really in the UK as winter has nearly as many memorable bird "noises" as summer. The shrill of a Wren never ceases to amaze me as I can never get used to such a small bird making such a big noise. I've been woken up by the cronking of a
Raven so there's nearly always something out there to remind you of birds.0 -
The cries of a group of Buzzards as they circle above the woods.
I too love the song of the Robin and the endlessly changing songs from a Song Thrush
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