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Post by Cotham Marble on Jan 9, 2016 17:51:10 GMT
Characterising birdsong is notoriously tricky so I'm not at al confident about being able make much sense of this but I'd be interested in any suggestions for search comparisons. This is from today, bird not seen but in outgrown (over 5 metres high) Ligustrum ovalifolium (bogstandard privet) - unusually wet and warm urban South Wales, song is new to me but that's not indicative of much, my phonetic rendering of it is: psee ~ pswi pswi pswi pswiw~wi the last element is a very noticible upward trill . I've listened to various recordings and had hoped it might be Willow Tit (I have bird with no nape patch amongst a gang of Cole Tits new to the garden, though this individual is probably just a gentic variant, wing bars fit for Cole Tit) although to my ear Willow Tit song is in the right territory it still doesn't seem quite right. The most obvious candidate is Wren of which there is a regular presence, I would have said too early in the year but Dunnocks have started with full display singing so that may not be an objection - still what I'd heard didn't match the warbling form I associate with Wren song. I'm not familiar with Treecreeper singing but comparison with a recording makes what I heard sort of about right, but again like the Wren not really sharp enough. Anyway all thoughts welcome.
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Post by rossy on Jan 9, 2016 18:29:51 GMT
have you tried long tailed tits call ?
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Post by accipiter on Jan 9, 2016 18:53:31 GMT
Great tit have loads of different calls it might be worth checking this one out.
Alan
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Post by dogghound on Jan 9, 2016 20:43:54 GMT
Coal Tit seems most likely to me.
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Post by NellyDee on Jan 10, 2016 10:43:00 GMT
Could it be a willow warbler? Trying to follow your 'tune' it seems a bit like the willow warblers I had nesting here in Spring - kept hearing them - quite loud, but took ages finding them.
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Post by rossy on Jan 10, 2016 11:24:11 GMT
Could it be a willow warbler? Trying to follow your 'tune' it seems a bit like the willow warblers I had nesting here in Spring - kept hearing them - quite loud, but took ages finding them. too early for willow warblers nellydee.
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Post by NellyDee on Jan 10, 2016 11:33:01 GMT
Could it be a willow warbler? Trying to follow your 'tune' it seems a bit like the willow warblers I had nesting here in Spring - kept hearing them - quite loud, but took ages finding them. too early for willow warblers nellydee. True. Maybe a bird doing an imitation act. Saw a programme about starlings and blackbirds and the range of other birds they could copy. Other near sounds I agree with coal tits and dunnocks.
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Post by Tringa on Jan 11, 2016 9:52:25 GMT
Your description does sound like one of the tit family, CM. I wonder if it was a familiar bird but as bird song early in the year is often not completely constructed, it sounded a little odd.
Dave
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