Hi folks,
I'd be very grateful if someone could identify this birdsong:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S5h2ccHmexikGvLbYwILSGh1IK_6H3Ry/view?usp=sharing
Thanks for listening!
Chris
WendyBartter said:Think you may have to wait for TJ to hear this
You called?
Best I can come up with is the "wittering" call of a Little Grebe. However I've never heard one make short calls in quick succession like that. Here's what they normally sound like.
Play this audio clip
Patrik Åberg, XC26930. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/26930
It always helps if you say where (roughly) you heard it and what the habitat was like.
I'm far from an expert, I've not even got to the novice stage!
My first thoughts was one of the tit family. With you being near woodland, made me think possibly long tail tit alarm call.
https://www.british-birdsongs.uk/northern-long-tailed-tit/?type1600
If not that, have a listen around the British Bird Songs site. They're not all exact, but may give you some idea.
Like TJ i thought at first it was a Little Grebe but listening again I don't think so but I've not really got a better suggestion unless it is one of the 30 odd Great Tit songs.