Dear all...I live in rural wiltshire and recently started hearing a bird call in late may that sounds like a bell. It rings twice...a metallic 'ding ding' sound. Can anyone help?
Hi Will and welcome to the forum.
Identifying birds from a description of the call is very difficult. I think that unless you can get some sort of recording of it we are just going to be guessing. Even a recording made with a mobile phone would be better than nothing. If you can get the sound file onto your computer you can post clips.
I'm not suggesting this is what you heard but here are some calls of a great tit which include a "ding ding" sound. have a listen to see if it's in the right ball park.
Play this audio clip
Not much help I'm afraid.
Regards TJ
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Could also be a blackbird. We have one that does a particular warble, then finishes with a metallic "ding ding ding". I'd love to know where he's picked it up from!
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Interesting we've got a bird that's been a round for a while now and it makes a metallic bell sound I thought for a while it was a bird that someone was tracking by use of a bell ... but it always seems to come from the direction of the blackbird ...any others here this ?
Dear All -- Ditto ! But 15 years later !
I also live in rural Wiltshire...ands its mid-May -- and this afternoon i was in the middle of a mature stand of Fir trees (south of Pewsey) and heard 4 clear notes, sounding exactly like a BELL ! Each note equally spaced out, was quite close (i.e. not a passing dog who just happens to have a bell on his collar...etc) and sounded above ground (but not in the canopy) hence why i attribute it to a bird.
Have been birding for the past 50years and never heard this 'sound' before. I have heard a Bellbird before and it wasnt as loud and shrill as that.. but a more clear single-note like a tuning fork. And i was in this area for over 2 hours, and this was the only 4 notes heard.
Also heard a Sparrowhawk contact call, presumably from the nest; plus a high pitched series of about 20 repetitive long calls from a Buzzard in the canopy, also presumed to be sitting on the nest i could see, as i was directly underneath the calling bird and even clapped my hands to see if was sat nearby but out of sight...but it carried on calling throughout. There was also a Raven in the area...but thats a very deep voice and not renown for mimicry. So, such a clear bell sound i don't think can be attributed to any of these birds.
This sound was so clear and distinctive -- hence Googling it and found this post !