Strange bird call

Hi Peanut and a very warm welcome to the forum.

Sounds like you have an interesting little character there.

If you can get a recording there is bound to be someone on here that can help with an ID

I look forward to finding out what it is too and to reading more about wildlife around Brighton

Eilid

Hi Peanut,

Obviously the recording will do it, but I wonder if the call sounds really low pitched (like a duck quacking) or is it high pitched like a small bird?

I had a thought it might be a jay - they have a fairly deep 2-note call which sounds like "shraaak-shraaak" so you might describe that as a duck with asthma!

Unless you see the bird or record it, the jury is still out! Jays are pretty shy by the way, so if it's one of those it could be avoiding you!

Cheers,

Andy

Hi Andy,

Thanks for this, but I don't think it's a Jay. I have had these living opposite my house the whole time we've lived here and they come into the garden regularly for scraps, but I've only just started hearing this bird in the last 2 summers. Jays sound more like a crow with asthma I think and this is definitely more of a wheezy duck with 3 short quiet calls followed by a longer louder one. I'm at the ready with my phone though to get it next time!

Hi and thanks for the welcome. I live on a hill on the outskirts of Lewes and have always seen foxes and slow worms, but got my first sighting of a young badger this year (with a fox watching it from the hedgerow!). Shame I was driving at the time and couldn't get a picture. Story of my wildlife experiences - never got a camera when I need one. On the bird front, we get barn owls, tawny owls, nightjars and a cuckoo every year as regular as clockwork. Just started getting long tailed tits and buzzards in the area too which is great.

Hi Peanut, welcome to the rspb.

Know what you mean regarding the camera ha ha.

Hope you get a recording of your bird soon too it would be nice to hear it.

Hi again Peanut,

I echo Sheena, I am waiting to hear what it is!

You've got some really great wildlife down there. I won't ever see a nightjar where I live!

Cheers - have fun

Andy

Hi Dyrako and welcome, however the people posting on this very old thread are no longer posting on this forum but it would be good if you could copy the youtube link and post it so that existing members could hear this odd sound?