Hi, this evening I heard this bird call near Oxford's natural history Museum at around 8pm. It was very loud! It has a distinctive call which repeated about once a minute or so (I'm 100% sure this is all one bird), almost like a Kookaburra at some points
What do you think it is?
(sorry for the talking over the recording!)
Play this audio clip
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I think it could be the alarm call of a Peregrine Falcon. Have a listen to this recording.
Albert Lastukhin & Yuri Glushchenko, XC344930. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/344930
It would fit with the location of five or six floors up.
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Tony
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Hi and welcome to the community from me too. After hearing your recording I can only agree with Tony as it sounds more like a Peregrine falcon. Unless someone nearby has an aviary with exotic species or there is a wildlife hospital/rehabilitation facility in the area where they treat all sorts of birds/animals.
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Regards, Hazel
Interesting, a few suggestions, not so sure a Peregrine, scroll within link for sounds....,(www.hbw.com/.../sounds) wonder if a Red Kite in distress
Maybe the Local Oxford Birding groups could also help.
Hey thanks for replying, interesting it’s there too! Here’s my guess now: it’s a recording of many different birds, probably birds of prey, played out loud at night to scare away pigeons and others which might roost and damage the brickwork (beats ugly metal spikes everywhere!)
Oh wow, that hadn't even occurred to me! Yes- my recording (below) perfectly matches some of that video. Not the answer I was hoping for (I was hoping to have stumbled across a rare find haha) but this makes perfect sense with the regularity of time/ location of the sound. I wonder why this deterrent is played here- seems very odd considering the university parks right next door. Perhaps something to do with the college. I think I might email round to investigate further!