• State Verified Answer
  • Replies 4 replies
  • Subscribers 81 subscribers
  • Views 1099 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Latest posts

Can anyone ID this recording?

no_idea
04/11/2019 08:11

Heard this noisy rattle eminating from the reeds at Rainham Marshes. Can anyone ID it for us?

www.dropbox.com/.../Reed bird.m4a

Thanks!

  • +1 04/11/2019 10:16

    Hi no_idea

    I think it might be the alarm call of a Wren. Here's a recording of one which has the same sort of pattern of clicks and rattles.

    Olivier SWIFT, XC503968. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/503968

    What do think, am I on the right track?

  • 0 04/11/2019 13:48
    I am by no means an expert but I would say that they sound like two different birds?
    TeeJay I think that the recording from No idea sounds like a Wren and yours more Tit like? I stand corrected if I am probably talking rubbish!
  • 0 05/11/2019 14:55
    Thanks, Tony and Catlady. Listening to recordings of the Wren's alarm call, it certainly does seem similar, so that seems to be the likely answer. For such a small bird, it's impressive how much noise they can make!

    Jonathan
  • 0 05/11/2019 16:17
    Yes, even their song has an impressive volume for such a tiny bird. I wonder what was causing it such alarm.