…walking along a rural canal towpath in Nottinghamshire. Across the canal, a small area of mature woodland, a country lane and arable farmland all round.
Couldn’t see it but the call was something I've not heard before – bird was concealed in the wooded area - sounded a lot like this…
www.british-birdsongs.uk/.../
…in particular, the constant repetitive nature of the call was distinctive – it continued for much longer than the bird in the attached sound clip.
sadly, no chance of seeing it.
Does anything else have such a repetitive rasping call? I've listened to partridge calls but they don't seem to match the constant repetitive bit.
Best regards
The best place to hear the Corncrake as i mentioned is in the Outer Hebides as i was in May-June 2019. But despite hearing Corncrakes every day, i never saw one Corncrake with my own eyes. On one occasion we all heard a Corncrake on the other side of a fence at Balranald of which only sounded a few feet away on the side of a fence but again with other members of my RSPB Group in silence for longer mo one hour and none of my Group saw the Corncrake. . Maybe one day! Who knows! But the Corncrake is not an easy bird to see! Another Bird that I hear I heard on a regular basis for many years as the sound is so distinguishable is the Cetti’s Warbler. But it was many years before I saw my first Cetti’s Warbler with my very own eyes and the Cetti’s Warble is more widespread but a bird more often heard than seen!
Cettis is a comparativly recent arrival in our bit of N.Yorkshire. When the local wildlife trust took over a worked out quarry as a wetland reserve the Cettis Warbler seemed to move in. They do seem to be vocal most of the year round.