Fetch Birdwatchers
166 watchers
Mar 2024
6:46pm, 29 Mar 2024
2,744 posts
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RooA
Well I'd just had an al fresco wee and thought the next thing I was going to hear was "This is Big Brother..."
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Mar 2024
7:16pm, 29 Mar 2024
18,273 posts
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KinkyS
It's a fabulous noise, and your description of it makes perfect sense now!
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Mar 2024
7:39pm, 29 Mar 2024
2,745 posts
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RooA
I'm not very good with describing sounds! I didn't know how else to describe it. 😆
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Mar 2024
7:52pm, 29 Mar 2024
23,608 posts
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Red Squirrel
I’ve just had a listen. Phasers on stun.
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Mar 2024
8:46pm, 29 Mar 2024
2,746 posts
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RooA
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Mar 2024
9:23pm, 29 Mar 2024
4,530 posts
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paulcook
RSPB call and the first I found on Youtube are somewhat different. Though both pretty distinctive.
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Mar 2024
9:33pm, 29 Mar 2024
2,747 posts
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RooA
british-birdsongs.uk This the page I listened to, it was exactly the noise in the first couple of seconds of the snipe clip. I went to the page to listen to a golden plover, then saw "snipe" and realised I'd been seeing lots of them but didn't know what they sounded like. We get a fair few near us here (they scare the shit out of the horses when out riding) but I've never heard the noise before! |
Mar 2024
9:41pm, 29 Mar 2024
65,262 posts
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Derby Tup
How big is a snipe? Size of a starling or a blackbird?
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Mar 2024
9:44pm, 29 Mar 2024
65,263 posts
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Derby Tup
Mistle thrush more like. Mind, half the thing is its bill
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Mar 2024
9:50pm, 29 Mar 2024
4,531 posts
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paulcook
british-birdsongs.uk This the page I listened to, it was exactly the noise in the first couple of seconds of the snipe clip. I went to the page to listen to a golden plover, then saw "snipe" and realised I'd been seeing lots of them but didn't know what they sounded like. We get a fair few near us here (they scare the shit out of the horses when out riding) but I've never heard the noise before! So distinctive. Once you've heard it once you're unlikely to forget it in a hurry. Theoretically it looks like I run where they should be about but never recall hearing anything like it before, nor probably spotting them. |
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