Strange bird sound early this morning

[Alleycat1]

woken by a strange bird sound coming from silver birch outside window sounds like someone running finger along edge of a comb, one long tone, kept repeating. I live in north surrey with plenty of trees around, is there a good site where I can identify bird sounds?

[Madelinew]

The RSPB has recordings of bird sounds in its lists of species. If you go to the website and follow the links to birds by name you should find the sounds on individual pages. Someone else might be more specific about the species it could be. Greenfinches can make a long rasping wheezy tweeeee sound if that makes sense! I only identified that one after reading his description of it in Rory McGrath's book Bearded Tit. I usually find written descriptions of bird songs difficult to grasp. BTW I have found that the RSPB sound recordings don't always reproduce the whole range of a bird's song so it's not entirely representative.

[Jenny W]

Fieldfare? They make a loud rasping call

[FUDGEY]

Or a Mistle Thrush?

[wizzo]

I was going to suggest a Mistle Trush in distress?

[Alleycat1]

Thanks just listened to mistle thrush in distress and sounds very similar so probably was that.

[Picidae]

Also listen to Wren and Robin alarming -Immigrant Robins especially are being quite territorial at the moment as they establish their winter feeding grounds.