bird call help

dnb · #1 (**permalink**) 21-06-2010, 05:50 PM

We have heard a strange bird call in the field next to our garden and can not identify it. It sounds like it should come from a biggish bird but generally only heard in the afternoon and sometimes the evening.

As I haven't managed to record the sound (or seen the bird) I will describe to the best of my (limited) ability

Here goes - ooooo-whoop, ooooo-whoop. The second note is higher than the first

Many thanks for any help

RKB · #2 (**permalink**) 21-06-2010, 06:32 PM

Sounds like a Stock Dove song.

Have a listen to some here:

xeno-canto/Europe :: bird sounds from Europe :: stock dove

dnb · #3 (**permalink**) 21-06-2010, 06:55 PM

No, it's not that. It is a really deep, rounded call - will maybe do two or three then will hear no more for a while then it will start up again. The nearest we can find in sound is a curlew but that isn't exactly right and we are on farmland so nowhere for it to wade!