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17-06-2011, 10:32 AM
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| | | Not a Nightjar . . .?
I wonder if anyone can help with IDing a mysterious sound I've heard here the last few summers? Initially I thought it was a nightjar, but having finally got round to listening to some recordings I don't think it is - it's deeper and less twittery, with a slower 'pulse'. The nearest I can get to describing it is a sheep baaing under water. I hear it at dusk, only in summer. I'm in Mayo, in the west of Ireland: the area is fairly remote, at the foot of a mountain, with a mixture of bog and scrub, and some mixed forestry. We're about 30 miles from the sea. (Of course, given all the rain we've had it's not impossible it really is a sheep under water!)
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17-06-2011, 10:35 AM
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| | | Re: Not a Nightjar . . .?
Black Grouse? The RSPB: Black grouse
Although the sound more like they're blowing bubbles under water 
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17-06-2011, 03:29 PM
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| | | Re: Not a Nightjar . . .?
add roding wood cock to the list of possibles too |
17-06-2011, 05:24 PM
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| | | Re: Not a Nightjar . . .?
Natterjack Toads? |
17-06-2011, 05:26 PM
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| | | Re: Not a Nightjar . . .?
Quote:
Originally Posted by aeshna5  Natterjack Toads? | I was thinking of birds and didn't think of that 
Isn't the Natterjack the only native species of toad in Ireland? |
17-06-2011, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by david156 I was thinking of birds and didn't think of that
Isn't the Natterjack the only native species of toad in Ireland? | It is the only native toad in Ireland + can occur in bogs as well as dune systems there. It's not widespread there, but certainly has a "Nightjar type" call- as heard on Springwatch yesterday. |
17-06-2011, 06:52 PM
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| | | Re: Not a Nightjar . . .?
You can hear a natterjack calling here.... The Natterjack Toad (Epidalea calamita) |
20-06-2011, 08:34 AM
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| | | Re: Not a Nightjar . . .?
Many thanks for the suggestions and links. I'm now pretty sure it's snipe - there are loads of them in the locality (a pair nested in the wild end of our garden last year) and the recordings of drumming sound exactly right. Mystery solved! |
20-06-2011, 12:08 PM
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| | | Re: Not a Nightjar . . .?
A mysterious and intriguing sound indeed considering it's made by tail feathers. | | | |
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