Late night wild life!

[Garden Carpet]

It is 11.12pm...and a blackbird has just shouted a warning. I do sometimes hear a blackbird sing in the middle of the night. What is the latest you have heard a bird sing/call
jaki

[yellowhammer]

I heard a blackbird and a robin on Saturday night at about 3.30am as I meandered home but whether they were late or early for Sunday I wouldn't like to say... I was a little, umm, under the weather. I often hear pheasants up until about midnight when I'm out on newt surveys.

You can often hear birds screeching at this time in Gravesend town centre, the streets echo with calls of "Leave 'im Darren, 'ees not wurf it"

[Garden Carpet]

You can often hear birds screeching at this time in Gravesend town centre, the streets echo with calls of "Leave 'im Darren, 'ees not wurf it" [/quote]

I larfed till i coffed at that
jaki

[Blackdog]

Originally Posted by Garden Carpet

You can often hear birds screeching at this time in Gravesend town centre, the streets echo with calls of "Leave 'im Darren, 'ees not wurf it"

I larfed till i coffed at that
jaki[/quote]

So did I - a mouthfull of Earl Grey all over my screen, nearly

I've heard a Nightingale giving it plenty until after midnight during the Summer months, but a blackbird at this time of year? He must be lost...

[yellowhammer]

Oh it's funny alright, until you roll out of Vicki's (Gravesend's premier cattle market, ladies get in free on 'grab-a-granny' night) at two in the morning desperate for a kebab. Then it's enough to quite spoil the cut of a chap's trouser

Anyway... In January I heard a tawny owl calling at 11.15am, does that count?

[Blackdog]

Originally Posted by yellowhammer

Oh it's funny alright, until you roll out of Vicki's (Gravesend's premier cattle market, ladies get in free on 'grab-a-granny' night) at two in the morning desperate for a kebab. Then it's enough to quite spoil the cut of a chap's trouser

There are one or two high class joints like that in Bristol too

[Garden Carpet]

So did I - a mouthfull of Earl Grey all over my screen, nearly

I've heard a Nightingale giving it plenty until after midnight during the Summer months, but a blackbird at this time of year? He must be lost...[/quote]


Thank goodness you didnt.. what a waste of earl grey.

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by yellowhammer

Oh it's funny alright, until you roll out of Vicki's (Gravesend's premier cattle market, ladies get in free on 'grab-a-granny' night) at two in the morning desperate for a kebab. Then it's enough to quite spoil the cut of a chap's trouser

i dont think i'm ever quite that desperate - they are made from road kill you know that why they are doner - as in donated by a passing Badger

[Susie]

Luv 'em.

[almostnormal]

the latest i've heard wildlife is pink footed geese on migration down the west coast. usually around the 2.30am mark.

[PMG]

Robins and blackbirds in particular will sing in spells throughout the whole night if they happen to be roosting near well lit roads! The extremely well lit road junction near the firestation can almost gaurantee both going at it - one on either side!

Lots of things but esp ducks and geese can be heard calling while flying over on migration.

Waders call through the night in the middle of the breeding season . . . I remember one lovely holiday 30 years ago in a cottage in the Cairngorms when curlew, oystercatcher and redshank called all night long . . . same goes for the short nights in the western isles - all the waders seem to be awake and going about normal business in the dark. It was out there that I first heard water rail song - they have a weird little trilly song quite the opposite of the 'pig screaming' normal 'rail-wail'! And apparently they only give this little song after dusk . . .

I live within spitting distance of Pennington Flash and whenever I go to the bathroom in the night I have a quick listen out of the open window: coot, moorhen and blackheaded gull always seem to be calling or fighting and the sound carries well after dark.

Pauline

[badgerwatcher]

There are always birds singing in my garden, whatever time I'm awake. I can't identify them, I'm afraid, but nothing unusual, blackbird, thrush or robin, I think.