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Sounds from the Night Garden (1 Viewer)

Torchepot

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Voices from the Night Garden

Things are slowing down a bit now with the colder weather but still getting some interesting stuff

Here's some Cranes from the night before last, about 9 seconds in there's a young bird giving their little squeak - and a couple more faint ones further on.

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I could hear a few squeaks. Are those birds flying over, or roosting nearby?

The big flock was in the afternoon so there's a lot of background calls of small birds n our garden. The small flock was at night so it's easier to pick out the youngster.

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Another mystery call

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First thoughts - it must be a mammal surely? Too loud for a bat?

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Possible candidates in our garden are fox, pine marten or dormouse.

Haven't heard a peep out of the dormice for a couple of weeks though - since weather got colder (and it doesn't match any of the hundreds of calls I've recorded so far).
 
Another mystery call

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First thoughts - it must be a mammal surely? Too loud for a bat?

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Possible candidates in our garden are fox, pine marten or dormouse.

Haven't heard a peep out of the dormice for a couple of weeks though - since weather got colder (and it doesn't match any of the hundreds of calls I've recorded so far).

Searching through glis recordings this is the closest


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Similar enough for me to think it must be one virtually sitting on the microphone - can't see what else it could be really.
 
Cranes still going over - now up to 17 flocks since 27th Oct - interestingly about twice as many recorded at night than during daylight. More evidence of young with these later flocks too.

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I was a bit worried when I heard this - heavy breathing in the garden!! Pretty sure it's a badger though as the lawn always looks like it's been rotavatored after they visit. Not sure why it's making this noise though?


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