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Nocturnal call to be identified - barn owl? (1 Viewer)

Guesty

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Hello again I come with a recording made last night in the southern end of the Cotswolds. Too dark to see what bird was making it but it was flying around for a few minutes making two distinct sounds. One in flight which unfortunately I didn’t capture and one when static and that’s what I have here.

There is a barn owl in the area - not seen it for a while but my best guess is that that’s it - but I’ve looked on YT for identifying calls and can’t replicate the sound.

(Hard to describe the in-flight sound not-recorded - kind of a haunting, whirling type sound - beautiful in its own way…)

As ever all inputs gratefully received as I am still very much a noob - have just purchased my first trap camera 👍
 

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Hello again I come with a recording made last night in the southern end of the Cotswolds. Too dark to see what bird was making it but it was flying around for a few minutes making two distinct sounds. One in flight which unfortunately I didn’t capture and one when static and that’s what I have here.

There is a barn owl in the area - not seen it for a while but my best guess is that that’s it - but I’ve looked on YT for identifying calls and can’t replicate the sound.

(Hard to describe the in-flight sound not-recorded - kind of a haunting, whirling type sound - beautiful in its own way…)

As ever all inputs gratefully received as I am still very much a noob - have just purchased my first trap camera 👍
Tawny owl

Similar example:

 
Presumably the standard 'kee-wick' call of tawny owl that you'll find in your field guide - though in this case not quite fitting that standard description of it.
 
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