Sharp call - El Hondo - Spain (1 Viewer)

[lunitis]

Hello.
Recording made today. I only caught the last call, but the bird made several in a row in relative fast sucession, giving me the impression that it could have been two birds, always the same call.
Lagoon area with reeds (and some eucalyptus).

At second 4.

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Thanks.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,

with the usual caveats: the recording reminded me of a Yellow Wagtail, although slightly too "piepsig"= squeaky says google and with an uprising quality. Although I heard some adults making similar alerted sounds near the nest.

And considering the late date, I searched at xeno canto for this: Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) :: xeno-canto

The other species that came into my mind is a Meadow Pipit, although the call seems slightly too much "drawn out", although this is difficult to judge in a single call and the reasons, why I normally hesitate to comment with confidence with such short and high pitched calls.

And: you heard the calls in the field. Maybe you can listen to recordings in xeno canto and see if one of those two species fits? And as always I hope for more comments.

 

[Mark Lew1s]

I think water pipit might be a decent option - but I'd prefer to hear more than one call.

 

[lunitis]

Sorry, the record wasnt from "today", i translated the message from a portuguese forum where i posted the same thing before, but forgot to change that part (someone said cettia there btw). This is from the 4th November , still a bit late for yellow wagtail in the area, but it true that the sound is very similair.
Some meadow pipits and water pipits where already arriving.
If i recall well all the calls were drawn out. Maybe they were alarm calls because they started when i was very close, but they lasted close to 10 seconds i guess (the time to pick the phone and start recording).