Unfamiliar birdsong, Midlothian Scotland (1 Viewer)

[2spot Ladybird]

I'm wondering if anyone could identify a bird for me from a description of the song? I recognise most of the songs of the birds that live in and around my garden but this is one I've never heard before.

I was putting out food for the birds at 7am and could hear a Robin and something else. The song sounded like a trilling 'tree, tree , tree , treeooo' the first part (tree, tree, tree) being rapid and the second part a bit more drawn out. It was still dark out there so couldn't see anything. I tried listening to several different bird songs on the RSPB website but nothing was even close.

I'm in a large rural town situated at the foot of the Pentland Hills, lots of farmland around and also lots of woodland and a river about 500 yards away. There is a mature Ash tree in the garden opposite mine and several of the gardens around me have fairly mature Rowan trees.

Anyone help?

 

[KnockerNorton]

chaffinch?

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Could be a tit - maybe Blue Tit.

 

[paulharrison85]

I suppose that could just about describe one of the calls of a Nuthatch. It could sound odd if you weren't used to hearing it. I'm struggling to find a link for the call I'm talking about though.

Paul

 

[paulharrison85]

There are a collection of calls towards the end of Simon Barnes piece on the Nuthatch here

http://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/badbirdwatcher/nuthatch.mp3

He talks over some of the calls unfortunately!

Paul

 

[2spot Ladybird]

poecile, don't think it was a Chaffinch.

Andrew, Blue Tits around here tend to sound something like 'chee, chee, chee, choochoochoo' (a bit like the mocking bird on hector's house).|:$| Showing my age here. Unless someone's came up with a new song||

hepmpfam, song was higher pitched and not run together but there is similarities.

 

[KnockerNorton]

Yellowhammer? Meadow Pipit? Woodpigeon? You could fit a lot of calls to that description.

Not a lot to go on though, really. These things are always really difficult.