Early evening bird call - Central Scotland (1 Viewer)

[Scozmos]

Evening all, we've just heard this bird outside the house, never heard it before and Merlin didn't ID it. Anyone know what it is please?

 

[Dawsy]

Possibly one of the confusing array of great tit calls?

 

[Scozmos]

Thanks Dawsy, without a visual, hard to know eh? I'm not surprised that Merlin couldn't get it but others too!

 

[jogresh]

It does sound very similar to some Great Tit calls, however my guess is a very odd Chaffinch. It gives a clear "chink" towards the end.

 

[mummymonkey]

I thought the chaffinch at the end was a different bird? If not then yeah, it's that.
At times I thought house sparrow tbh.

 

[Scozmos]

I thought the chaffinch at the end was a different bird? If not then yeah, it's that.
At times I thought house sparrow tbh.

There is a Chaffinch towards the end, I could see it in the tree, the calling bird sounded like it was on our roof. I wondered about House Sparrow too, we have a hedge full by the house

 

[delia todd]

I thought I could hear House Sparrows too.

 

[PaulCountyDurham]

It does sound very similar to some Great Tit calls, however my guess is a very odd Chaffinch. It gives a clear "chink" towards the end.

Agree. 'One bird in the recording and it's a Chaffinch.

I'd only disagree in that I don't find it odd. It's a Chaffinch sound I hear regularly when they tucked away in trees.

 

[Scozmos]

The first screenshot is of the mystery Sparrowfinch, the second shows the Chaffinch spike followed by the mystery Sparrowfinch.

 

[PaulCountyDurham]

The first screenshot is of the mystery Sparrowfinch, the second shows the Chaffinch spike followed by the mystery Sparrowfinch.
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Hi Scozmos,

I'm not sure what the above is but there is only one bird in your recording and it's a Chaffinch; it's the common sound of a Chaffinch scratting around in the trees. It's as a recognisable to me as a Blue Tit scratting around and I doubt many would mistake that.

The only reason I can assume this is deemed to be odd is because it's a bird that is often overlooked. Possibly.

I don't want to labour the point and so I won't go on about it. All I can suggest is next time you see a Chaffinch, stop for a while and listen to the sound of the bird when it gets inside the trees.

 

[Scozmos]

Hi Scozmos,

I'm not sure what the above is but there is only one bird in your recording and it's a Chaffinch; it's the common sound of a Chaffinch scratting around in the trees. It's as a recognisable to me as a Blue Tit scratting around and I doubt many would mistake that.

The only reason I can assume this is deemed to be odd is because it's a bird that is often overlooked. Possibly.

I don't want to labour the point and so I won't go on about it. All I can suggest is next time you see a Chaffinch, stop for a while and listen to the sound of the bird when it gets inside the trees.

Got the message cheers, I'll record all the Chaffinches in the garden every day 👍 never heard that from a Chaffinch before but, I doubt I've heard every sound they make