UK/Bird song/ID please (1 Viewer)

[gradders52]

Hi
Anyone able to identify this birdsong please.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqm3a-vLhi0

(don't know how to create sound only files so had to stick it up on You tube as a video ... no sight of the bird. Any suggestions on other options or how to appreciated... except not Mr Gates based but Mr Jobs). How to on bird forum?
THANKS
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[gropperwinch]

zis iz a nightingale, exzellent vork!

 

[gradders52]

zis iz a nightingale, exzellent vork!

Me fears one taketh the proverbial perhaps?

Anyone else care to venture an opinion? Too dodgy a recording...??? It's the variation and 'tremble' in the middle that gets me! Que pasa?

 

[lou salomon]

nightingale it is.

 

[nickderry]

nightingale for me too

 

[gradders52]

Here's an earlier recording (by two minutes) as a double take/check.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SQWZiBPFOQ

still think it's a nightingale... ?
Thanks
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[nickderry]

Here's an earlier recording (by two minutes) as a double take/check.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SQWZiBPFOQ

still think it's a nightingale... ?
Thanks
g

yep, nightingale, had my first of the year singing last saturday.

 

[gradders52]

You know the one about rocking horses... well that's us and nightingales... if this turns out to be a nightingale, I think there may be a bit of commotion hereabouts!
Any more votes?
And thanks to all so far...

 

[John B (not the sloop)]

Yes it's a Nightingale even though this particular one isn't incorporating the very distinctive lower pitched "chookchookchook" phrase in its song. Maybe it's a novice.....

 

[phil baber]

zis iz a nightingale, exzellent vork!

Nightingale indeed!

 

[phil baber]

Play your video through any free sound recorder program and it will take the sound file. If not, play through Audacity, which is like a mini-recording studio. Then turn it from a WAV file into an MP3 or 4, using the free Switch program. Then attach, and upload as attachment. Hope this helps?

 

[gradders52]

Thanks everyone.
If it is a nightingale, we haven't had one in the area since 1965 apparently (the year before England won the world cup!)...
Will continue to pursue....
Thanks for technical tip Phil.... far too complicated! See what I can do in the future. Picture man, don't do 'sound'!
Best
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[petemorris]

Sounds nothing like a nightingale to me! Far too fast. The tempo is more like an odd Winter Wren.

 

[tarzzz]

I thought of Sedge Warbler.

//Ben

 

[rockfowl]

Sounds nothing like a nightingale to me! Far too fast. The tempo is more like an odd Winter Wren.

Agree

 

[Bonsaibirder]

"Funny" Wren was might first thought too (as Peter said) or maybe it sounds funny because the recording is so close. I imagine it would have sounded more like a normal Wren in real life!

The rapid dry trill in each phrase is particularly characteristic. At 9 seconds into the second video there's another Wren singing in the background (and sounding very similar) and of course there's a Chaffinch singing in both.

Cheers,

 

[bitterntwisted]

Wasn't sold on Nightingale yesterday despite the early agreement, but I wanted to hear it clearly through headphones first, the speakers on this laptop being atrocious, and having done so I think Pete is right.

The song appears to be the same lengthy phrase repeated several times, with clear similarities to a Wren's song. It doesn't have the verve, attack, or variety of Nighingale, as well as missing some of the diagnostic phrases.

Very odd wren is my best guess also. (Pretty sure it's not a Sedge Warbler, Ben)

Graham

 

[tarzzz]

I don't THINK it's a Sedge W. It was just my first thougt. I don't know what it is. I've never heard a Wren, so I rest my case.

//Ben

 

[gradders52]

There are loads of wrens about and plenty singing 'normally' on the day... while I'm not saying it isn't an 'odd wren', it sure didn't sound like a 'normal wren', of which there was plenty of evidence in the general vicinity... which is why I recorded this 'odd/unusual for the area' bird. Wrens can normally be picked up/sighted, constantly on the move and also tend to be 'territorial', knowing the area intimately, not convinced by wren either I'm afraid, just didn't fit the bill on a number of counts. This rascal was reasonably static in one place for some time but 'invisible' deep in the bush! Clearly it is far from conclusive. I'll be making other trips to see if I can pick it up again.
PLEASE do keep the thoughts and comments coming.
MANY THANKS
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[Jane Turner]

Its a Tree pipit.

http://www.xeno-canto.org/browse.php?query=tree+pipit

They are quite variable, very musical...

this is a close-ish match

http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds/up...hus_trivialis-20070427-52°0420.47N_5°1721.mp3