unknown calls from NE Germany this morning (1 Viewer)

[BikeandBird]

Hello all,

heard these calls early this morning at the Peene valley in NE Germany. I'm a bit stumped about it. Only heard these 3 calls.
Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance,

Leo

 

[01101001]

Distant Lapwing song? Apart from that, Merlin directed my attention to a singing Cuckoo, and it's indeed there if you listen carefully. There is also (as noted by Merlin and BirdNET) a Grasshopper Warbler in the foreground because 1) the cricketlike chirping is centred around 6 kHz and 2) there are 25.5 clicks per second, which is (almost) within range for Grasshopper Warbler (22.5-25 per second according to https://www.researchgate.net/public...bler_Locustella_fluviatilis_in_eastern_Poland), much less than Savi's Warbler and significantly more than River Warbler. It's hard to hear here, but Grasshopper Warbler's song should have a certain smooth ringing quality to it (not sure how much sense that makes, but I keep saying that to myself). (Anyway, could you specify the habitat, please, just in case.)

 

[BikeandBird]

I know about the Locustella warblers (both Grasshopper and Savi's singing simultaneously) and the cuckoo but I am talking about the 3 distinct calls in the foreground. The bird (if it was a bird) was closeby on the ground I think and definitely not a distance lapwing (which were around). I am not quite sure where the calls were coming from as it was on the border between sedge and reed. I was on the lookout for crakes and wonder if it might be one, but I couldn't find matching calls so far.

 

[01101001]

Yes, I can see the Savi's as well now that you pointed it to me. Sorry, I didn't mean to be patronising, and I think I may need to rethink my approach. What I meant is the standard Lapwing song that is somewhat cut short at the beginning and, then, a bit drowned out by background noise, but the other two calls are a bit different indeed.

EDIT: Short calls like here: ML391917191 Northern Lapwing Macaulay Library?

 

[CARERY]

I'm fairly certain this is a Little Crake. The general timbre is there. It seems to be a good year for them in NE Germany

 

[BikeandBird]

I agree about the general timbre but it also does not really fit the typical calls. I don't know about the variability of the calls though

 

[Patrick Franke]

How about Spotted Crake? There are some examples of softer and especially longer calls on xeno canto which sound somewhat similar. XC650741 for instance. I personally would exclude Little Crake here. All sounds I know are much shorter. Nevertheless, a group of birds with poorly documented vocalisations beyond songs and therefore just a very few well described references are available...