My vote would also be for Greenfinch (pretty sure its not a Water Rail !). =
I do have bits of Redpoll contact calls that sound like that but they are v=
ery much shorter. Greenfinch is more likely in the locality described and h=
ave a listen (and watch the sonogram) to what I call the "swirl" call in th=
e middle of this page:
http://tinyurl.com/buw27nl
I guess I need to write up Redpoll now....
(Serge how sure can we be that xeno-canto link is correctly identified ?)
best wishes,
Chris
http://www.wildechoes.org
--- In David Darrell-Lambert <> =
wrote:
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> I would have said Greenfinch call, I've not heard Redpolls give calls lik=
e that. Hopefully not a Water Rail again ;-)
>
> David Darrell-Lambert
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> On 25 Jun 2012, at 20:34, Graham Meadows <> wrote:
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> > Hi Serge
> >
> > Thanks for the positive ID, Next mission is to photograph the offender!
> >
> > All the best
> > Graham
> >
> > On Monday 25 Jun 2012 14:36:07 you wrote:
> > >
> > > It definitely has a fringillid taste (carduelis sp. or fringilla sp.)=
,
> > > even though
> > > I doubt it's a Greenfinch.
> > > [But there are Greenfinch's calls in the background, e.g. at 20", 26"=
,
> > > 29", and almost permanently after 35".]
> > >
> > > My best bet was Eurasian Siskin, but I was not convinced.
> > > I asked people more knowledgeable than me, and got a
> > > satisfactory answer: It's a Common Redpoll _Carduelis flammea_/
> > >
> > > Listen to: http://www.xeno-canto.org/41076
> >
> >
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