la-vie-en-rose Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 at 5 o clock this morning we were wakened by what sounded like a low battery warning alarm.It was a regular, 2-4 second single chirp, quite loud, and when I opened the window to hear it better it stopped.We live on the Gers/Haute Garonne border near Samatan, and whilst we have been here for 6 years we have never heard it before.Any ideas, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 The smoke alarm needs a new pile ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Could be midwife toads, they make an electronic-like beeping sound. We have them too. Strange you haven't heard them before though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 You can listen on this link but not with firefox.http://planetepassion.com/SPECIES%20FACT%20SHEETS/AMPHIBIANS/Alytes_obstetricans.htmChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la-vie-en-rose Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 Thanks - it was loud and insistent last night too!Having listened to both the toad and the scops owl recordings, it's the owl - and I saw it yesterday evening, flying into the acacia outside our window.Many thanks for the help from the forum members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 piles Pierre! or batteries- One French student on exchange with my school went to a shop to buy batteries for his camera and asked in his best English, perfect pronunciation 'have you got any piles'couldn;t understand why the shop owner wasn't very pleased! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 [quote user="odile"]piles Pierre! or batteries- One French student on exchange with my school went to a shop to buy batteries for his camera and asked in his best English, perfect pronunciation 'have you got any piles'couldn;t understand why the shop owner wasn't very pleased![/quote]The student was obvioulsy a regular on France Forum where it seems de rigeur to insert French mots into English sentences. Pourquoi do they do that?[8-)]Richard T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 [quote user="chris pp"]You can listen on this link but not with firefox.http://planetepassion.com/SPECIES%20FACT%20SHEETS/AMPHIBIANS/Alytes_obstetricans.htmChris[/quote]Thats probably why I have put our mobile on charge when I thought its battery was low chris? I'm not sure if its midwife toad's though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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