Malnoueans Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 In the last couple of weeks we have noticed a most bizarre birdcall in the middle of the night. My husband has christened it 'the bedspring bird' as part of the call is indeed a sort of twanging sound a bit like how a bedspring would be portrayed in a cartoon! The first part of the call is rather like the call made by what we used to call 'peewits' when I was a girl growing up in the countryside in England, not sure if that is the correct name for that bird. So we get two or three 'peewit' cries followed by two or three 'bedspring twangs'. This bird seems to be about just as it is first coming light. Admittedly we had had a couple of brandies before we went to bed last night, but we have both heard this calling several times now so don't think we are hallucinating!Any ideas Chris pp or anybody else please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Have a look at this thread. There is a link to the Midwife toad - could it be that ?http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/714356/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malnoueans Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Thanks Russethouse, but I don't think that's it. I am going to sleep tonight with the digital recorder alongside the bed, so if it is about tonight I can leap out of bed and record it. I have been around our hamlet describing the sound to our French neighbours, but the only outcome is that they now appear confirmed in their view that les Anglais are everso slightly cracked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Could be a little owl, they have a large range of calls and would certainly fit your description, do you hear it at dusk as well?Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malnoueans Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 We haven't noticed it at dusk yet Chris, but will keep an ear out for it at dusk from now on. Will research Little Owls and see if it sounds right. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plod Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I'm pretty sure we have such a call from a bird here. It certainly is not restricted to night-time and I assumed it was an owl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loz Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I heard a call the other day which sounded the same, with my binoculars I could make out the birds shape but not colour as the sun was behind it. It looked like a rook in shape and bowed its head everytime it made the boing ! sound.Ps I am in the Limousin area Vaulry.[Www]Breezybreak.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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