Common sandpiper song - Perthshire - 02/05/2024 (1 Viewer)

[AFeather]

I would like confirmation that this is a common sandpipers song.

I could hear but not see it moving back and forth along the steep banks of a river at dusk.

Thanks

 

[01101001]

BirdNET says yes for both; Merlin can't hear it; I don't feel competent enough, but here's a link that might help (the website also has descriptions of NFCs given by groups of birds other than waders):

Waders - The Sound Approach

 

[AFeather]

Thankyou, I wasn't aware of BirdNet.

I'm fairly certain now:

XC599577 Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,

yes what I can just hear sounds good for a Common Sandpiper for me too (with more than the usual caveats).

And after comparing the song of Common Sandpiper on xenocanto, my feeling is its a rapid, fluent series of its calls.
I heard this sometimes when two or or more CS interact on migration/roosts/stopover sites

 

[AFeather]

I heard this sometimes when two or or more CS interact on migration/roosts/stopover sites

Thanks,

There have been two individuals on this stretch of river for a few weeks.