Hoopoe in background of TV programme (1 Viewer)

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RayMurray

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• May 22, 2011

• #1

Anyone who watched 'Countryfile' on BBC1 today may have noticed that during the 'Adam's Farm' section on his oil seed rape fields that there was a Hoopoe calling in the background.
I really don't think the BBC dub on extraneous wildlife sounds - so there may be a good local record out there for anyone who knows there the programme is filmed.

 

Southern Frogmouth

Well-known member

• May 23, 2011

• #2

Agreed I heard it too. I thought his farm was in the Cotswolds, but not certain on that point.

 

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Steve Lister

Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.

• May 23, 2011

• #3

RayMurray said:

I really don't think the BBC dub on extraneous wildlife sounds.

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Not too sure about this.

And if it was indeed a Hoopooe at this as yet unknown spot when was it filmed?

Steve

 

Gill Osborne

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• May 23, 2011

• #4

THANK YOU :t: I was watching it last night and Neil said I got this 'listening to the background noises' look on my face :-O I'm no expert on hoopoes but swore blind that there WAS one hooping away in the background :king:

Just glad I wasn't imagining it! :t:

 

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J.D

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• May 23, 2011

• #5

I heard it too,unusual for them to call when on migration here,i just assumed it was a dubbed sound.

 

Gill Osborne

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• May 23, 2011

• #6

http://www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk/

Anyone else notice that stupid 'advert' that's on before most ITV dramas (Vera last night being one) - a couple on safari get their car driven by a baboon yet I'm sure it's a chimpanzee's noise dubbed over :smoke: I rant about it every time and it's driving Neil nuts!!! :-O

 

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Parker

Uncomfortably Numb.

• May 23, 2011

• #7

I also heard the Hoopoe on Countryfile last night & thought about starting a thread on here but then forgot, nice to see a few people heard it.

 

Jon Turner

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• May 23, 2011

• #8

Yes, I commented to my wife "that's a Hoopoe in the backgound".

It would seem odd to have a soundtrack added, anyone got access to the BBC to find out?

A similar thread started recently about a Bee-eater call backing Hyacinth Bouquet....

 

Brian Stone

A Stone chatting

• May 23, 2011

• #9

I also remember Bee-eater all over an episode of Timeteam I think from Somerset. I expect it can be a bit of a lottery what gets dubbed on.

 

chris23565

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• May 23, 2011

• #10

I've just watched the 'farm' section on i player and you can hear the Hoopoe quite clearly, the other thing I noticed was on the previous part he was on another farm with some bee's and you could hear Yellowhammer and Corn Bunting which you could also hear when he was on his own farm, of course you would expect too hear these birds around a farm and if early morning when filming they will be heard a lot more, I would be surprised if this is dubbed on bird sounds though.

 

Chris-Leeds

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• May 23, 2011

• #11

I heard it as well and wondered if it was genuine but as it was while he was talking it must have been.

 

Alexjh1

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• May 24, 2011

• #12

My village in Northamptonshire was on a David Dimbleby documentary a while back, apparently, according to the sound effects we have eagles flying around (althoug, I seem to recall somewhere that the dramatic "eagle" sound effect is something like red tailed hawk?)

 

Jaff

Registered Member

• May 25, 2011

• #13

It'll almost certainly have been dubbed in. The BBC does things like that a lot.

 

Patrick_L

Counting Down

• May 25, 2011

• #14

Gill Osborne said:

http://www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk/

Anyone else notice that stupid 'advert' that's on before most ITV dramas (Vera last night being one) - a couple on safari get their car driven by a baboon yet I'm sure it's a chimpanzee's noise dubbed over :smoke: I rant about it every time and it's driving Neil nuts!!! :-O

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I'm more concerned about the fact that baboons have learnt to drive than any minor over-dubbing details. Worrying.

Anyone else note the churring Nightjar recently in the grounds of an Oxford college on 'Lewis'? Hmm.

 

rollingthunder

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• May 26, 2011

• #15

My money would be on dubbing - i get really annoyed when they dub a noise resembling a distant jet fighter on documentaries involving Eagles etc..........

 

Gill Osborne

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• May 27, 2011

• #16

Patrick_L said:

I'm more concerned about the fact that baboons have learnt to drive than any minor over-dubbing details. Worrying.

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Haha never thought of THAT aspect :-O

Anyone else note the churring Nightjar recently in the grounds of an Oxford college on 'Lewis'? Hmm.

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YES!!! I'd forgotten about that one.....pointed it out to Neil *and got told off as usual*