Bird song - woodwind reverberation - Argyll, Scotland (1 Viewer)

[richtweedy]

I realise that describing bird song in words is fraught with difficulties... but while I was on a futile wait for pine martens in the Trossachs in Argyll (UK) last week, I heard a bird song which I can only describe as like a woodwind reverberation. I've not heard anything like it before - the closest is the bittern's boom, but the repetition was more rapid and although low was nowhere near as low. It only every occurred in deep twilight, both dawn and dusk, but I heard it quite frequently. I was sitting in woodland, but there was also a small river and marshland in the general direction of the sound.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Description could be a Snipe drumming e.g.
http://www.xeno-canto.org/90977

 

[Dubplate]

Sounds like it could be a long eared owl.

 

[richtweedy]

Yes, that's exactly it - definitely snipe drumming. Many thanks Andrew.

Dubplate - I did think of long-eared owl as well and checked that before posting; but the snipe drumming sound is unmistakable.

 

[Wizzle]

Well done guys, a bird song described and identified in just 4 posts!