Song like a sand shaker? (1 Viewer)

[Druridgestay]

Which bird makes a song like a sand shaker please? I don't know where to start in 'opus'.
It has a double rhythm like 'chaff-chaff, chaff-chaff, chaff-chaff over and over again, sometimes ending in a staccato rattle. It sits in the trees surrounding my garden (NE countryside near coast)
Hope you can help!

 

[foresttwitcher]

Sounds like a Chiffchaff.

 

[Stuart Darbyshire]

sounds like House Sparrow to me

 

[Druridgestay]

Thank you but not as melodious as a chiffchaff, more grating?

 

[Phil Carter]

Squirrel?

Phil

 

[jurek]

Alarm call of a Lesser Whitethroat?

 

[pianoman]

It has a double rhythm like 'chaff-chaff, chaff-chaff, chaff-chaff over and over again, sometimes ending in a staccato rattle.

Something tells me it's a Reed Bunting.

chup.....chek....chaff......rattle

something like that?

 

[Druridgestay]

Nope not that. It is driving me mad. I've listened to so many bird sounds and still no idea.

 

[stevo]

Magpie,or maybe Mistle thrush?

Steve.

 

[Andy Hurley]

Try looking here for bird song/alarm/calls http://www.xeno-canto.org/

 

[Seatallen]

Stone chat?

 

[Seatallen]

...or alternatively, could it be a chaffinch doing a 'rain call'?

 

[Tideliner]

What is a sand shaker, never heard of one.

 

[Druridgestay]

It's not like an alarm call, more a monotonous two syllable chant. Definitely not a magpie I can hear one right this second as I'm in my conservatory.

 

[davercox]

...or alternatively, could it be a chaffinch doing a 'rain call'?

Chaffinch is a good shot, they make all sorts of noises and I doubt they'll all be on Xeno-canto. Or, as Bill Oddie used to say, 'if you can't identify it it's a Great Tit' ... but perhaps not this time ...

 

[martin kitching]

Description fits Magpie pretty well - possibly a juvenile bird

cheers
martin

 

[Jan-Paul Charteris]

Almost said Corncrake but would be a tad lost in a tree I agree Magpie is likely...young sound exactly like that, although quite often just one repeated note

P.s. Tideliner...glad I'm not the only one who doesn't have a clue what a sand shaker is