What animal is making this noise? Merlin Bird app can't find it, it's happening in Nottinghamshire at roughly midnight for about 20-30 minutes then stopping. It sounded like it was moving around a lot and quickly like a bird but I can't find a bird that matches the call type

Posted by AmbientBeans@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 9 comments

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johnlewisdesign@reddit

Tawny owl, we have them around ours every night

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Realistic-Analyst-23@reddit

I'd say that's definitely a tawny. No answering toowhoo though. Poor owl

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LungHeadZ@reddit

Does that mean it's lost it's partner/family or like a mating call? Familiar with the sound but never realised it was a communication thing between them

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PressureChemical7237@reddit

I’d say it’s searching for a mate and failing at the moment.

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Ohhh I looked up tawny owl but it wasn't until I added female to the search that I actually got one that sounded the same! I don't know why 3 different bird apps that are normally great at picking up anything couldn't figure it out, I had about 5 minutes of clear, uninterrupted audio of her! It's a little quiet in some of the recordings which was really strange as it was loud and clear and quite nearby for a lot of the recording so I don't know why my phone was picking it up so quietly.

I'll see if it'll let me add it to the Merlin app and see if that helps identify the sound more in the future for others

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Thestolenone@reddit

I'd guess Little Owl.

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AmbientBeans@reddit (OP)

That's what I thought but none of the sounds quite matched and a few others were saying tawny but I thought that was more raspy. That said I did hear a raspy call coming from another direction briefly just before this recording

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