What is this noise I hear in the middle of the night?

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mdzmdz@reddit

Someone outside doing owl impressions ! Not very good ones either.

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Majestic2012@reddit

Mrs. Tiggywinkle, Mrs. Tiggywinkle, breakfast, yumyum.

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Title_in_progress@reddit

That's a Tengmalm's owl. They are pretty common in Europe. I only found a German video, but you can hear its call at approx. 0:20. https://youtu.be/bva62CjnG80?si=x4LVjCHdJnHMaM6_

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oh my... if you're right (and it does sound very much like it) then I may have just found an extremely rare visitor to the UK and should probably report it, because I think it's only been spotted over here once or twice before

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Title_in_progress@reddit

You're right. I just looked up the BTO webpage, and they state that this owl is rare in the UK. I'm currently in Germany, and they're not as rare here.
You could try your luck with your local birdwatcher group.
There is a map on the BTO page where they list their regional representatives. Maybe that's worth a look too. https://www.bto.org/get-involved/volunteer/regional-network/directory

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presumptuous_ed@reddit

Sounds a bit owlish to me. If it's a regular occurrence get the Merlin app from Cornell university, it's like Shazam but for bird calls. I took my dog for a walk in local woods last night and heard an owl so I used the app and it identified it as a tawny owl, it's really good, free as well. It can play back some stock bird calls as well but be careful, I was playing through some bird calls in my garden and a very angry looking sparrow landed on my fence looking like he was ready to take a rival on.

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PsychologyFit614@reddit (OP)

I already said in the post that Merlin doesn't think it's a bird, but thank you for the help!

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