Roosting Swallows having a chinwag before lights-out:
Adult Tawny Owls call-and-responding, with wikwikwiks and hoots.....
...and the easily missable, high-pitched trisyllabic squeaks of a Tawny Owl chick - fluffy, flightless and just out of the nest.....
As detailed more in the previous post, it was good to pick up spring wader migration overnight at the Dams. Here's the soft whinny of a northbound Whimbrel:
Breeding birds often pipe up seemingly randomly in the middle of the night, including this annoyed-sounding Tufted Duck....
.... and it's especially useful to record the breeding presence of less diurnal species, including Water Rails:
More to follow in the coming weeks and months - watch this space.
