Hoping someone can ID this bird call!
Recorded in rural South Wales, UK, last September, nobody I've played it to can tell what it is (and Merlin didn't know either)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TwEW5eprcyu8PtiOfxdwc_8hdDLn25wV/view?usp=drivesdk
(Apologies for the Drive link but I couldn't find an easy way to share audio files on here directly)
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This could also be a squirrel. Their alarm calls are close to this. Example.
Oh my god I think that's it!
Looked up some other examples too and yeah it sounds very similar, I never knew they could make that noise
Glad to hear you figured it out. I frequent a cemetery where there are thousands of squirrels and you'll hear them make all kinds of noises. Adorable creatures, but they eat all the damn bird seed!
Cat meowing?
It sounded nothing like a cat to me, honestly. It was more like a squawk in real life, with a consistent high pitched ending sound which barely comes across in the recording, I've never heard a cat make a sound like that
All three of my cats sound exactly like that. Especially when the food bowl is empty.
If you've got a recording of the sound I'll gladly compare 😁 seems like I'm outnumbered here so I'll disappointedly concede that it's a cat
Could be a gray catbird? 😅
I'm 95% sure that is a cat.
Have you tried the Merlin app or similar bird call app?
Yes, this was recorded with Merlin, and as I said in the post it couldn't identify what it was
Sorry, I missed that.