Today we led a group around Keyhaven and saw most of the usual species we'd expect to see, but spring migrants such as Wheatear and Sand Martin was on our list to see but unfortunately didn't get found. During our walk we had the opportunity to see Redshanks and Spotted Redshanks and hear them calling. Then the question was asked how do they compare to Greenshank, so I've had a look through my old recordings and dug out the three typical flight calls of the three species. I've added them and a sonagram for each of the three species for direct comparison.
Do remember all species have more than one call which they make in flight and the best way to learn any species calls is to listen to them out in the field. There is a good website to use to check out any bird sound is Xeno-canto it has an extensive on line collection of bird sound from all around the world follow this link http://www.xeno-canto.org/collection/area/europe to take a look.
Do remember all species have more than one call which they make in flight and the best way to learn any species calls is to listen to them out in the field. There is a good website to use to check out any bird sound is Xeno-canto it has an extensive on line collection of bird sound from all around the world follow this link http://www.xeno-canto.org/collection/area/europe to take a look.
First is Greenshank:-
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
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