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Bird singing beautiful long song after dark

  • 25-05-2014 9:41pm
    #1
    toormore
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    Hi! I have a bird singing beautifully late in evening after all the rest have gone to sleep. It is not a nightingale nor trush nightingale. I have heard trush nightingale singing in Latvia and one can never forget it. I live in Mayo with a woodland and lots of hedges on the doorstep. Any suggestions who can it be?


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  • #2
    OpenYourEyes
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    I suggest going to the RSPB website and playing the Robin and Blackbird calls as a starting point to see if its one of them.

    If you can give us some more details on the type of song it is we might be able to give more specific suggestions.


    Nightingale and Thrush Nightingale don't breed in Ireland the chances of hearing them here are virtually nil!


  • #3
    V_Moth
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    My own guess would be Song Thrush.


  • #4
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Grasshopper Warblers have arrived and are calli g through the night.


  • #5
    WildIreland
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    As others have already suggested, robins, blackbirds and song thrush will often sing through the night at this time of year -- especially if you're near an artificial light source like a street-lamp or spot-lit building.

    Birds don't have the same sleep patterns as we do -- and can quite happily "power nap" their way through life. If there's a light source they'll sing, and often forage on-and-off right through the night.


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