Bird Call id ?

fryup

What bird is making this high pitch sound?

https://vocaroo.com/i/s0yLmgYg1eI5

Tiercel Dave

Could it be a young Sparrowhawk, what sort of 'area' is the call coming from?.....

fryup

i'm living in an rural area, near a main road, not too many trees about...sparrowhawks like wooded areas i thought?

* whenever i hear the noise and look up i see nothing out of the ordinary, could it be a nesting bird?

fryup

i heard it again last evening, any second thoughts anyone??

could it be a kestrel or even a buzzard ?

i'm in east clare btw

Tiercel Dave

I'd still say Sparrowhawk, heard one myself yesterday. They'll still be begging for food from the parents for another month or so. A young male will have a higher pitch than a female. Kestrels would be more a bird of the air as opposed to the bush, or trees. I don't think there are many buzzards over your way yet, are you in the northern or southern end?.....

New Home

Sounds a bit like a wheelbarrow in dire need of some WD40.

fryup

Tiercel Dave wrote: »

I I don't think there are many buzzards over your way yet, are you in the northern or southern end?.....

scarriff,

btw - there has been a buzzard seen around these parts in recent months

Tiercel Dave

fryup wrote: »

scarriff,

btw - there has been a buzzard seen around these parts in recent months

Well that would be good country for a Spar.
There's Buzzards 'round Portumna so that's only a short distance away as the 'Crow' flies.....