Recorded on the track to The Hide using a double pair of Primo EM172 capsules in a SASS style array and a Sony PCM-M10 recorder. Temperature 15 degrees, almost no wind. Background hum is from freeway and possibly waves and boats.

The birds happened to be calling very close by from saltmarsh during an ambient recording. The first calls are like exaggerated versions of the normally barely audible intake of breath during the more usual grunting call heard at 0:17.

There are at least two birds calling, possibly three.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

calls from the same pair as in XC312076, in response to playback.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

Two separate recordings of the same bird joined at around 25 seconds.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Recording (not its ID) has been discussed. See the forum.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

calls from the same pair as in XC312076, in response to playback.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

Grunt and wheeze calls. Some aircraft noise in background.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

'galloping' calls in response to playback from a pair of birds in a small, reed-choked ditch next to a busy road.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

Overcast and 11° with intermittent lite drizzle. Bird was close to recordists but remained concealed in dense reeds. 'krek' 'krek' call was heard for some time with short silent intervals before call started again. While bird was calling it remained in one location and did not move away. During the call interval bird seemed to move a short distance as the next sequence of call was heard a few feet from the previous call.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no