Starling mimicry quiz
Post categories: Autumnwatch
|14:05 UK time, Thursday, 18 November 2010
As Chris and Kate find out in tonight's starling spectacular that is Autumnwatch, starlings make pretty good mimics. So as a bit of fun, we thought we'd ask you to try to spot the other species our starlings are mimicking on this audio clip. Post your answers below.
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Comment number 1.
At 20:49 18th Nov 2010, Les wrote:curlew, little owl, moorhen, koot, teal duck, robin, wren, oyster catcher, shel duck?, black headed gull, blue tit, crow, reed warbler?, thrush, black bird, kestrel.
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Comment number 2.
At 21:28 18th Nov 2010, Elaine wrote:Years ago, John Peel had an amazing recording of a listener's pet starling on Saturday morning's 'Home Truths'. The starling mimicked perfectly, the human voice - quite fantastic!
Cheers, Elaine
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At 21:45 18th Nov 2010, malcolm munro wrote:Coot, Hedge Sparrow, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Curlew, Peewit, Pheasant, Buzzard, Kestrel, Moorhen, Sandpiper?,Greenfinch, Little Owl, Mistle Thrush, Rook, Heron, Tawney Owl and Mallard.
I'm sure there are more!
M
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Comment number 4.
At 23:28 18th Nov 2010, Snaz wrote:Female Tawny Owl, Phone.
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Comment number 5.
At 10:17 19th Nov 2010, sue brewer wrote:There used to be a starling in our garden who mimicked our trimphone (quite a while ago!). It got to the stage where we used to joke, 'Can someone answer that starling, please?!'
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At 12:54 19th Nov 2010, CherryBarnOwl wrote:Moorhen/coot/macaw Buzzard to name a few - I had a 'double-take when I heard them mimic Chickens perfectly,they were perched on powerlines just above my head,I could'nt believe it !!
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At 21:42 20th Nov 2010, Matt wrote:I thought i heard a Goshawk in there, Moorhen, Duck,Goose,Lapwing, Pheasant and a buzzard. A few i couldn`t place. Some sound like birds from overseas?
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Comment number 8.
At 15:50 22nd Nov 2010, phil_manning wrote:The report on the Starlings in Aberystwyth was "spectacular" and the number of birds incredible. But not ONE mention of a 'murmuration' of Starlings!
We learnt this word from Jonathan, a hitch-hiker from Johannesburg almost thirty years ago.
You are brilliant presenters so this is a friendly 'dig' and not meant to be taken seriously!
Keep up the GREAT work as we look forward to more of the same and of course Springwatch.
Many thanks, Phil ;-)
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At 14:16 2nd Jul 2011, Ollie Reed wrote:In Autumn will there be a update on the Bob the barn owl and this family. and a update on the the buzzard with the 1 chick
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At 21:40 7th Jul 2011, jeztorrance wrote:@Ollie Reed, have you seen the updates we've done so far? https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/natureuk/2011/06/springwatch-animal-star-update.shtml
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