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Jeremy Torrance web producer|18:58 UK time, Friday, 14 October 2011

On the show tonight you'll hear a mystery sound. Can you identify it? Tell us what you think it is right here.

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At 20:34 14th Oct 2011, fenwalker1 wrote:
redwing
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At 20:34 14th Oct 2011, Craig Round wrote:
redwing
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At 20:34 14th Oct 2011, falcinelle wrote:
Redwing.
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, rimo wrote:
Redwings!
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, alan crane wrote:
Red wings
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, Zoe wrote:
waxwing
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, earthdragon64 wrote:
It's Redwing.
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, Suse wrote:
Migrating Redwings
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, Cowchy wrote:
Blackbird

or Robyn
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, StoatsJackson wrote:
Nightingale?
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, crunchy wrote:
pippistrelle bat?
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, winnie_the_newt wrote:
got to be redwing
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, doddy mac wrote:
migrating redwings because they fly at night.
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At 20:35 14th Oct 2011, Simon Alpe wrote:
nightjar
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At 20:36 14th Oct 2011, Simon wrote:
a bat.....
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At 20:36 14th Oct 2011, Cozza wrote:
it's a redwing
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At 20:36 14th Oct 2011, casualtyofchocolate wrote:
redwings
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At 20:36 14th Oct 2011, Janneke wrote:
The epitome of autumn migration the Redwing!!
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At 20:36 14th Oct 2011, Carol Monger wrote:
Robins?
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At 20:36 14th Oct 2011, fluffy_duckling wrote:
Redwings!
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At 20:36 14th Oct 2011, ralph-the-red wrote:
Redwing
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At 20:36 14th Oct 2011, Alan the silkiebreeder wrote:
redwing
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At 20:37 14th Oct 2011, LazyRizzo wrote:
Redwings migrating -heard this last night overhead in South Leicestershire :)
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At 20:37 14th Oct 2011, JCI wrote:
Redwing
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At 20:37 14th Oct 2011, bradbirder wrote:
field fere
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At 20:37 14th Oct 2011, Geoffrey wrote:
Nightjar
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At 20:37 14th Oct 2011, colin wrote:
Redwings
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At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, Safari Steve wrote:
REDWINGS !
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Comment number 29.
At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, stevie bhoy wrote:
Its a redwing
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At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, Cowchy wrote:
i hear that sound all year round by me id like to know myself hehe
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Comment number 31.
At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, Toadflax wrote:
Redwings! flying into the country now. Often heard in the night :)
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At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, emmap wrote:
Redwing
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At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, FEEDTHECHICKENZz wrote:
Redwing or mistle thrush BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
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At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, Batmancaver wrote:
Has to be migrating redwings on their way over from Scandanavia.
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At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, The Dyslexic Quazmister wrote:
A Nightjar
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At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, sagitprop wrote:
Redwing!
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At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, judoonraptor29 wrote:
Redwing
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At 20:38 14th Oct 2011, lyn wrote:
robin redbreast
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At 20:39 14th Oct 2011, bird wrote:
a bird
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At 20:39 14th Oct 2011, ilovechrispackham wrote:
Is it a redwing? Reading the BBC Wildlife magazine this morning said listen out for faint 'tseeep' calls overhead. Never actually heard it before.
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At 20:39 14th Oct 2011, Barbara_PNE wrote:
waxwing ?
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At 20:39 14th Oct 2011, CrispandDry wrote:
It is a Redwing.

Heard my first one Sat night, Sunday, Monday then a gap until Thursday when there were loads going over.
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At 20:39 14th Oct 2011, peppygen wrote:
redwing!
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At 20:39 14th Oct 2011, davelou wrote:
blackbird
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At 20:39 14th Oct 2011, tedbun wrote:
Methinks, a redwing ... Regards, TB et al.
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At 20:39 14th Oct 2011, strawdot wrote:
Contact call of Redwing
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At 20:39 14th Oct 2011, brianpybis wrote:
ren or a robyn
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At 20:40 14th Oct 2011, Simon Alpe wrote:
redwing
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At 20:40 14th Oct 2011, Chovahani11 wrote:
The lovely Redwing :)
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At 20:40 14th Oct 2011, dave fernley wrote:
redwing!
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At 20:40 14th Oct 2011, peakdistrictbirding wrote:
Redwing
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At 20:40 14th Oct 2011, chicamisr wrote:
redwing
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At 20:40 14th Oct 2011, David and Clare Pollard wrote:
Redwing.
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At 20:40 14th Oct 2011, johnboy wrote:
REDWING
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At 20:40 14th Oct 2011, Wharfrat wrote:
Redwing. I heard one flying over my garden just before the programme started tonight.
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At 20:41 14th Oct 2011, liam wrote:
bats ???
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At 20:41 14th Oct 2011, terry wrote:
could be a bat
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At 20:41 14th Oct 2011, SteveAllain wrote:
Have to agree with people here and go with redwing :) Its not a robin or blackbird as people have said as it is too monotone
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At 20:41 14th Oct 2011, rachaelmanley wrote:
Nightingale
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At 20:41 14th Oct 2011, Acornhouse wrote:
Sounds like a kingfisher, but if chris said you might be able to hear it now, maybe some sort of owl
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At 20:41 14th Oct 2011, garry Mcwilliams wrote:
its a redwing
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At 20:42 14th Oct 2011, wildlifewatcher wrote:
Redwing
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At 20:42 14th Oct 2011, sindria wrote:
bats
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At 20:42 14th Oct 2011, Mathewp wrote:
I believe it may be migrating redwings due to there night time migration
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At 20:42 14th Oct 2011, Lindsay wrote:
My 8 year old son Jude insists it's a cricket please someone tell him it isn't ...
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At 20:43 14th Oct 2011, robina wrote:
My namesake a 'Robin'
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At 20:43 14th Oct 2011, Tonidud wrote:
Redwing, heard my first one this year last night! Like it as much as the Chiff Chaff in Spring!
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At 20:43 14th Oct 2011, peakdistrictbirding wrote:
Redwings - heard my first ones this year last night
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At 20:43 14th Oct 2011, Deneo wrote:
Redwing
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At 20:43 14th Oct 2011, sooze21 wrote:
Nightingale
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At 20:44 14th Oct 2011, carolkevin wrote:
blackbird
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At 20:44 14th Oct 2011, swisssue wrote:
redwings migrating
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At 20:44 14th Oct 2011, nightjar wrote:
it must be a migratory red-wing, a very plain but nice sound to hear at this time of year, not seen one yet this year though.
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At 20:44 14th Oct 2011, highridge179 wrote:
Redwing
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At 20:44 14th Oct 2011, Bryan Matthews wrote:
Hi its Bryan from Birmingham Tonights bird sound is a REDWING.
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At 20:44 14th Oct 2011, OllieW wrote:
Redwing
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At 20:44 14th Oct 2011, Philip Johnson wrote:
Robin. Sings at night in artificial light (poetry as well)
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At 20:44 14th Oct 2011, Mooney and Jules wrote:
Robin
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At 20:44 14th Oct 2011, libbysgrandma wrote:
hi guys

i think it's a shrew!!!great programme, keep up the great work.

cheers

janice
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At 20:44 14th Oct 2011, TIM BALMER wrote:
Yeah...these are redwings and I was delighted and excited to hear my first of the year this morning in Poole, Dorset...Winter is on it's way...bring it on.
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At 20:45 14th Oct 2011, GrifterSmith wrote:
Nightjar
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At 20:45 14th Oct 2011, Sam Banks wrote:
Redwings coming from northern Europe
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At 20:45 14th Oct 2011, Birdman58 wrote:
Nightjar
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At 20:45 14th Oct 2011, Rose Molyneux wrote:
Sounds like a redwing!
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At 20:45 14th Oct 2011, willowtree wrote:
Little Owl.
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At 20:46 14th Oct 2011, charlotte barker wrote:
I'm absolutley sure that's a BAT!! :)
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At 20:46 14th Oct 2011, Rose H wrote:
A nightjar
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At 20:46 14th Oct 2011, Timothy wrote:
Nightjar
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At 20:46 14th Oct 2011, Alex Berryman wrote:
Redwing, saw around 20 today, first I've seen, fabulous birds!!
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At 20:46 14th Oct 2011, Shealagh wrote:
I think it is a Long Eared Owl

Shealagh
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At 20:46 14th Oct 2011, rachaelmanley wrote:
Or redwing
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At 20:47 14th Oct 2011, picklepeach wrote:
redwings migrating
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At 20:47 14th Oct 2011, follywings wrote:
redwing
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At 20:47 14th Oct 2011, steve wrote:
its a redwing
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At 20:47 14th Oct 2011, Melinda3536 wrote:
I'd guess blackbird - this is a sound I hear all year in the trees near to the house at night.
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At 20:47 14th Oct 2011, chicamisr wrote:
26th September this year, redwing flying west over Bedlington in Northumberland.
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At 20:47 14th Oct 2011, chris wrote:
redwing
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At 20:48 14th Oct 2011, FIONA SHARP wrote:
Redwings?
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At 20:48 14th Oct 2011, tedbun wrote:
PS - Gt pogo-ing bird at Spurn Point Chris/Michaela ... and I'd no sooner commented that it looked like it needed the loo - when it promptly did a poo! I'm already getting extreme Autumn(watch)-envy!!! Rgds, TB/EB.
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At 20:49 14th Oct 2011, wildlifewatcher wrote:
a redwing
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