Blackbird Turdus
merula
Kindrogan , Strathardle ,
Perthshire , Scotland 56°
45' 00.20" N 03° 33' 21.7" W 6
June 2013 06:51
Territorial song in old, thick spruce plantation with
lots of moss and dead timber.
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Kensington Gardens , London ,
England 19 May 2013
Territorial song from inner city parkland.
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Dean Castle Country
Park , Ayrshire ,
Scotlan d 55°
37' 19.66" N 4° 29' 10.63" W 18 March 2012 0853h
Blackbird singing low down inside mixed woodland.
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Dean Castle Country
Park , Ayrshire ,
Scotland 55°
37' 19.66" N 4° 29' 10.63" W 18 March 2012 0852h
High-pitched alarm call in response to a Sparrowhawk.
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Kindrogan Field Centre , Perthshire ,
Scotland
56°
44' 47.85" N 03° 32' 45.66" W 13 June 2018
Low and high pitched mobbing calls in response to a
Tawny Owl.
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Dean Castle Country
Park , Ayrshire ,
Scotland 55°
37' 19.66" N 4° 29' 10.63" W 18 March 2012 0915h
"Chook-chook" alarm call uttered on the ground
in response to a dog or the sound recordist.
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Dean Castle Country
Park , Ayrshire ,
Scotland 55°
37' 19.66" N 4° 29' 10.63" W 18 March 2012 0908h
Unusual song - like subsong in composition but sung
at full volume from the ground.
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Forêt
de Sidi-Bettache , Morocco 33°
39' 36.9" N 6° 53' 11.3" W 10
March 2014
"Chook-chook" alarm call uttered from a cork
oak
in response to the sound recordist.
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Purfleet , Essex ,
England 51 º
28' 52.62'' N 00º 13' 56.11"' E 27
April 2020
[ nocmig
recording]
Call
from a Blackbird in flight at night at 03:59.
Short,
high-pitched (6.3-9.1 kHz) srrri .
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Purfleet , Essex ,
England 51 º
28' 52.62'' N 00º 13' 56.11"' E 25
May 2020
[ nocmig
recording]
Alarm
call
from a Blackbird in flight at dawn at 05:37.
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Trent Country
Park , London 51°
39' 34.31" N 0° 8' 16.78" W 21 March 2011,
1815h
T erritorial/advertising
song at dusk, c25 metres in
tree top, 12 phrases/min each lasting 2-3 secs with
3-4 second pause between each.
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Sunny Hill
Park , London 22 March 2009,
1830h
T erritorial/advertising
song at dusk, c 10 metre in
tree top, 9 phrases/min each lasting 1.5-2.5 secs with
5 sec pause between each.
Sunny Hill
Park , London 22 March 2009,
1830h
Unique phrases in t erritorial/advertising
song at dusk: examples of single unique phrases
from a varied repertoire. Slow frequency modulated
pure tones between 1.5 and 3.0 kHz, often followed by
more complex and higher-pitched flourish.
Caerlaverock , Dumfriesshire ,
Scotland December 2000
The familiar 'chinking' alarm call.
Brent
Reservoir , London , England 51°
34' 36.0'' N 00° 14' 44.9'' W 9
May 2009
Aerial predator (hawk) 'seep' alarm call.
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