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Up Gunnerside Gill, heard a deep single croak like a bullfrog, then another & another. Then a big black crow like bird flew past.
Could it have been a Raven up there or was it a Crow?
If you could hear the wings beating then definitely a raven, if not probably a crow. Ravens are just such a more powerful bird and flyer, you can hear their wings from quite a way away
Ravens croak definitely, so sounds like one 🙂
Ravens also have a wide vocabulary - croaking is only a small part of what they do. Excellent birds and possibly the most intelligent there is.
Not sure about the hearing the wings beating bit. That sounds like an old wives tale to me. Maybe if it was very close or it was taking off nearby you could hear the wings. Almost certainly a Raven if it was making croaking cronky type noises though. They are much more common than they used to be.
It could a been a lesserspotted whistle throppit! 🙂
[i]It could a been a lesserspotted whistle throppit![/i]
Saw one yesterday!
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Not sure about the hearing the wings beating bit. That sounds like an old wives tale to me.
No old wives tale - on a still day you can hear the wing beats when a raven flies overhead even if it's at a fair altitude. I love to hear that "whoo whoo whoo"....
Thought this was going to be a retro cannondale thread.
See quite allot of em by the cliffs down here. Ace very smart birds.
I too thought he was talking about one of these
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Andy R is spot on about hearing Raven wingbeats. It is very characteristic as is diamond shaped tail and extended neck (far more than any other Corvid)
I live on the edge of Exmoor and see as many ravens as I do any other garden bird !!
Same here in mid-Wales and yup the wing beating sound is very characteristic :o)
Couldn't hear any wing beats but it was a bit breezy, couldn't make out a diamond shaped tail either cos it was pretty level. Just that deep croak & where it was, made me wonder.
I was actually keeping an eye out for Ring Ouzels as I've seen them up there.
Everyone's heard a crow, & it sounded naff all like a crow!
I saw a surlyfacedshitehawk last night.
Or it might have been a baby robin................
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Did it look like this?
Never more!
hehe, the cannondale fix was to squirt glue down the bottle cage holder bolt holes to cure the creaks lol
Two badgers ran down our road as I took the bike out of the car tonight
There's a cannondale raven on eBay now.
Must. Resist!