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Cricket type sound in Clare

  • 09-05-2008 7:39pm
    #1
    Tea drinker
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    Hi,
    I was last weekend in Clare, and late at night I stopped (out the country near doolin)to look at the stars. I noticed a chirping sort of sound, a bit like those crickets you hear in Greece, but a bit lower pitch and lower frequency.
    I thought it could be a bat or something like a nightjar?
    It was close to a house so it could be bats.... but I didn't want to scare the inhabitants shining a torch around to see....


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  • #2
    Mothman
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    Grasshopper Warbler


  • #3
    gerky
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    We have crickets in Ireland so could actually be them.
    Heres a link to the bird mothman referred to you can listen to it to see if its it. grasshopper warbler


  • #4
    Tea drinker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Tea drinker


    That sounds a lot like it! I listened to a different clip earlier and it seemed almost constant, whereas this guy was doing what I heard, trilling, stopping, trilling etc.
    I really like the variety of wildlife you see in the west.
    I was in Kerry a few weeks ago, came across loads of dippers... no kingfishers.... but then I think there is a pair in the park next to O'sheas in Clonskeagh! :)


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