Bird sounds

[Bullfrog]

Hi and good evening.
I wonder if anyone can help me to identify two birds. I live in France - Lower Normandy. Two birds that I constantly hear but cannot recognise make the following sounds. One sounds like 'mwaap' 'mwaap' 'mwaap' with about a second or so between sounds, quite loud. The next bird makes what I can only describe as the sound of an electrical discharge, a crackling sound like when neg and pos are touched together. Sorry ir's a bit vague.
Thanks you for your time.

 

[JonathanD]

Sounds like Toddys Goonie Bird has emmigrated.

 

[Opal]

Try here.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/starling/index.aspx

 

[Galemys]

The next bird makes what I can only describe as the sound of an electrical discharge, a crackling sound like when neg and pos are touched together. Sorry ir's a bit vague.
Thanks you for your time.

In what kind of terrain did you hear these birds?

The second bird might be this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Redstart
They can make a weird noise that sounds like rubbing two little stones together. They prefer stony ground which here in Holland means industrial terrain

Cheers,

Tom

 

[Bullfrog]

Hi Tom, thanks for the reply. I live in relatively open farm land in Normandy France. Beautiful place to be.

In what kind of terrain did you hear these birds?

The second bird might be this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Redstart
They can make a weird noise that sounds like rubbing two little stones together. They prefer stony ground which here in Holland means industrial terrain

Cheers,

Tom

 

[Bullfrog]

Sounds like Toddys Goonie Bird has emmigrated.

Hi Jonathon, thanks for your reply. Definately not a starling but thanks anyway.

 

[wild by nature]

possibly stone chat

 

[tenchu]

Bird 2 sounds like a lapwing to me. I've always thought they sound like someone tuning a radio.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/l/lapwing/index.aspx

Farmland would fit that too.

What's your knowledge of ornithology like Bullfrog, should we be looking at common or obsure birds?