Peter Jones, "Hampshire Diary"

• Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - Nightjar Success

This evening, I returned to the nearby woodland which had a churring Nightjar last night. Got there just at sunset and immediately had a Woodcock , and what looked like a Hobby in the distance. The Nightjar first announced it's presence by a series of wing clappings and brief views above the bracken. A few minutes later it was joined by a female and I got superb views of both birds hunting for Moths. The male occasionally flew into a dead tree and Churred. Captured in the mp3 file below, but needs the volume turning up high. There is also a nice series of Woodcock calls in the clip. The Spectogram snippet below contains the low frequency Churring of the Nightjar, and a higher frequency call of a Woodcock. http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/uploads/p/petermk/16863.mp3

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