Maxey has always been one of the best areas locally for Turtle Dove. I used to be involved with Packers (Peterborough Area Canoeists and KayakERS) and we used to run a training weekend there around the May Day Bank Holiday and I always hoped to hear them then. But, these days, it has become a pretty scarce species in the area and has disappeared from many sites. I went early this morning with my sound recording gear and could hear them purring as soon as I got out of the car and even saw one fly across the track almost immediately. Recording them proved to be more challenging! Firstly, they are not very loud, whereas some of the stuff around them (Wren, Cetti's Warbler!) is. Secondly, they tend to call once or twice and then shut up or move, so by the time I got lined up and my recorder switched on, they had stopped. This recording contains a couple of brief sound clips.
Trip: 20 miles, 4kWh.
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