Unusual Bird Sound - I Think

joko | 15:58 Mon 22nd Apr 2024 | Animals & Nature

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I was driving late one night about 2am & i saw a bird in the road, but i didnt know it was a bird until it suddenly flew away as it was a dark colour, it was night, & theres no street lamps on that road.
it was quite large & as i passed i heard a loud 'clacking' sound.

- like if you got 2 pebbles and banged them together fast & loud, about 5 times
Its wasnt in anyway a cheep, chirrup, tweet or hoot.

its not a woodpecker

I dont think ive ever heard it, but it made me think of sounds in tropical rain forest type noises, so just curious what it could be?
i wondered if someone had lost a pet bird?

any ideas?

thanks :)

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ladybirder

Was it Nightjar?

ladybirder

Here's a picture.

https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/all-about-nightjars

barry1010

A stonechat makes a sound like marbles clacking together but they are small birds.

What sort of shape was it? Streamlined like a bird of prey or plumply rounded like a game bird?

Buenchico

We've got some kookaburras living here in Suffolk:

joko

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thanks all, i checked all mentioned & i dont think it was any of them :(
It was a dark colour probably all brown, it wasnt a heron.

I am assuming it was this bird, but it may have been a different one.

could it have been another animal?
I was driving past an ordinary park with lots of trees etc
thanks :)

ToraToraTora

This bird crapped on my car once....not talking her out again.

Togo

It was probably a Pheasant. The females are all brown and like to cross the road playing chicken.

jourdain2

I'd go for a pheasant, like Togo. They are all over the roads here at the moment and we've nearly removed the tail-feathers of a couple of females once or twice as they are much the same colour as that of the muddy road. The noise they make is also hard and sharp.