The sound of whaups (curlews) crying – courtesy of the RSPB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EBjUVhw3NQ
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Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying,
Blows the wind on the moors to-day and now,
Where about the graves of the martyrs the whaups are crying,
My heart remembers how!
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “To S. R. Crockett (In Reply to a Dedication)”
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You see that I will have to rise
And turn round and get back where
My running age will slow for a moment
To let me on. It is a colder
Stretch of water than I remember.
The curlew’s cry travelling still
Kills me fairly…
—WS Graham, “Loch Thom”
Today, 21 April, is #WorldCurlewDay
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Man sets off on Nidderdale walk dressed as a curlew - BBC News
I've been recording bird sounds on my phone as it was #WorldCurlewDay yesterday and there are lots around. Does anyone know why I can't attach the sound files to a toot? It's very wasteful to use video to record sound.
I've filmed a little clip to capture a snipe 'drumming' in the first 3 secs, a sheep, a pheasant and right at the end a redshank. Some of the usual sounds here that many people may not hear every day. There just happens to be a pied wagtail on the wall. Sound up of course.
Een wulp voor #WorldCurlewDay vandaag. https://www.curlewaction.org/world-curlew-day/
De heerlijke wulpengeluiden zijn sinds enkele weken weer te horen op het eiland. We hopen op broedsucces dit jaar op de kwelder!
#BirdsOfMastodon #Schiermonnikoog #wadden #WildLife #nature #birds #vogels
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