Washing the car at 6am this morning (no that's not early for me, I'd been up since 4am), I saw a yaffle on a rooftop 2 doors down. What drew him to my attention was his unbelievably loud call!
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Not my pic BTW!
It was at least as loud as a crowing cockerel, if not louder, and set three dogs barking, which must have delighted owners and neighbours alike at that hour on a Sunday (but if folk WILL sleep with all windows wide open, they've got to expect their animals to hear sounds they wouldn't normally
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He flew into a nearby damson tree, still calling, and then flew off back to the spinney.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/RO_B_Carol_Park_green_woodpecker_crop.jpg/220px-RO_B_Carol_Park_green_woodpecker_crop.jpg)
Not my pic BTW!
It was at least as loud as a crowing cockerel, if not louder, and set three dogs barking, which must have delighted owners and neighbours alike at that hour on a Sunday (but if folk WILL sleep with all windows wide open, they've got to expect their animals to hear sounds they wouldn't normally
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He flew into a nearby damson tree, still calling, and then flew off back to the spinney.
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