Heard the strangest bird in next door's garden the other day. I know it was a littlish one, about the size of a small thrush or blackbird, as I could see it hopping about on their tree, but it was toward the light so wasn't possible to see colours, just its shape.
the sound was like a child calling, almost - I thought it was a kid mucking about, maybe a two year old - it was high, open sound like a call - 'aarc, aarc,' - several times, quite loud.
It was the most human like bird sound I've heard, can anyone point me at what it was? Weird that the bird itself was so little iyswim.