Autumnwatch mystery sound quiz
On tonight's show, the team introduces a mystery sound. If you think you know what it is, post your answer here. It's one of the toughest quizzes we've ever done... so good luck!
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Jeremy Torrance web producer | 17:47 UK time, Friday, 11 November 2011
On tonight's show, the team introduces a mystery sound. If you think you know what it is, post your answer here. It's one of the toughest quizzes we've ever done... so good luck!
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At 19:59 11th Nov 2011, Alan the silkiebreeder wrote:i wouldnt be to surprised if it was my wife with some of the strange sounds she makes sometimes lol
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At 20:36 11th Nov 2011, nellieberta wrote:Corncrake?
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At 20:36 11th Nov 2011, Stew Rat in Uxbridge wrote:I think the mystery sound is a natterjack toad
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At 20:37 11th Nov 2011, Carol Monger wrote:Lobsters?
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At 20:37 11th Nov 2011, Stacey Craft wrote:My mum Jane Craft says the sound is someones squeaky shoes! haha
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At 20:37 11th Nov 2011, Cosper wosper wrote:Ship worm
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At 20:37 11th Nov 2011, Ed Hutchings wrote:Seal?
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At 20:37 11th Nov 2011, earthdragon64 wrote:Sounds like a Corncrake, but a quiet one!
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At 20:37 11th Nov 2011, Emsiecat wrote:Sounds like a corncrake
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, Matthew Clayman wrote:The only thing I can think of is a SWAN CHOKEING haha....
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, StoatsJackson wrote:Gordon Buchanan cleaning the fluff from his comb whilst on an underwater film shoot
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, KiteSpringer wrote:It sounded like it was under water - is it some sort of crayfish or shrimp
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, doddy mac wrote:sneaky quiz, I think it might be a fish sound like a wrasse.
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, madwaff wrote:first thought is corncrake...
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, Katie G wrote:Swan????!
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, thefebensmiths wrote:Corncrake?
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, Simon Alpe wrote:dolphin
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, elise wrote:corncrake from elise 12cyears old please read me out !
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, andrew wrote:Prawn?
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, LazyRizzo wrote:I thought corncrake at first but now I'm thinking it's a codfish mating call.
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At 20:38 11th Nov 2011, Purple Centipede aka Jack wrote:Lobster
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, Cumbria Steve wrote:Hi, I think its a corncrake
Steve Walby
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, becktrain wrote:Fin whale's sonar calls or similar
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, Just_Me wrote:Is it an otter?
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, DaveHumphries wrote:Killer whale?
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, David Williams wrote:Roding Woodcock
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, Llandaffboy wrote:corncrake
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, Lizbeez wrote:Definitely a corncrake. You can call them up by drawing a comb across a credit card. Sounds exactly the same!
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, FEEDTHECHICKENZz wrote:fin whale calf...........
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, sunnyD wrote:it is a CORNCRAKE
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, nicolaj60 wrote:i reckon its a dolphin
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, Zoe wrote:Is it a killer whale
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, ralph-the-red wrote:Is it Herring.
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, Chris wrote:I think it's a fish known as a miller's thumb - can't remember the correct name and I'm too busy watching to look it up.
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, thecrooksfamily wrote:We think it's a dolphin
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, Alex Berryman wrote:I'd go for lobsters or certainly a crustacean species.
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, Alan the silkiebreeder wrote:Sounds like a red gurnard
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, garry Mcwilliams wrote:Woodcock
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At 20:39 11th Nov 2011, i_love_autumn wrote:dolphin or porpoise?
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, nowthenstan wrote:shrimp
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, crunchy wrote:orca
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, The Casual Ts wrote:oviously a dolphin!!
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, sooze21 wrote:Hubby says it's a corncrake
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, ange morley wrote:Is it a mussel ??
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, spotshank wrote:Corncrake (aged 13- me not the bird!)
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, Melengell wrote:A porpoise with a talent for playing the washboard?? :-)
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, Cosper wosper wrote:Herring farts
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, fudger wrote:Dolphin
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, packersfan97 wrote:sounds like my sister sleeping....End of
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, minimaxtig wrote:Hi I think its a nightjar??
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, soul4t wrote:I think it's a dolphin, or maybe a whale?
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, groengoen wrote:corncrake
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, glyn wrote:sounds a bit like a corncrake
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, sandra webb wrote:Puffin..
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, Emsiecat wrote:Hm, but then again if it's a marine based show then Corncrake can't be right... maybe lobsters, or a low frequency sound from a whale or dolphin?
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, Robert Bunting wrote:I think it is a bottlenose dolphin
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, Hayley Thomson wrote:I think it is a corncrake.
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, bex wrote:Total guess, dolphin?
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, Ness wrote:I think it's a dolphin or killer whale
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, Paul Guymer wrote:Immediately thought corncrake.
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, Gav wrote:i reckon porpoise/dolphin
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At 20:40 11th Nov 2011, Fran and Conor wrote:We think its a porpoise!!!
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, orchardsparks wrote:A corncrake
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, Karen Cass wrote:My first thought was a bat but will wait for further clues
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, Martyn Fordham wrote:Bottle nose dolphin. (probably off the Black Isle!)
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, annemarie47 wrote:Re: the mystery noise: Is it a Dolphin or Porpoise?
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, wijnands wrote:My first idea was something in the Goosander family but what exactly..
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, Ash_Barnett wrote:Is is a Hermit Crab?
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, Becky89 wrote:Dolphin?
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, Katie G wrote:Could be a dolphin.
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, thefebensmiths wrote:second guess... squeeky floorboards? (probably not)
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, julian wrote:frog,toad,hermet crab
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, John Follows wrote:Bittern
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, cheesycheesecakes wrote:i think the sound is shrimp ?
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, charlie wrote:Sounded like it was underwater, I'd think maybe a crab? (Claire, Charlie's daughter who's in charge of the laptop)
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At 20:41 11th Nov 2011, Dogblast69 wrote:Corncrake !!!
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, Ni wrote:Its a corncrake I live in Orkney and hear themregularly but its not so easy to see them, have only seen 5 in last 2 years, brilliant camoflauge
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, bellancat wrote:I think it's an insect a cricket or grasshopper
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, guildfordgardener wrote:Corncrake
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, amber wrote:a limpet?
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, gary mowles wrote:hi guys,sounds like a corncrake. a bird unfortunately i have never had the pleasure to see. Mowla suffolk
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, Matt_Clemons wrote:Either some species of duck or a dolphin
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, youngdougie wrote:I think its a Corncrake!
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, Rose Molyneux wrote:Otter?
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, Hingadingadurgen wrote:Hingadingadurgen, Gurthyfish and cool horse say it's a "Grey seal" LOL
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, irmitchell26 wrote:Common dolphin
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, Zoe wrote:a pistol shrimp
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, Loz wrote:I think it might be a dolphin
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, marcpalmen wrote:farting herrings
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, greenpiglet wrote:corncrake - heard them in Papa Westray
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, Ryan starkey wrote:The sound is a dolphin maybe a mating call or distress call
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, childress wrote:Is it a bottle-nosed dolphin?
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At 20:42 11th Nov 2011, nikki hill wrote:A whale or else John Humphries breaking wind?
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At 20:43 11th Nov 2011, ray ivo wrote:I think its muscles or barnacles at low tide
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At 20:43 11th Nov 2011, steve molyneux wrote:sounds like a corncrake, which we heard in the outer hebrides this summer.
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At 20:43 11th Nov 2011, Old Clive wrote:Sounds like a Limpet.
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At 20:43 11th Nov 2011, EmJ wrote:Dolphin/ porpoise we think - hubby is fluent in dolphin but says the accent is a bit funny so it could be a porpoise :P x
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At 20:43 11th Nov 2011, Aurorabutterflymoon wrote:I wonder if it is some sort of mollusc or bivalve.
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At 20:43 11th Nov 2011, Mairi wrote:It's Chris running his thumb nail over a comb.
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At 20:43 11th Nov 2011, Leesa wrote:I think it may be a corncrake
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