Alongside the woodpecker’s drumming and the great tit’s squeaky bicycle pump, the bouncing ball cascade of the chaffinch is a welcome soundtrack to later winter.
The sound is sometimes likened to the rhythm of a bowler running in to deliver a cricket ball.
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