Swifts

[Hilary B]

Yes DeezyB, starlings will imitate your phone ringing - and all the other birds in your garden.

Orkney is rather proud of its corncrakes. They usually stop calling about July and head south in early August, so a corncrake calling in September got the RSPB man all excited, until the smartarse starling flew up on a fence post and repeated the imitation<g>
A neighbour there also had one nesting in his barn which imitated the sound of the door opening.

[Lottieval]

Saw swifts for the first time today while at the lottie, saw first swallows this year on April 8th. We had a blackbird who imitated a phone, my neighbour wondered why the phone only rang once each time! There is also a blackbird near the lottie who imitates that noise lorries make when they are reversing.