What am I hearing?
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marksx

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5,174 posts

220 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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From my garden I keep hearing the same noise. All times of day every day.

To me, being a car type, it sounds like that initial deep suction noise when the throttle is opened on a car with a crap cone filter. Maybe a half second burp, three or four times then it stops.

Confirmed that others can hear it and I'm not insane.

Any suggestions?

anonymous-user

84 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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Pinkie15

1,248 posts

110 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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Squirrels, though tends be quite high pitched

iphonedyou

10,416 posts

187 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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Flicking from drive to neutral on a DSG box whilst pressing throttle around 10% consistently across that shift will make a brrrrumph sort of noise for a few seconds before it revs up. Could be that?

RogerDodgerSuperTodger

6,262 posts

216 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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marksx said:
sounds like that initial deep suction noise…. a half second burp, three or four times then it stops.
Felching?

marksx

Original Poster:

5,174 posts

220 months

Friday 29th July 2022
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Unless it's someone who hasn't moved for months (years) and enjoys flicking their box (oo er) I don't think it's that.

I'm in a fairly built up area and the noise is always from the same direction.

Aliens is a possibility

colin_p

4,503 posts

242 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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You might have a sewer pumping station nearby.

fttm

4,579 posts

165 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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RogerDodgerSuperTodger said:
marksx said:
sounds like that initial deep suction noise…. a half second burp, three or four times then it stops.
Felching?
Apt user name , more likely leopard frogs ?

Cold

16,721 posts

120 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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fttm said:
Apt user name , more likely leopard frogs ?
I'm not sure we have those in the wild in the UK. Happy to be corrected.

PositronicRay

29,013 posts

213 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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Cold said:
fttm said:
Apt user name , more likely leopard frogs ?
I'm not sure we have those in the wild in the UK. Happy to be corrected.
Wild? It was livid.

RLE

93 posts

221 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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Bullfrog?

DIW35

4,205 posts

230 months

Saturday 30th July 2022
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RLE said:
Bullfrog?
No, I think he was being serious.

marksx

Original Poster:

5,174 posts

220 months

Sunday 31st July 2022
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After spending an inordinate amount of time listening to frogs on YouTube, it's not them biggrin