On Wednesday, 15 April 2015 14:47:51 UTC+1, Graham P Davis wrote:

The cuckoo has another song, which my Observer's Book of Birds
describes as "low, harsh calls like coughing or clearing the throat."
The first time I heard it, I was walking along a bridleway with
overarching trees and it sounded as though someone was up one of the
trees laughing at me. It was much like the dirty laugh you'd get from
Sid James.

That was a jay