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Reeling

Producing a continuous, monotonous trill, somewhat resembling the sound of a fishing reel, for example the song of the Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia. A rather similar sound is churring.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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