A recording of Common Cuckoo. Habitat - conifer forest that was felled about 10 years ago and has been left unmanaged, by an upland river in North Wales. Equipment used - Sennheiser MKH 30-40 - Fostex FR2LE. Editing - decoded, some EQ applied. Other species on recording: Crow, Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler - Sheep!

CUCKOO - RANGES - B04h48m26s23may2010

Recorded with MKH30-40 mics in MS to a Fostex FR2LE. This was so close it blew up my computer, despite surge protection - ouch!

THUNDERCLAP HENARDD 11h26m28s4aug2012

A recording Annie and I made a couple of weeks ago at a swallow roost using MKH30-40 mics in an Amberwood parabola to a Mixpre D and Fostex FR2 LE. There were a few hundred swallows roosting in a reedbed at the edge of the lake, which is situated between a hill and a mountain. I like the reverb in the sounds of the owls.  

SWALLOW ROOST - LLYN GWERNAN B19h27m26s05sep2012a

Here's a recording I made back in March at an inland colony of Cormorants. The sound quality isn't very good, but I love the sounds that the cormorants make! 

Other species: Crow, Raven, Great Tit!

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