Name: Biosonora Monte Fogliano4-rev by Biosonora
Duration: 1 min 43 s
Description: Field recording at Monte Fogliano forest (Viterbo, Tuscia, Italy) 42.33466 12.13342

Field recording at Monte Fogliano forest (Viterbo, Tuscia, Italy) 42.33466 12.13342

Biosonora Monte Fogliano4-rev

Rycote ORTF blimp with USI Pro inside. Zoom f3 Recorder, in a small group of younger pine spruce trees.
Unedited recording other than fade in/out.

Rainfall Recording with DIY raincover (made from filter material)

When high frequencies start to disappear with older age it is good to have a backup. Here I put out a droprig less than 1 m away from a singing bush cricket on our porch.

Håga, Uppsala. July 28, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM 272 spaced 1 m apart

Great Green Bush-Cricket at my porch

In my favourite pond thrushes (fieldfare, blackbird, song thrush) come down to take a morning bath before the sweltering heat of the day.

Högbyhatt, Uppsala. July 28, 2025.
Lewitt 440 Pure in ORTF + Zoom F3

Thrush bath in the early morning

Red Ant + Black Ant Nests, a comparison. Recorded using Leaf Audio Contact Mic + Soil probe into Leaf Audio amplifier. 

Red Ant + Black Ant Nests. recorded using Leaf Audio Contact mic + field amp

This is a familiar summer sound for me given that I did research on Red-backed Shrikes for 5 years. The parents utter their harsh warning calls and the fledglings beg for food. In the background, a pair of Common Cranes just started their day with a fanfare!

Råksjön, Uppland. August 1, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM 272 spread 1 m apart

Scandinavian specialties - Red-backed Shrike and Common Crane

Now is that time of year when tits start to gather in small feeding flocks with mixed species. In this flock Long-tailed Tits are quite vocal but you can also hear Willow Tit, Crested Tit, Great Tit and Blue Tit. 

Kallsjön, Uppland. August 1, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM 272 spread 1 m apart

Late summer tit party!

A family of Wild Boar took a short swim in a forest pond before running past my drop rig. Several high-pitched squels from the you as they pass by.

Kallön, Uppland. August 1, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272 spread 1 m apart

Night swimming Wild Boar

Jays have a rich repertoire of calls and can mimic other bird species and mammals. But this is the typical call you hear year-round in mixed deciduous-coniferous forests.

Kallön, Uppland. August 1, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM 272 spaced 1 m apart

Typical call of Jay

A field recording using leaf audio contact microphone + field amp, listening in on the secret life beneath the Poplar Tree. Poland 2025 (Owl Mountains) 

Life Beneath the Poplar

A sound of insects beneath a Poplar Tree, some stridulation and sound of distant crickets also picked up by the mic. 

Walking through a forest or standing in a valley represents an important moment for collecting highly valuable ambient sounds. The settings for making field recordings are extremely varied and encompass the soundscapes where plants and trees live: the flowing of a stream, the croaking of frogs, a field of poppies filled with cicadas in summer, the sound of a forest with rustling leaves, birdsong, ocean waves, or the passing wind... In short, nature provides us with an immense wealth of sounds that can be recorded using small portable recorders equipped with highly sensitive microphones.

At Biosonora, an archive of field recordings is being created, drawn from a wide range of natural environments. These sounds can have many uses beyond simple archiving: they can, for example, serve as the natural background for musical performances involving bioacoustics, or—through complex processing—become key elements in the creation of natural drones.

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