Beware of the flying capercaillie, 5 kilos on the move, after less than a minute. Otherwise quite a strange mix of species this morning: bitterns, ural owls, and capercaillies... 
Fiby, Uppsala. April 23, 2024.

Lewitt 440 pure + Mixpre 3ii

A strange mix of bird species

Freddy Hetzinger B2B Knochnmarc

Sunny Morning in Calnali, Mexico

One of many recordings on my “Heidelberg sound map.” Please feel invited to visit the entire soundmap: https://heidelberg-hoeren.de/soundmap

I deeply love to record and to listen. My everyday life is filled with urban sounds and noise. So I always wait impatiently for opportunities to get away from man-made sounds and to deeply listen to and record nature. But these opportunities are far to rare. So I asked myself: why not record the sounds that I encounter in my every day life and make a soundmap of my home town Heidelberg? It took me nearly two years until the site was ready to go online, but it was great fun and trained my listening a lot. 


Heidelberg sound map teaser: Out-of-tune glockenspiel at the town hall

Heidelberg sound map teaser: A day in the zoo

Heidelberg sound map teaser: schoolchildren during morning break

Heidelberg sound map teaser: collared parakeets at the main station

Heidelberg sound map teaser: Swan geese and Egyptian geese on the banks of the Neckar River

Heidelberg sound map teaser: the annual fireworks display

Composer: Mychael Danna
From the movie soundtrack Kama Sutra

Omiya

Field sound recordist and archivist of vanishing sounds in natural Iandscapes. Highly commended in the Sound of the Year Awards 2024 - Best Natural Sound.

A strange mix of bird species

Bo Söderström

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