Soundscapes + field recordings

Mammals

Roe Deer

Our burmese cat waking us up in the morning

Cat purring

Werbeliner See bei Leipzig, 12.03.2022, 07:00 Uhr.

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Goldammer (Yellowhammer), 12.03.2022

Such an angry bird lol, these always make me laugh as their posture always makes them look like they mean business and they really do! 

They make a variety of different song types but all of them seem to share this rich, Song Thrush like quality that's powerful, smooth and has some satisfying higher articulation. 

Gear: Sound Devices Mixpre 6 ii / Telinga Dish / Schoeps CCM 4 / Lom Usi Pro's

Gavin Vella

Nuthatch - MixPre - 5465

When you're walking in a lush jungle it's very easy to miss small things like termites, ants, snakes or a gorilla (that totally happened by the way). Long version at https://youtu.be/WQa2E4iAnWQ

Dusk in the rainforest

Fox and Badger having a fight

It's no wonder these birds are so easily persecuted, as they are so loud during the breeding season. Especially when the chicks have fledged as they're constantly calling the parents for food. This nest is monitored and chicks are ringed every year but they have decided to nest right alongside a main track so I hope they don't attract the wrong attention. Either way, chicks have fledged and are wondering further away from the nest site, so hopefully they'll disperse soon. 

Gear: Sound Devices Mixpre 6 ii / Schoeps CCM 4 in Telinga Dish / Schoeps CCM 2 Stereo Pair

Goshawk Fledglings - MixPre - 5929

It's a slow start to the day at Andravoahangy market in Madagascar's capital. Sellers are unwrapping their wares and laying them out in little displays in their stalls. Recorded with Sony PCM D100.

Calm day at the market in Antananarivo

A fox passed by my drop rig during the night. Quite a scary call close like this! Högbyhatt, Uppsala. August 15, 2022

Fox calling

Wild boars are common in Uppland nowadays and this group was recorded in Nåsten just a few kilometers from the city centre of Uppsala, the fourth largest city in Sweden. A drop rig left over night in the forest. Uppsala, Sweden, January 21, 2023

Wild boar

September dawn morning, two squirrels chase each other along a pine trunk, blackbirds, song thrushes, dunnocks and robins take a morning bath in the forest pond. Subdued calls until a blackbird suddenly burst into song for a few seconds.

Nåsten, Uppsala. September 22, 2024.
Zoom F3 + 2 x Clippy EM272

Squirrels chasing each other along a pine trunk

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

Squirrels chasing each other along a pine trunk

Bo Söderström