Fire-bellied Toads have such harmonic calls. I've yet to record (or hear in person) but would love to have the opportunity.

'bedforms' - debut EP from @muuju. Out Sept. 5, 2025 on Future Archive Recordings.

2nd single "pastel" out now.

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I fell in love with the call of the Fire-bellied Toads. When there is not a full choir but only a few solists you can hear that each toad sings in a different frequency. This is a short version of the night, starting at 7 PM until 5 AM in the morning. First you only hear four to five Fire-bellied Toads in the evening, at nightfall the constant chorus of European Tree Frog forms the background, then the Tawny Owl sings at midnight, until the Common Redstart starts to sing just before the dawn breaks.

Högaborg, Scania. May 12, 2025.
Zoom F3 + 2 x Clippy EM272 separated 1 m apart

12 hours with Fire-bellied Toads

Noise test - Rycote CA-08, Rycote OM-08, Audio Technica BP4025, Superlux S502, Clippy

clippy

Clock ticking in a quiet room - Rycote CA-08, Superlux S502, Audio Technica BP4025

Superlux S502

Airport Brnik Slovenia
MKH40 Sennheisers
Zoom F3 recorder

Airport Aeroplanes passengers Jet Heli Propeller Landings Takeoff

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

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

12 hours with Fire-bellied Toads

Bo Söderström

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