Name: A Badger's love affair by Bo Söderström in Mammals
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Description: Not sure what kind of behavior this is but I suspect it is two badgers mating outside our house in Hågaby, Uppsala. April 22, 2023.

Mammals

Roe Deer

Our burmese cat waking us up in the morning

Cat purring

Fox and Badger having a fight

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

Not sure what kind of behavior this is but I suspect it is two badgers mating outside our house in Hågaby, Uppsala. April 22, 2023.

A Badger's love affair

All the sounds that are heard in this track were present in just this way in the original raw recording: there are no additions, subtractions, or effects. Quieter sounds were increased by +22 dB, louder sounds were reduced by -29 dB. A slight hint of saturation was added at the end to give a touch of warmth to harsher metallic sounds. Internal bridge sounds were recorded in stereo with a pair of Geofons (first generation). External bridge sounds (the final coda in this excerpt) were recorded with MKH 8040s in ORTF. (This is an excerpt from a longer track. The spectrogram in the track image highlights the parts of the longer recording that are included in this excerpt.)

2024.03.17 The Bridge Within the Bridge Without. (Excerpt.)

Valley of Flowers Lyrics -

Roaming through,
The valley of flowers,
Careful with my feet,
Botanical powers,
Twirl around I see,
Archway of sun,
Fallen on my knees,
The flowers have won.

Crystal kisses,
From sunshine flowers,
Falling in the flowers,
Crawling in the flowers,
Sunshine kisses,
From crystal flowers,
Crystal kisses,
From sunshine flowers.

Pounce to my feet,
In the valley of flowers,
Careful with my toes,
Botanical powers,
Spin, swing and twist around,
Dancing having fun,
Fallen on my knees again,
The flowers have won.

Magic Mountain - Valley of Flowers

Magic Mountain - Crystal Flowers

Magic Mountain - Psychic Flowers

Nth of Lillingstone Lovell, dawn (S502) 0330¬0430 - 2023_07_08

2025.12.06 Dawn Chorus with Thunder. Kurangk/Coorong. Early Summer.

Wing sounds and calls from the local pair of Common Swifts flying by and entering their nest box. Also a few Swift bangers flying by and checking out the nest boxes. Other species in this recording is Lesser-spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Blue tit and Great tit. 

Recorded on a Zoom F3 with two XLR Clippy EM 272.

Sandtorp, Uppland, July 2025

Common Swift - wingsounds and calls.

A newly arrived singing Willow warbler. Notable other bird species in this recording are also Blackbird, Wren, Wood pigeon, Tree pipit, Pied flycatcher and Common Crane. 

Recorded on a Zoom F3 with a Tellinga Modular parabola. 

Velamstorp, Uppland, May 2025

Willow warbler

Recording of white storks from 2022. Forgot about this track - recorded in Slowinski National Park. 

White Stork Nest - Summer 2022

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 Badger's love affair

Bo Söderström

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