"We could see passengers hanging out over the hole" — Tony Hawkins, Dover RNLI Retired Coxswain

1 October 2018: Tony Hawkins talking to Jack Lowe about a very unusual call for the Dover lifeboat — the rescue of passengers from the Princess Margaret SRN4 Cross Channel hovercraft following a fatal collision with the harbour wall on 30th March 1985.

Postcards from the Coast: Tony Hawkins, Dover RNLI Retired Coxswain

𝙰 𝚑𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚜 ~ 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏-𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏-𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝙻𝚊𝚌𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝟹𝟶 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚑𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢. 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛, 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜.

𝙻𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚝 ~ 𝚞𝚗𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕, 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎. 

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍.

𝄑 𝄐 𝄑 𝄐

"𝚃𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝 ~ 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 ~ 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.
𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝, 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎, 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛…"

𝄑 𝄐 𝄑 𝄐

𝙵𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚋𝚢:

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I always appreciate meeting badgers. It never seems that they take the slightest interest in you and they feel somewhat agitated and disgruntled all the time. 

Siggefora, Uppland. June 8, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272 as tree ears

Disgruntled and asthmatic

Beaver munching on a tree in the wee hours

Ambient UB-Xa M 7907 3:21 11-06-2025

As dusk falls, the first Noctules come hunting. Seven minutes later, they are followed by a large number of Leisleri's and a single Serotine bat. No wind, a perfect night for bats. The hunting goes on for more than an hour. Here are the first twenty minutes. 

Tascam DR100MkIII, self built ultrasonic mics, baffled. 192/48 wav. Band passed from 15-24 kHz and heterodyned to 20kHz (Noctules) and from 24-35 kHz, heterodyned to 27 kHz (Leisleri's and Serotines) - mixed after heterodyning and exported as 48/16 Flac.

Use headphones and enjoy!


Noctules, Leisleri's and Serotines - 2025/06/10 - Witrijt

Ambient UB-Xa M 7908 4:00 11-06-2025

De zomereik (Quercus robur) herbergt meer dan 400 soorten organismen waaronder veel insekten. Al onze inheemse soorten vleermuizen zijn insekteneters en weten de zomereik goed te vinden. Hier hoor je een paar dozijn bosvleermuizen (Nyctalus leisleri) jagen rond twee grote zomereiken op een windstille zomeravond. Af en toe landen ze op een blad, vermoedelijk om iets te pakken, en daarna gelijk weer verder te vliegen.

The common oak (Quercus robur) is home to over 400 organisms, including many insects. All our native bat species are insectivores and know how to find the common oak. Here you can hear a few dozen Leisler’s bats (Nyctalus leisleri) hunting around two large common oaks on a windless summer evening. Every now and then they land on a leaf, presumably to grab something, and then fly on again.

Tascam DR100MkIII, self built ultrasonic mics, improved baffle, 192/48 .wav bandpass 24-35 Hz, heterodyned to 27 kHz and exported as 48/16 Flac.

Bosvleermuizen - 2025/06/11 - Zomereik

Des cris, des tambourinages et une tête qui ose pointer hors de la loge : c’est le moment ou le jeune Pic noir (Dryocopus martius) quitte le nid.

Calls, drummings and a head that dares to poke out of the lodge: this is the moment when the young Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) leaves the nest.

Envol du Pic noir

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

Disgruntled and asthmatic

Bo Söderström

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