Woodpeckers

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Three-toed and Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers

Great spotted woodpecker nestlings can be heard far and wide in early June. Quite monotonous but after one minute they finally get food from their parents.

Begging calls of great spotted woodpecker

Lots of young woodpeckers around this time of year. In my garden I heard a quite rare call, two young lesser spotted woodpeckers were begging for food and kept one parent very busy. At same time I saw two young great spotted woodpeckers and one young green woodpecker. Backyard garden at its best! 20 June 2022 Håga, Uppsala.

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (young)

Voluntary forces and a bit of luck with fresh arrivals from Finland and the Baltic States have made the White-backed Woodpecker come back to southern Sweden once again. Still a major rarity but there are almost 10 pairs now in Uppland compared to single birds 15-20 years ago. This female was drumming quite intensively and was after a while joined by a male who also drummed for a short while. After a while they mated :)
And the background noise is not traffic for once but the rapids of Gysinge, Dalälven.

February 28, 2025. Dalälven
Wildtronic parabolic stereo dish + Mixpre 3ii

Once on the brink of extinction - White-backed Woodpecker

The small forest pond had almost dried up after a long summer without much rain. Perfect conditions for egg-laying Blue Hawkers patrolling the pond edges. In this recording you will also hear a family of Long-tailed Tits visiting the pond for a drink. In the end a Sparrowhawk flies by and all tits flee (Crested Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit).

Högbyhatt, Uppsala. September 1, 2025.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272 spread 1 m apart

Blue Hawkers and Long-tailed Tits

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An Interview with Bo Söderström

A rich morning soundscape recorded on the banks of the Cuyabeno River deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Features the magical sounds of Russet-backed Oropendolas.

The Amazon: Oropendola Morning - Album Sample

The Amazon: Cuyabeno Night - Album Sample

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Unidentified stridulations inside a rotten tree stump, inspired by the adventures in soil ecoacoustics of my friend Les Goodyear.

The sound could be produced by ants (one ant?), going by this recently released film by Jamie House: https://youtu.be/f9FgbH3zBfM?si=mljaAN8CZtxSwZJi&t=141 - but more information is needed. 

Any leads please let me know!

Species: no ID
Location: Spernal Plantation, Warwickshire, UK
Date and time: 16 August 2025 at 14:49
Habitat: Woodland
Gear: Zoom F3, The Les Spike on JrF contact microphone


Inside A Rotten Tree Stump

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

Once on the brink of extinction - White-backed Woodpecker

Bo Söderström

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