Soundscapes + field recordings

Dawn chorus

Mammals

Wolves & Lynx

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

Although on the decline (?) there are still quite many Ural Owls breeding in Uppland. In the end of this recording you will hear when the male comes with food to the female and young. They are quite vocal in mid-May in the very early morning hours. This is a passive recording, I would not dare stand so close to Ural Owls otherwise. Really aggressive at their nests. During the night a Tawny Owl came too close and was chased off by the Urals. 220517

Dusk to dawn chorus with Ural Owls and Tawny Owls (May 17, 2022)

Morning recording from our garden surrounded by horse pastures and agricultural fields. Tree sparrow, blue tit, skylark, pheasant breed nearby. In the middle of the recording some unknown raptor passes by and all birds warn. 220521. Hågaby

Dawn chorus in my garden in Håga by (May 21, 2022)

Fox and Badger having a fight

Dusk to dawn chorus in my garden in Håga by (May 23, 2022)

From midnight to around 8 o'clock in the morning. A drop rig close to Hågaån, near Kvarnbo, Uppsala, Sweden. 220527

Dusk to dawn chorus along a small creek Hågaån (May 27, 2022)

Passive recording on a clearcut just west of Uppsala from 8PM June 5 to 6 AM June 6, 2022. The morning chorus dominated by blackcap and songthrush, in the background cuckoo and redbacked shrike. At dusk a pair of pygmy owls called.

Dusk to dawn chorus on a forest clearcut (June 6, 2022)

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

In the wolf forest close to Uppsala I placed a drop rig continuously recording for 48 hours and mixed it down to nine minutes. In the order they appear:
willow tit
crested tit
capercaillie, male flew past very close
pygmy owl
common scooter, two flocks migrating south
rain shower
WOLVES
pygmy owl
ural owl, female barking
jay
crested tit
raven landed close and walked around at the same time as WOLVES had a concert in the distance
crested tit
willow tit
Siggefora, Uppland. September 1 to 3, 2022.

Wolf forest from dusk to dawn

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

Last Friday we were out in our local wolf territory (1-hour drive from Uppsala) and at midnight a lone wolf howled at the moon. Always an amazing experience. Siggefora, Uppland. September 8, 2023.

Howling wolf at midnight

Humans smell a lot and this pack of wolves stopped in their tracks to inspect the droprig recorder I put high up in a spruce. Siggefora, Uppland. September 8, 2023.

Panting wolves inspect the droprig

Lousy recording of a calling male lynx. Uppland. February 12, 2023.

Lynx

Four years in a row I have been trying to record wolves. I have been lucky most years but since they have changed rendez-vouz area it took longer than usual this year. Now I have pinpointed where they are and maybe I will get better recording in the coming weeks. This is a perfect time of the year to listen for wolves.

Siggefora. September 5, 2024.
Zoom F3 + Clippy EM272 as tree-ears

Wolves with pups

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

Wolf forest from dusk to dawn

Bo Söderström