Hydrophone recording of insects in a quiet crevice at the side of the Boonoo Boonoo River, New South Wales, Australia. Zoom F6, Aquarian H2a. You can hear the ticking sound of plants expelling gasses, and more than one of the same species of insect calling over each other.

Boonoo Boonoo River Bugs

I put some mics into a flowering desert lavender shrub where there were lots of busy bees, and other flying insects, and the wind was pretty steadily gusting through the branches

Flowering Desert Lavender Shrub with Bees and Steady Gusting Wind

Deux exemples du chant d'un Siffleur des montagnes de Martinique. Expl 01 oiseau isolé à la parabole. Expl02 oiseau en ambiance cardioide.

SIFFLEUR DES MONTAGNES F Deroussen

From dusk to dawn with two pairs of cranes and one or two single male contenders. In this recording you will hear almost infrasound (80-200 Hz) growls and heavy panting as the males chase each other in the wetland and of course the trumpeting of cranes through the night. An amazing experience to be this close. Huddunge, Uppsala. April 9, 2024.

Mixpre 3ii + Lewitt 440 Pure in ortf

Cranes like you never heard them before!

Seven males black grouse were present on their lekking ground this morning but since no female was there, they only played for 20 minutes around 5AM and then 10 minutes around 8AM. This recording was "destroyed" by a redwing in the end that sang straight into the microphones! Huddunge, Uppland. April 9, 2024.

Mixpre 3ii + Lewitt 440 pure in ortf

Black grouse lek soundbombed by a redwing!

Recorded in the centre of Milicz, a small group of Fire-Bellied Toads and Common Frog making a racket.

Fire Bellied Toad And Common Frog

I recorded this early November in 2023. Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is on the New Zealand, North Island. It´s a warm spring morning with sounds of the birds but also farm animals and the occasional vehicle.

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari  Dawn Chorus

Printemps en forêt de Corbière

Frogs in the first weeks of activity of the year. It was the warmest night so far, unusually high and although I went to the lake's edge, they were so loud that they could be heard from a long distance. This is also a place to see and hear herons and sometime storks, but this night it was all for the frogs.
I was testing out a Zoom F3 for the second time.

Frogs in the Countryside

Wood Ants

This recording features a Common Nightingale and a Great Tit singing at dawn, recorded at L'Étang Salé (Salt Pond) de Courthézon in Vaucluse, France.

This unique salt pond ecosystem is a temporary wetland area, drying up during the hot summer months. It provides a rich environment for many species of birds, amphibians and plants and became the first site in the Vaucluse department to be classified a Sensitive Natural Area (ENS).

During spring, migratory birds such as the Great Reed Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler and Nightingales can be seen and heard around the salt pond. Amphibians such as the Marsh Frog, the Common Frog and Natterjack Toads can also be found here.

Recorded : 7am, 27.04.2019
Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + Telinga Stereo MK2

Common Nightingale And Great Tit At Dawn - Étang Salé De Courthézon, France

Sound recordist Colin Hunter 
Founder of the World Sounds project

Common Nightingale And Great Tit At Dawn - Étang Salé De Courthézon, France

World-Sounds.org

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