Nature Recordings - Asia

This calming recording captures skylarks and corn buntings singing across the prairie at dawn. Recoded on the outskirts of Tsilkani.

Sony PCM A10 + 2 x LOM Mikro Usi
27.05.2022

Dawn In The Prarie - Tsilkani, Georgia

During a visit to Stepantsminda in the Kazbegi municipality I left a drop rig overnight, with the mics attached to a tree in a mixed birch and pine forest. I was blown away by the beauty of the Greater Caucasus mountains.

Sony PCM A10 + 2 x LOM Mikro Usi
28.05.2022

Dawn Chorus - Stepantsminda, Kazbegi, Georgia

After a pleasant night camping on the outskirts of Tsilkani, I went for a morning walk and soon came across some Marsh Frogs calling from a small stream. Skylarks and reed warblers called from the distance, so I grabbed my recorder and captured this soundscape. 

Sony PCM D100
27.05.2022

Marsh Frogs And Skylarks - Tsilkani, Georgia

This recording captures the ambiance of the Botanical Gardens in Tbilisi. The park is large enough to not feel overcrowded, with plenty of secluded spots. Birdsong was everywhere and Marsh Frogs called from various ponds. I sat for a while just away from one of the pathways and recorded this pleasant soundscape.

Sony PCM D100
22.05.2022

Botanical Gardens - Tbilisi, Georgia

Distant gibbon calls recorded in 2009 at Thailand's Khao Sok National Park. 

Khao Sok National Park - Gibbon Calls 1

Distant gibbon calls recorded in 2009 at Thailand's Khao Sok National Park.

Kaho Sok National Park - Gibbon Calls 2

Khao Sok National Park - Gibbon Calls 3

This recording was taken at sunrise on 1st January 2010 from behind my bungalow on Pentai Cenang beach. 

New Years Day Sunrise, Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia

Two elephant roars recorded just after a morning riding an elephant in the jungle near Pai, northern Thailand. 

Elephant Roar, Pai, Thailand

First of two recordings of the birds that live in the temple grounds around Angkor, Cambodia. We hear Red-breasted Parakeets and the occasional single note call of an Alexandrine Parakeet.

Many thanks to James Eaton @ Birdforum.net for help on ID-ing the birds!

Red-breasted Parakeets - Angkor, Cambodia

Second of two recordings of the birds that live in the temple grounds around Angkor, Cambodia. We hear Red-breasted Parakeets, a Hill Myna (bell-like notes) and a Black-naped Oriole.

Many thanks to James Eaton @ Birdforum.net for help on ID-ing the birds!

Red-breasted Parakeets, Hill Myna and Black-naped Oriole - Angkor, Cambodia

A close range recording of an individual cicada recorded in the mountain countryside along the Annapurna trail.  

Cicada Close Up, Annapurna Trek, Nepal

The chorus of cicadas could be heard all along the Annapurna circuit and varied in intensity depending on the surroundings. This recording was captured whilst trekking through a very humid section of jungle. 

Cicada Chorus, Annapurna Trek, Nepal

First recording of a few examples of cicadas in the immense Khao Sok National Park in Thailand. 

Cicadas 1, Khao Sok National Park, Thailand

These cicadas were incredibly noisy! Again, recorded at Khao Sok National Park, Thailand.

Cicadas 2, Khao Sok National Park, Thailand

The sound these cicadas were making was really crazy. This wouldn't sound out of place in a horror film!

Cicadas 3, Khao Sok National Park, Thailand

A group of cicadas collectively singing a very high-pitched chorus, recorded on Koh Phayam island, Thailand.

Cicadas 4, Koh Phayam, Thailand

As part of a grueling two-day volcano expedition, we woke up at 3.30am on the second day to climb up to the Ijen plateau, a beautiful mineralised volcanic lake at 2600 metres above sea level. 

The trek took us about three hours so we started in the dark and witnessed sunrise as we climbed. The dawn chorus was simply too good not to record. 

Dawn Chorus - Ijen Plateau, Java, Indonesia

As we climbed up towards the Ijen Plateau, the soundscape evolved. I found the insect chorus in this recording to be really interesting. It really reminds me of the swamp scene in Star Wars! 

Insect Chorus - Ijen Plateau, Java, Indonesia

This was the sound I would wake up to each morning in Pai, northern Thailand. We were the only people staying at a remote guesthouse where our bungalows were in the middle of a rice paddy field. The morning soundscape was such a great thing to wake up to...insects and distant cockerels. 

Morning Insect Chorus - Pai, Thailand

Sound recordist Colin Hunter 
Founder of the World Sounds project

Nature Recordings - Asia

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