Yellowhammer

The sun is blazing, the heat is rising and the land is still. There's a very special sound to a hot summer's afternoon. Summer wouldn't be complete without it. So here's a Suffolk field on one of the hottest days of the year.

A summer's afternoon in Suffolk

This is a mix of recordings made in Latchford, Herts between 7.30 and 8.30pm on 20th August 2013. Sounds include a covey of Grey Partridges and a Yellowhammer calling with a Combine Harvester cutting in the background, a tractor taking grain awayand crickets in the hedgerow.

Latchford Harvest

Blackcap (Svarthätta) (Sylvia atricapilla) singing in an early morning (03.30).
A couple of distant Yellowhammer (Gulsparv) (Emberiza citrinella) can be heard, and also a Common Wood Pigeon (Ringduva) (Columba palumbus).

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

Emberiza citrinella

A Yellowhammer singing on the cliffs above Port Mulgrave, North Yorkshire yesterday.

A summer's afternoon in Suffolk

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