I took this sound recording in a field in the east of Co Down in Northern Ireland of a Yellowhammer calling in a hedgerow.  I couldn't see the Yellowhammer, but heard several calling in the area. 

The Yellowhammer is the bird you can hear calling at the start of the recording which has the short whistle at the end of its call. The "coo" sound in the recording is a Collered Dove. You can also hear the calls of a Rook and I think a Ring-Necked Pheasant calling, as well as some chickens not too far away. 

I am not sure what the other birds are, but I know there was House Sparrows, Linnets, Dunnocks and Herring Gulls in the area also.

I took this sound recording on 12th June 2015 at 4:20am on a clear sky morning, using a Sennheiser ME66/K6P Microphone and a Tascam DR-100 MKII attached to a tripod using 96Khz/24-Bit audio quality.

Yellowhammer Song, East of Northern Ireland on 12th June 2015

I took this sound recording in a field in the Ballywalter, Co Down in Northern Ireland, of a Song Thrush calling in a hedgerow. I couldn't see the Thrush, but it was quite loud and could hear it very clearly. Its amazing how varied its song actually is! It sounds like a rook early in the recording and a bit like a telephone a couple of times too, I think,

I took this sound recording on 4th June 2016 at 6:30am on a cloudy day, using a Sennheiser ME66/K6P Microphone, Rode Super Softie windshield and a Tascam DR-100 MKII using 96Khz/24-Bit audio quality.

Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) Ballywalter, Northern Ireland on 4th June 2016

I took this sound recording in a field in the east of Co Down in Northern Ireland of a Blackbird calling in a hedgerow in March 2017. It was just before sunrise, so still dark enough that I didn't see the blackbird, but I knew what direction it was in as I wasn't that far away from it, so pointed my microphone at it and started recording.

I took this with a Tascam 701-D and Sennheiser ME66/K6P and Rycote Super Softie Windshield at 192Hkz 24-Bit Mono.

Blackbird Song

I took this sound recording at 5:30am on 8th June 2017 in my garden in the east of Co Down, Northern Ireland. It was misty with slight rain and heavy cloud. There were a lot of birds around and there was light rain when I recorded this. I recorded this with a Tascam DR 701D audio recorder and a Sennheiser ME66/K6P microphone

Sounds From My Garden - 5:30am 8th June 2017

I took this sound recording at 9:30am on 30th December 2017 outside my front door in my garden in the east of Co Down, Northern Ireland. It was misty with slight cloud and slightly windy when I took this. There were a lot of birds around and I normally hear them with  a slight rumble in the distance of traffic not far away. I recorded this with a Tascam DR 701D audio recorder and a Sennheiser ME66/K6P microphone

Sounds From My Garden - 9:30am 30th December 2017

This is a sound recording I made of Mallard ducks at Portavo Resovoir in County Down, Northern Ireland.  This is a resovoir that is used for fishing and at the car park, there is always a flock of Mallard ducks which I think are domesticated. There is also Little Grebes and various Gulls here too and at the time I took this, there was a family of Mute Swans there also. In this sound recording you can hear the ducks  quacking and feeding and gulls near the end of the recording.

I recorded this on 12th October 2017 with a Tascam DR 701D audio recorder and a Sennheiser ME66/K6P microphone.

Portavo Resovoir, County Down, Northern Ireland  12th October 2017

I am in my 30s and from Northern Ireland and I have a love  for nature and wildlife and I have since I was about 5 years old. I also have a passion for nature sound recording.

My first audio setup was a Tascam DR-100 MKII audio recorder and a Sennheiser ME66/K6P microphone I got in 2016 which I used it to take background sounds and bird calls in Northern Ireland.

Since then I have upgraded my equipment to a Sounddevices MixPre-3 II audio recorder and a few different microphones

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