Name: BBC Illuminated - Where the Distance Shimmers Clarissa and Angel Delgadkillo by Diane Hope
Duration: 2 min 23 s
Description: I recorded Angel Delgadillo and his daughter Clarissa for a recent episode of Illuminated on BBC Radio on Route 66 - ‘Where the Distance Shimmers’. Angel was the inspiration for the main character in the animated movie ‘Cars’. UK listeners can hear the whole episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jf5j

Nightjars churring and wing clapping, recorded at RSPB Grange Heath, deep in the Purbeck Hills.

Nightjars, Grange Heath, 13 - 6-21

Thunderstorm over Guatavita, Colombia (around 6:00 pm on Easter week). Three 2-minute tracks joined together, recorded during March 2024. No filters. Ocassionally Maui whines and a car alarm goes off. Recorded on a Zoom H4nPro (120 deg, 48 kHz, 24-bit).

Thunderstorm over Guatavita - 20240323/28 18:00

The hypnotic drone of bumblebees “drinking” under an ancient beech tree, near Arney bridge in County Fermanagh. A good friend and neighbour mentioned they heard a huge hum on their dog walk down this lane. By the time the recordings were made (around two weeks later) the drone had considerably faded, so you can imagine the numbers of bees and the size of this beautiful tree.

Initially, we were unclear as to why the bees were attracted to this particular tree. Research suggests that bees are attracted to honeydew*, which is the sugary substance secreted by aphids when feeding on tree sap.

This track is a composite of the field recordings and processing to extract and subsequently adding the fundamental frequency of the droning.

Species: Bombus genus
Date and time of recording: 11 July 2021, 10am
Location: Derreen East townland, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Habitat: Farmed grassland
Gear: Sony PCM D50, Sennheiser 8040 in parabolic dish, iZotope RX5 (software), paulstretch (software)

* www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/….1086/692437
More info in this blog post: nurturing-nature.co.uk/wildlife-gard…course-video/

Summer Drone

A stereo recording of a pretty large colony of Red-Bill Gulls next to the Otago Yacht Club. The microphone used was AT BP4025 and the recorder was a Zoom F6. The audio file was then edited and tweaked in Apple Logic

Red-Billed Gulls around the Otago Yacht Club

Taken from Scientific Dreamz of U / Junior Loves "The Dreamcode", out on cassette and digitally 10 March 2015.

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Scientific Dreamz Of U - Empathy Field Generation {7AM Affirmation}

Wolf Howl and early spring dawn chorus

Recorded in Poland, 2025. Close to Zator.

Savi's Warbler, motorcycle and marsh frogs

I recorded Angel Delgadillo and his daughter Clarissa for a recent episode of Illuminated on BBC Radio on Route 66 - ‘Where the Distance Shimmers’. Angel was the inspiration for the main character in the animated movie ‘Cars’. UK listeners can hear the whole episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jf5j

BBC Illuminated  - Where the Distance Shimmers Clarissa and Angel Delgadkillo

Even

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It's an overcast morning at a clearing deep in the Harenna forest. Wildlife has been up for hours and the dawn chorus is in full swing. Gigantic hornbills fly around, their harsh feathers sounding like miniature aircraft when gliding. 

Recorded in the beautiful Harenna Forest just south of Bale Mountains National Park in Ethiopia. Technical details: Sony PCM D10 and Lom MikroUsi microphones left out for 48 hours as drop rig. Longer version on my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/rtVT5KKViN4

BBC Illuminated - Where the Distance Shimmers Clarissa and Angel Delgadkillo

Diane Hope

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