Recorded at 02.30 in the morning(105)

Recorded with Sennheiser Ambeo and Sound Devices Mixpre 10 II.

Morning Chorus, Helgavogur, Mývatn Lake, Iceland, 25 May 2021

Stereo recording (ORTF).

International Dawn Chorus Day 1st of May 2022.

This dawn chorus was recorded in the mountains around Wägital in Switzerland.
Location: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/sound-map-idcd_826659#13/47.0856/8.9135

00:00 (05:09 am) Start of recording (60 min before sunrise)
00:26 (05:35 am) Civil dawn
01:00 (06:09 am) Sunrise
01:30 (06:39 am) End of recording (30 min after sunrise)

Species:
Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Northern Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Various tits and many others

In the background, a stream can be heard echoing up from the valley and some planes.

Recording: Lewitt LCT540s (ORTF) and Sound Devices MixPre-6 II
Postprocessing: lowcut filter at 160Hz, normalized to -35 LUFS

International Dawn Chorus Day

20220501 050900 CH Waegital Heizli Dawn Chorus ORTF

Ambisonic recording, decoded for binaural listening, use headphones!

Forest ambience at the pond with lots of birds, among others: Carrion Crow (Corvus corone), Common Raven (Corvus corax), Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) and Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius).

Location: Switzerland, Sihwlald, Albishornweiher (8.54810965 / 47.24983768)
Date: 2020/04/05 08:02:10

20200405 080210 CH Sihlwald Albishornweiher Crow Raven Eurasian Jay And Black Woodpecker

Genauso wie die Biodiversität auf unser menschliches Leben einwirkt, beeinflusst unsere fortschreitende Entwicklung den Lebensraum der Pflanzen und Tiere. Das immense Tempo der Expansion in alle Richtungen bringt vieles unausweichlich aus dem bisher gewohnten Rhythmus. Es fordert jegliches Leben heraus, neue Wege und Lösungen zu finden, um sich der teilweise extrem schnellen Wandlung anzupassen. Die Auswirkungen sind auf mehreren Ebenen ersichtlich, spürbar wie auch hörbar. Welchen Einfluss hat dies auf unsere Klanglandschaft? Was wird lauter? Was wird leiser? Was bleibt und was kommt neu dazu? 

Dieses Hörstück ist eine spekulative Auseinandersetzung, fernab von utopischen oder dystopischen Vorstellungen. Es wird dabei spezifisch auf die Veränderung unserer Klanglandschaft eingegangen. Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass die Biodiversität sowie die fortschreitende Implementierung von Automatisierung oder trainierten Algorithmen in unserem Leben entscheidend dazu beitragen.

Interviews mit: Marcus Mäder, Robin Meier und Christian Hansen

Future Soundscapes – Hörstück

It's dawn on a very still Lake Öjesjön in mid April. Just a few days earlier the lake was completely frozen, but in the past few days Spring has well and truly come alive. In this recording we hear Canada and Grey Lag Geese, Common Cranes, Goldeneye and other wetland birds on the lake. From the trees on the shore of the lake we hear a Redwing accompanied by other woodland birds. From time to time we hear Black Grouse displaying in the distance. 

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 ii + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040s (ORTF)
15.04.2023

Dawn At Öjesjön Lake - Västmanland, Sweden

Recording of a night in the forest.
00:12 Wind begins (03:13 am)
01:12 Wind drops, distant thunder (04:12 am)
01:34 Rain begins, thunder is coming closer (04:34 am)
01:58 Dawn Chorus begins (04:58 am)
02:31 Surise (05:31 am)

Location: Switzerland, Sihlwald, Weid
Date and time: 2025/06/26 03:00 am to 05:34 am
Recording: Zoom F3, Micbooster Clippy 172 XLR, Tree Ears
Postprocessing: lowcut at 80Hz, normalized to -35 db LUFS

20250626 030000 CH Sihlwald Weid Wind Thunderstorm Rain Dawn Chorus

Binaural recording, listen with high quality open-back headphones!

International Dawn Chorus Day 6th of May 2018.

This dawn chorus was recorded nearby a small pond (Albishornweiher) in the forest reserve Sihlwald, which is part of Wildnispark Zürich (Switzerland). 

Location: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/sound-map-idcd_826659#14/47.2467/8.5670

00:00 (05:02 am): Begin of recording (60 minutes before sunrise)
00:02 (05:04 am): Calls of midwife toads in the pond
00:07 (05:09 am): First birdsong
00:19 (05:21 am): First airplane
00:25 (05:27 am): Civil dawn
00:34 (05:36 am): A squirrel 
00:51 (05:53 am): Common wood pigeon
01:00 (06:02 am): Sunrise
01:07 (06:09 am): bumblebee flying by
01:30 (06:32 am): End of recording (30 minutes after sunrise)

Recording: Sennheiser Ambeo VR and Sound Devices MixPre-6
Postprocessing: decoded from Ambeo A-format to binaural (KU100) using Reaper and Harpex X, lowcut filter at 160Hz, normalized to -35 LUFS

20180506 050200 CH Sihlwald Albishornweiher Dawn Chorus Binaural

Heavy rain on the tent, campground of Hveravellir.
Binaural recording, listen with high quality open-back headphones!

Date: 05.09.2019 06:51:36
Location: Iceland, Kjalvegur, Hveravellir
Recording: Zoom H3-VR, Rycote BBG Windshield and Windjammer, Upright, Gain 80, A-Format
Decoding: A-Fomat to KU100 binaural (Harpex-X)

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20190905 065136 Iceland Hveravellir Heavy Rain On Tent

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20250626 030000 CH Sihlwald Weid Wind Thunderstorm Rain Dawn Chorus

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