Name: Geese take off among whooper swans by Krzysztof Wojciechowski Stoop
Duration: 2 min 25 s
Description: Geese take off among whooper swans on ponds in the Barycz Valley in Poland. Countless geese are approaching from the right. Whooper swans are feeding everywhere, usually departing much later than the geese. The sun is still sleeping below the horizon. It's a winter morning.

This is a second recording made in 2020 of the fallow deer 'lek'. This happens around in the second half of October in the UK. The males tend to congregate in in small groups or mating territories where they exhibit lekking behaviours such as sticking to particular 'stands' where they will repeating grunt and bellow.

This recording was made with a Sony M10 and a spaced pair of clippy EM172s. The mics were placed where I had observed a large group of rutting males the night before.

PS DEER MALEGRUNTS MULTIPLE VERYCLOSE MOVEMENTACROSSSTEREOFIELD M10

This is a recording of some interactions on a black grouse lek in the highlands of Scotland. 

It was recorded with a Sony M10 and a matched pair of Clippy EM172 mics.

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Znowu miejskie ptaki

Tweet me baby one more time!

As dusk falls in the Amazon rainforest, the sounds of the jungle change dramatically. Long version at https://youtu.be/Yfm_Vkv0C9o

Dusk in the Amazon rainforest

African savanna ambience with birds singing and insects calling at various distances - a beautiful and calm soundscape full of exquisite little detail. Long version at https://youtu.be/5NyIPnT1Wpw

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Take a listen to a 4 minute overnight journey through an Australian forest. This short compilation was taken during a long 18 hour recording session deep in the Australian forest. It starts at about 4pm, and finishes about 10am the next day. The recording starts with bees nearby in the undergrowth, followed by bird life as the light fades into night. The tropical rain starts about 1130pm and continues all night, creating a magical dance on the leaves and stones covering the ground.

The laughing Kookaburra wakes first and announces the first glimmer of light on the horizon just as the rain starts to fade away, followed by many more birds calling and chatting to their mates. 

The bees finally wake up and end the recording very busy... just like they did the previous day. The circle of life in about 4 minutes. Enjoy the immensely gorgeous cacophony of the Australian forest.

Captured on a Zoom F3, with Em272 Clip mics.

Australian Forest Life

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Geese take off among whooper swans on ponds in the Barycz Valley in Poland. Countless geese are approaching from the right. Whooper swans are feeding everywhere, usually departing much later than the geese. The sun is still sleeping below the horizon. It's a winter morning.

Geese take off among whooper swans

Pendant 2 minutes sur la voie verte pour avoir 3 voix très différentes : la courtilière des vignes, les pélodytes ponctuées et en dernier le crapaud calamite. Tout ça le dernier jour du mois de février 2026.

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This is a recording of a badger sniffing round my mics made at Caerlaverock in december 2017. It was made with two clippy EM172 mics and a Oylmpus LS-14 recorder

PS Badger SniffingRoundMics Caerlaverock WSRS

This is a short clip of a close up recording of a capercaillie lekking. It was recorded with an Clippy EM172 mic into an olympus LS-14 in central Sweden. Photo by Stefan Taylor.

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Wildlife Photographer fascinated especially with the world of birds and mammals. Reaching out for microphones to capture amazing sound of pure nature. 
https://krzysztof-wojciechowski.pl/en

Geese take off among whooper swans

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