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Excerpt of a 12 minute track ' Song of the Lyrebird' from the recently released album "Bellbird Forest" https://wildambience.com/albums/bellbird-forest/

This track contains some superb examples of mimicry including the imitation of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Green Catbird, Satin Bowerbird, Grey Butcherbird and numerous other bird species. In fact, in this excerpt alone at least 10 species are mimicked.

Song of the Lyrebird

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Song of the Lyrebird - Excerpt from the Album "Bellbird Forest"

Andrew Williams, Leverhulme Artist in Residence at the Space Research Centre attempts to answer what the vacuum of space actually sounds like in his exhibition 'Trajectory'. Here he describes some of the sounds of space we can hear, including the Sun, as captured by an ESA satellite. 

Find out more: http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2013/december/space-sounds-have-2018animalistic-qualities2019-according-to-artist-in-residence

What does space sound like?

Three recently emerged virgin Queens piping to each other in a colony of honeybees.  Recorded with a Lavalier mic at the top of the frame (mid) and a JrF contact mic embedded in the beeswax comb (side). Mixed to L-R stereo. Recorded to a SD702.


T280 3 Virgin Queens Piping

Botanical Birdsong was performed at the Botanic Garden in Leicester in collaboration with Attenborough Arts Centre on Saturday 19 August 2023.

A one-off musical performance inspired by the vocalisations of birds singing at dawn at the Botanic Garden.

Audiences can expect to hear the sounds of the robin, blue tit, great tit, blackcap, wood pigeon, blackbird and more in a soundtrack created by Leicester-based artist Lucy Stevens.

Lucy has worked with Rishii Chowdury and Akash Parekar to inspire a new composition of Indian classical music, which will showcase a wide repertoire of melodic phrases that mimic and complement the sounds of birds.

Botanical Birdsong

It's winter here in Australia, and while most bird species are quieter this time of year, the master of songbirds, the Superb Lyrebird, is coming into breeding season and the males are revving up their spectacular songs and mimicry.

Earlier this week I spent a day in the Watagans north of Sydney, a beautiful area of tall eucalypt forest and lyrebirds could be heard calling literally everywhere I stopped to listen. If you get a chance to head out in to the forests of south-east Australia at this time of year it truly is a marvelous experience to hear one up close.

Photo Credit: David Cook Wildlife Photography

Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) - Songbird Virtuoso

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Lucy Stevens is a multidisciplinary British contemporary artist whose work explores our relationship and understanding of nature conservation.
She draws inspiration from ornithology and colour theory. She is also an amateur birdwatcher. Her projects often include working in collaboration with experts in the natural world including scientists, museum curators, ornithologists, photographers and musicians.

Her work interprets birdsong, museum collections and conservation data into mixed media abstract portraits on paper and sound works developed from gathering field recordings. 

Her most recent work in collaboration with The British Trust for Ornithology and Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust explores the effects of climate change on migratory birds. The new collection of mixed media artwork is informed by scientific research to demonstrate declines in bird populations and changes in bird behaviour due to extreme weather conditions. She also works closely with Leicester Museum’s natural science avian collection to change the narrative around museums and conservation. 

Lucy lives and works in Leicester. She received an MA and BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University. Her work has been shown in exhibitions and art fairs across the East Midlands and London. She has also taken part in artist residencies in Scotland, Brussels, France, and Sweden.

Botanical Birdsong

Lucy Stevens

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