birds in a mixed birch and pine forest in Masuria, Poland in Spring.

spring activity in Masuria, Poland

A woodpecker moves around the sonic stage, tapping the old trees in search of food, whilst the snow thaws and drips from ancient fir trees.

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the sound of Andújar and Cazorla national parks through Spring and Autumn.

sound montage: Jaén, Spain

The Gwent Levels - an area of refuge from the heavy industry and urban hum of Newport, so quiet and tranquil you can hear the delicate sound of this mud pool drying in the afternoon sun, against a backdrop of the wind, sea and skylarks.

Recorded in St. Brides Site of Special Scientific Interest, an area through which the Welsh Government's controversial new motorway is proposed to run.

the quiet of the Gwent Levels

Drizzle builds and drips into the understorey in a narrow, ash-lined gorge.

Drizzle in a narrow gorge – SW England

Dawn - Avalon Marshes, SW England

Recorded at 1700m where meadow meets old growth spruce woodland, just after sunrise. A red squirrel visits and makes some unusual sounds.

Red squirrel in old-growth subalpine coniferous woodland - Southern Carpathian Mountains, Romania

Fleeting Sound 01 - North African Desert, Steppe and Shrubland MONTAGE

Fleeting Sound 02 - Desert Geophony MONTAGE

Urban nightingale – 1am, Alt-treptow, Berlin

Sound effects collection from Fleeting Sound.

Fleeting Sound 03 - Malta MONTAGE

Mesa - Saharan Atlas Mountains

Fulvous babblers passing through shrubland.

Desert shrubland with fulvous babblers – Saharan Atlas mountains

Voices on the wind - Saharan Atlas Mountains

Desert dunes - Saharan Atlas Mountains

Desert shrubland dawn - Saharan Atlas Mountains

Desert shrubland afternoon - Saharan Atlas Mountains

Combe river with willow warblers – SW England

Oak woodland, redstart with pied flycatcher - SW England

Without my equipment I attempted to record this rare and unlikely moment on my phone, but my thumb unknowingly slipped onto the STOP button...

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