This is a 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.

The recording was made with a pair of DPA 4060s into a Mixpre6ii.

PS FALLOWDEER MALEGRUNTS VERYCLOSE DPA4060s MIXPRE6ii

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

A celebration of nature's symphony taking place on the first Sunday of May, International Dawn Chorus Day is the worldwide celebration of nature's greatest symphony. All across the world people rise early to revel in the sweet sound of birdsong, from rattling wrens in Rotherham to crooning cowbirds in the Caribbean. 

And remember you can always just open your window - and listen...

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/dawn-chorus-day

Dawn Chorus with Woodpecker Guilden Morden

This recording captures life at the heart of an urban beehive on a rooftop garden in the 20th district of Paris. The colony is estimated to be between 60,000-80,000 bees at this time of year. I attached two small omni lav mics to a metal coat hanger and dropped this into the centre of the hive, then closed the lid of the hive and left the recorder running. 

A big thank you to beekeeper Marta Bonati for allowing me access to her hives and for taking the time to help me record.

Recorded 25.06.2022
Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x DPA 4060s

Life In An Urban Beehive - Paris, France

Dawn on 1st May, recorded on a small wetland by my cabin in the Black River Valley, Sweden. Mix of wetland and forest birds.

Dawn Black River Valley Sweden

Waders feeding on shoreline, west coast of South Uist island, Scotland, April 2025

2025 04-18 South Uist waders feeding

2025-06-20 Merlins, Assynt 40sec edit

I was in Estonia recently to check-out Matsalu National park to learn as much as I could about it before maybe returning in May to record.  It was the wrong time of year to record birds, however back in the city I recorded some street sounds on my last evening.  Equipment; A Sound Devices MixPre3 recorder and a matched pair of Primo microphones.  Recording 4476.

Side Street Atmosphere - 27 September 2025-8.35pm.  Tallinn

The call of a juvenile White-Backed Vulture begging its parents for food.  First the recording is played back at normal speed, then at half speed and finally at 1/4 speed. Recorded in Limpopo, South Africa. Read about the expedition at https://mindful-audio.com/blog/2017/9/4/field-recording-trip-to-south-africa-2016

White-Backed Vulture call

Locked-down with nowhere to go and a distant thunderstorm rolls past my back garden. Made my day!  Would have been better if it was closer ...maybe next time... I think we're gonna be locked-down for a while.

Binaural recording - best listened to on headphones.

Covid-19 lockdown - a distant passing thunderstorm

It’s 6am in Tsavo NP at Kanderi swamp. A thin dawn chorus braves the dry season, soon joined by a male lion advertising his territory.

Covid-19 lockdown - a distant passing thunderstorm

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