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Recorded this morning at 5:45am in Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Victoria, Australia

First Light at Chiltern

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First Light at Chiltern, Victoria, Australia

For the early Australian settlers, camping in the bush must have been a frightening experience. 

With limited knowledge of Australian fauna, their imaginations no doubt ran wild when hearing some of the rather disconcerting sounds of the bush at night - such as these harmless Brush-tailed Possums having a territorial disagreement.

The Beast of Dunn's Swamp

The Beast of Dunn's Swamp, Wollemi NP, Australia

With my many trips out recording in the field, this track personally for me is one of the most beautiful sounds I have recorded.

It was at 3:50am on the 13th of June 2012 on the banks of the river Waveny near Geldeston, Suffolk, UK. I had set up the microphones the evening before and ran a 50-metre cable back to a boat. 
Luckily there was very little wind to affect the recording and to my delight as the dawn chorus began, a Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) came close to my microphones and started to sing his beautiful song.
Many other songbirds are singing and calling, including Blackbird, Wren, Tawny Owl, Cockerel and a Cuckoo halfway through this recording.
No wonder so many poets such as Tomas Hardy, Robert Browning, William Wordsworth and Edward Thomas have included this bird in their poems describing its wonderful song.

 It was pure joy resting on my bed in the boat wearing my headphones, listening live as I was recording this beautiful song. Not a bad way to start the day!
 The photo is of the location, taken the evening before as I was setting up the microphones and cable.

BeautifulNow Competition Entry: Song Thrush at Dawn

This recording is an excerpt from the album "Tropical Rainforest" in the series "Sounds of Wild Thailand" - downloadable from https://wildambience.com/albums/thailands-tropical-rainforest/

Thailand's Tropical Rainforest

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Thailand's Tropical Rainforest - Kaeng Krachan National Park

The Murrumbidgee is Australia’s second longest river, and is home to important eco-systems both above and below it’s flowing waters. Along the banks of the Murrumbidgee, forests of large River Red Gum trees are a haven for wildlife, and provide vital nesting hollows for numerous bird and mammal species.

This recording was made on the banks of the Murrumbidgee and captures the relaxing sounds of the river flowing to a backdrop of birdsong. Occasionally you can hear the rubbing of branches of a dead tree snagged in the water.

The full 17 minute track is available as a free download from https://wildambience.com/albums/morning-on-the-murrumbidgee/

Morning on the Murrumbidgee River

Morning on the Murrumbidgee River, NSW, Australia

Flowing Stream in the Grampians

Flowing Stream in the Grampians, Victoria, Australia

Tasmania's rainforests and old growth eucalypt forests have been subjects to decades of conflict between pro-logging groups and environmentalists. Thankfully, significant areas of these unique forests have been gazetted as World Heritage  sites and hopefully other areas such as the Tarkine wilderness will benefit from similar protection in the future.

This recording was made on the slopes of Mount Field National Park, and captures the sounds of some Tasmania's unique bird species. 

You can download and read more about the full album here - https://wildambience.com/albums/tasmanias-ancient-rainforest/

Tasmania's Ancient Rainforest

Album - 'Tasmania's Ancient Rainforest'

Mountain Scops Owl, Barking Deer and various insects can be heard on the forest soundscape recorded in the evening on the slopes of Doi Inthanon in northern Thailand.

Evening in the Forest - Doi Inthanon

Evening in the Forest - Doi Inthanon NP, Thailand

Recorded just outside of a Village in Southern Poland, a variety of birds singing and chirruping, with the distant sound of aircraft in the background. 
The occasional sound of a woodpecker can be heard, as well as the occasional insect. In the forest there was a space for people to pray, - a small church and a man-made waterfall, and also I was told that there was once a battle close-by. 
This was recorded in April 2016 and one particular memory of this time of spring was watching the caddisfly larvae navigating their way around a small stream.

Forests Of The World

Forests Of The World: Philip Mill - Poland

The album begins at dawn in the Capertee Valley, NSW, with the melodious song of the Australian Magpie filling the misty morning air. 

Each track on this album features typical Australian birdsong from a different habitat of the Australian bush - open country, mallee, wet eucalypt forest, coastal forest, dry woodland and montane forest. 

For more details and see https://wildambience.com/albums/birdsong-of-the-australian-bush

Birdsong of the Australian Bush

'Birdsong of the Australian Bush' - Album Sample

Morning birdsong from dry dipterocarp forest in Thung Yai West Wildlife Sanctuary, part of Thailand's western forest complex.  The sounds of this open habitat are quite different from the moist evergreen forests found on the nearby hills and gullies. 

In this sample crickets stridulate from the grassy understorey and a Greater Flameback (a type of large forest woodpecker) can be heard tapping, drumming and calling. Other species heard in this cut include: Grey-headed Parakeet, Hair-crested Drongo, Coppersmith Barbet, Black-hooded Oriole, White-browed Scimitar-Babbler, Black-crested & Red-whiskered Bulbuls and Plain Flowerpecker. White-handed Gibbons can be heard calling from the distant hills.

To read more about this location and hear additional sounds visit https://wildambience.com/location-trip-updates/thailand/thung-yai-visit/

Thung Yai - Dry Dipterocarp Forest

Thung Yai - Dry Dipterocarp Forest in Thailand's Western Forest Complex

A morning soundscape from the dry savanna woodlands of central Cape York, northern Australia. The fluty yodelling of a family of Black-backed Butcherbirds fills the warm morning air, along with the calls of Little Friarbird, Spangled Drongo, Grey-crowned Babbler, White-throated Gerygone, Rainbow Lorikeet, Magpie Lark, Peaceful & Bar-shouldered Doves and many other bird species.

Savanna Woodland

Album Sample - 'Cape York: Savanna Woodland'

Kutini Payamu (Iron Range) National Park is a biodiversity hotspot with a unique combination of New Guinean and Australian fauna and flora. 

The soundscapes of this area are rich and varied - and quite different from those further south in the forests of the Daintree region. This album captures some of the rare sounds of the lowland rainforests of Kutini-Payamu. For more information visit https://wildambience.com/albums/a-morning-in-kutini-payamu

A Morning in Kutini-Payamu

'A Morning in Kutini-Payamu' - Album Sample. Recorded in Iron Range NP, Queensland

Pasoh Forest Reserve

Pasoh Forest Reserve, Malaysia - Frogs and Insects after Dusk

This is a sample containing excerpts from the one hour album "New Guinea: Lowland Rainforest Dawn" available at www.wildambience.com/albums/new-guinea-lowland-dawn-chorus

New Guinea is home to the largest expanse of rainforest in the Asia-Pacific region (and the third largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon and Congo). Vast areas of undisturbed forest can be found throughout the island and its biodiversity is simply amazing.

In 2019, I spent five days in an area of pristine lowland rainforest on the Birds Head Peninsula in West Papua. This album, ‘New Guinea: Dawn in Lowland Rainforest’, was recorded on my final morning at this location. Rising early, well before dawn, I placed the recording gear in a stunning area of forest I had scouted the previous day. The album covers a period of one hour from predawn darkness, through the rich dawn chorus and ends as the soundscape settles and the diurnal insect activity increases.

New Guinea: Lowland Rainforest Dawn

New Guinea: Lowland Rainforest Dawn - Album Sample

This set "Relaxing Nature Sounds" is a quick sampling of some of our basic nature sounds available at Nature Sounds FM. To listen to and download more relaxing sounds and nature sounds visit NatureSounds.FM.

Autumn Breeze

I made an early start this morning, arriving at the Royal National Park by 5am. Still dark and quiet, I walked down Lady Carrington Drive and soon heard the distinctive call of a Powerful Owl (Ninox Strenua). As I set up my microphones, a Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata) started singing it's autumn melody and this recording was the result.

Between 1:30 and 2:10, the owl's call changes. At this time, another owl, presumably the male, flew from a nearby tree to join it's mate.

Powerful Owl and Bassian Thrush

Powerful Owl and Bassian Thrush - Pre-dawn in the Royal National Park, Sydney

An unedited sample recorded at dawn in cloud forest in Enga province, Papua New Guinea. This and other recordings from the PNG highlands will be featured in an upcoming album.

Dawn in the Papua New Guinea Highlands

Pied Butcherbirds, Galahs, Cockatiels and Budgerigars call from the trees surrounding a small billabong (water hole) in Queensland's arid outback.

Sunrise by a Billabong

Sunrise by a Billabong - Outback Queensland, Australia

Kubah's forests are pulsing with life, and the soundscapes that can be heard in this national Park are among the most incredible I have ever experienced. This recording features the incredibly powerful sounds of Empress cicadas, along with the melodic song of the White-rumped Shama, and the rhythmic ' te-hoop 'calls of Golden-whiskered Barbets.

This sample is an excerpt of the track "Dusk Rhythms" from the album Rhythm of Kubah - https://wildambience.com/albums/rhythm-of-kubah/

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