Field recording of the dawn chorus in a forest in Midlothian, Scotland.

Date: 16 May 2023.

Processing applied: highpass filter (140Hz), normalisation.

Notes: This is a short excerpt from a much longer recording, taken on a Sunday morning. It is largely free of any human-derived sounds, with only the natural sounds of the forest being audible.

16 May 2023: Dawn chorus (excerpt) in a forest in Midlothian (Scotland)

Field recording of the dawn chorus in a forest in Midlothian, Scotland

19 May 2024, begining at 03:58 in the morning, and lasting for around 2 hours

Processing applied: highpass filter (120Hz), very light denoising, extremely light compression, normalisation

Notes: This 2 hour recording, taken on a Sunday morning, is essentially devoid of any human-derived sounds. Only the sounds of the dawn chorus are present, along with an occasional creak of a tree, or snap of a twig. The dynamic range is rather large, at least 30dB, so the earlier parts are much quieter than the middle section - i.e., just as one would expect from a dynamic event such as the dawn chorus.

19 May 2024: Dawn chorus in a forest in Midlothian, Scotland (2 hours long)

Sounds recorded with a Sony PCM M10 with Clippy EM172 stereo mics in Tree Ears configuration, left overnight. 

Rain on Foliage, 3am, Langrick Bridge

Tawny Owls,  4am, Langrick Bridge

Birds, traffic, planes,  6am, Langrick Bridge

Stereo recording (AB 40cm).

This dawn chorus was recorded in a small deciduous forest surrounded by clearings on the southern slope below the Alte Grimme in the Sauerland in Germany at an altitude of 636m above sea level. It was very windy and the wind dominates this recording.

Location: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/51.195285/8.585917

00:00 (05:54 am): Begin of recording (55 minutes before sunrise)
00:02 (05:56 am): First birdsong
00:55 (06:49 am): Sunrise
01:55 (07:49 am): End of recording (60 minutes after sunrise)

Recording: Micbooster Clippy 172 TRS fastened to a teree trunk of 40cm diameter (Tree Ears) into OM Systems Olympus LS-P5
Postprocessing: lowcut filter at 80Hz, normalized to -35 LUFS

20250406 055400 DE Sauerland Alte Grimme Windy Dawn Chorus Deciduous Forest AB

Stereo recording (ORTF).

International Dawn Chorus Day 4th of May 2025.

This dawn chorus was recorded in the regoin of Soubey in the Swiss Jura.
Location: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/sound-map-idcd_826659#16/47.2995/7.0570

00:00 (05:10 am) Start of recording (60 min before sunrise)
00:06 (05:16 am) First songbird
00:26 (05:36 am) Civil dawn
01:00 (06:10 am) Sunrise
02:00 (07:10 am) End of recording (60 min after sunrise)

There is rain water dropping from the trees and in the background some airplanes and distant church bells.

Recording: Micbooster Clippy 172 XLR AB 50 cm (Tree Ears) and Zoom F3
Postprocessing: normalized to -35 LUFS

20250504 051000 CH Jura Soubey Dawn Chorus AB Tree Ears

Warning: this is a recording of a thunderstorm, it can get quite loud, listen to it at a reasonable volume!

Thunderstorm and rain in the forest.
Excerpt, listen to full length recording here:
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Location: Switzerland, Sihlwald, Weid
Date and time: 2025/06/26 04:34 am
Recording: Zoom F3, Micbooster Clippy 172 XLR, Tree Ears
Postprocessing: lowcut at 80Hz, normalized to -35 db LUFS

20250626 043444 CH Sihlwald Weid Thunderstorm (Excerpt)

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