The North Sea island of Juist is very slim. At the spot where I took most of the recordings, there are only 1500 meters from the mudflat side to the open North Sea. In between lies a freshwater lake called Hammersee. Due to the proximity of these very different habitats, interesting acoustic neighborhoods of birds occur, which otherwise live far apart. So, if you listen carefully, you can hear various geese (gray geese, Canada geese, barnacle geese) and different wading birds (such as oystercatchers, redshanks, curlews) in the background, along with the “soloists”, the songbirds . And behind it all is the constant rumbling of the North Sea waves, and a steady wind. For my ears, this is a very exciting blend of sounds.
Clippy EM272 in A/B, 70 cm, Zoom H6

North Sea Island Juist, Hammersee – reed warbler

This informal participatory voicing is a more-than-human encounter with five migratory songbirds nesting in Camley Street Reserve, Kings Cross, including the Reed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Swift, Chiffchaff and Blackcap. These birds fly thousands of miles from Namibia, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Senegal to breed in the UK in the northern summer. 

City Making Practice

Excerpts from sound works, projects and collaborations
http://www.ciclover.com/
These works address communication through voice and language and the interplay between hearing and listening – the vocal, the spoken – and seeing and reading – the visual, the written. Using collaboration and performance with field recording, digital imaging and the spoken/written word I am currently exploring an expanded approach to language within species and across species through a framework of everyday experience – the ordinary and the quotidian.

New tracks tagged #reed warbler