We were innocent.

Most likely the Ural Owls in my home forest are not breeding this year for unknown reasons since there are quite many rodents. The female was calling from midnight to 01:30 but no male answered. Perhaps he has passed away?

Nåsten, Uppsala. May 18, 2024.

A lone female Ural Owl calling at midnight

Hugo - Piano Mandala 6904 3:10 11-06-2024

Dawn Chorus in Teremiski Meadow

About 3000 Barnacle Geese arrive in October to spend the winter in North Sligo. The Ballygilgan Nature Reserve is one of the best sites in Ireland for seeing these geese in winter. 

The geese breed in Greenland in the summer and spend the winter in Ireland. They graze in Lissadell – Maugherow area every winter until April, spending every night on the island of Inishmurray.* 

Species: Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
Location: Ballygilgan Lissadel nature reserve, County Sligo, Ireland
Date and time: 23 November 2021, 12h33
Habitat: Improved Pasture

Gear (with Associate Links)
Sound Devices 744T 
Sennheiser  MKH30 and MKH 8040 in MS configuration
Nikon D750 https://amzn.to/3UN0D1m
Tamron 150-600mm https://amzn.to/3UTV8xY
NIKKOR 28-300mm https://amzn.to/4c2gwb8

*Source: https://www.npws.ie/nature-reserves/sligo/ballygilgan-lissadell-nature-reserve

Barnacle Geese Grazing

Hugo - Ambient Mandala 6905 4:11 12-06-2024

A skein of Barnacle geese - mostly migrants from Greenland where they breed - approach and land the 'Goose Field' at Lissadel's Ballygilgan Nature Reserve.

In Winter it's an essential grazing site for a large flock of Barnacle geese (c. 3000), the winter freshwater pond also attracts other waterfowl and waders, and a cereal patch at the east end attracts wintering finches and buntings.*

In this recording you can hear the geese grazing after landing:
https://soundcloud.com/angelpgrandi/barnacle-geese-grazing

Species: Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
Location: Ballygilgan Nature Reserve, Lissadel, Co. Sligo, Ireland
Date and time: 23 November 2021, 11h45
Habitat: Improved Pasture

Gear (with Associate Links)
Sound Devices 744T
Sennheiser MKH30 and MKH 8040 in MS configuration
Nikon D750 amzn.to/3UN0D1m
Tamron 150-600mm amzn.to/3UTV8xY
NIKKOR 28-300mm amzn.to/4c2gwb8

*Source: www.npws.ie/nature-reserves/sli…dell-nature-reserve

Barnacle Geese Approach

Hugo - Ambient Mandala 6906 3:35 13-06-2024

Until There Were Five

Composition and Artist: Karolin Stange
Mixing and Mastering: Heinz Pichler Augsburg

Feuer des Bewusstseins - Karolin Stange

I make field recordings focusing on nature in my home county Uppland, Sweden.

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