Thank you for this beautiful recording - every man woman and child should listen to this , and others, and reasses the effects of their actions and inaction on the natural world.

This is a recording of some interactions on a black grouse lek in the highlands of Scotland. 

It was recorded with a Sony M10 and a matched pair of Clippy EM172 mics.

AVIEMORE  - BLACK GROUSE LEK - EARLY MORNING - VERY CLOSE COOING AND HISSES 2.0 M10

The eerie calls of an African scops owl in mopane woodland - South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. Recorded with Zoom F6 and Lom mikroUsi Pro microphones. Listen to more recordings from the African savanna at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCRlYmmK1sqpnPimVGFNUhmt1WtYhnsZc

African Scops Owl In The Savanna

As the sunset in the old disused quarry, just outside Lérouville, most of the songbirds fell silent. But the Song Thrush perched just to the left of my microphones and continued singing for another 15 minutes. In the background we hear the melodic chorus of Common Midwife Toads that were located in the sandy hill just ahead of my mics. At around 3 minutes in, we also hear Parsley Frogs off in the distance.

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x MKH 8040s (ORTF)
Recorded on 05.06.2022

Song Thrush And Common Midwife Toads - Lorraine, France

A lovely pre-dawn chorus in southwestern New Mexico, near the Gila and Aldo Leopold Wildernesses.  Features American Robin, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Mexican Spotted Owl, Common Nighthawk, Hermit Thrush, Mexican Whippoorwill, and listen close for the barking of the Elegant Trogon.  Much of this area was burned in a wildfire in 2022.

Rocky Canyon pre-dawn_150603

The rhythmic sounds of cicadas and frogs combine in a rich dusk chorus in the rainforest of Ulu Muda, Malaysia.

Ulu Muda

Dusk Chorus - Ulu Muda

Dusk Chorus - Ulu Muda, Malaysia

Recorded around midnight in primary rainforest along the banks of the Sungai Muda river.  The sound appears to come from at least two individuals close to the microphones (one to the left and another in front or above) and at least two more in the far distance. I think it could be a Banded Langur (Presbytis femoralis) although I'm yet to find this call documented for this species. Dusky Langur (Trachypithecus obscurus) can also be heard in the background making alarm calls, and Pig-tailed Macaque were also present. Not sure what else it could be...!

Mystery Night Sound - Ulu Muda

Mystery Night Sound - Ulu Muda, Malaysia

The natural sounds of cicadas and birds in Tangkoko Nature Reserve, Sulawesi. Read more https://wildambience.com/location-trip-updates/indonesia/tangkoko-cicadas/

Tangkoko Cicadas

Tangkoko Cicadas - Recorded in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

A sunny morning in the hill evergreen forests of Thung Yai West Wildlife Sanctuary part of Thailand's western forest complex. 

Species heard in the sample include: Bar-backed Partridge, Mountain Imperial Pigeon, Lesser Yellownape, Bay Woodpecker, Great Barbet, Blue-throated Barbet, Buff-breasted Babbler, Brown-cheeked Fulvetta,  White-throated Bulbul & White-handed Gibbon.

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

Thung Yai - Hill Evergreen Forest

Thung Yai - Hill Evergreen Forest in Thailand's Western Forest Complex

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

This is an excerpt from the album ' A Morning in Kutini-Payamu' available at https://wildambience.com/albums/a-morning-in-kutini-payamu/

Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park is a vast area of lowland rainforest in near the tip of Cape York in the far north of Australia.  The biodiversity here is  more akin with the lowland forests of New Guinea, and for a significant number of species this area is the southern limit of their distribution. In this sample you can hear the loud whistles of a Magnificent Riflebird and the squawks of Eclectus Parrots, along with many other species in the background.

Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park, Australia - A Biodiversity Hotspot

This is a sample from the album 'Cape York: Melaleuca Swamp', recorded on the the edge of a remote melaleuca (paperbark) swamp in Cape York, far northern Australia. The microphones were placed near the edge of the wetland, adjacent to dry tropical woodland and with an open lilypad-covered lagoon in the background.  Throughout the album there is a nice natural mix of early morning sounds from wetland and woodland species in this unique landscape.

https://wildambience.com/albums/cape-york-melaleuca-swamp/

Cape York: Melaleuca Swamp

Album Sample - 'Cape York: Melaleuca Swamp'

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Thung Yai - Hill Evergreen Forest in Thailand's Western Forest Complex

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