Nature
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The Sonic World of Pollardstown Fen
There’s a new episode of BBC Radio 4’s nature series 5, this time featuring sounds of Pollardstown Fen, Ireland, recorded by Tom Lawerence, truly inspiring sound recordist who sadly died during the last year. Several of these sounds can also…
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Soundings from Antarctica
Fantastic broadcast from BBC Radio 4, featuring Chris Watson’s recordings in Antarctica. What strikes most people when they first arrive in Antarctica is the quiet . “It’s so quiet; its the only place in the world that you can actually…
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Oregon Field Guide: Nature Sounds Recording with John Hartog
John Hartog is a nature sound recordist. Just as painters paint a landscape, or photographers photograph it, John heads into the countryside (Sauvie Island and Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge) with a microphone and a recording deck to capture the natural…
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Alan Burbidge – The Sound Collector
Great video about the work of wildlife sound recordist Alan Burbidge. Although many of us think we rely mostly on our eyes to identify birds (and my mystery birds series seems to support that notion), I’ve often been told that…
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Sounds of September – Nature at Night
There’s very little I can say about the three recordings I have chosen for September, simply because I run out of adjectives when I try to describe them (a thesaurus wouldn’t be much help either). Each of them have a story of…
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Loudest Animal Sound
This minuscule water boatman might be smaller than a drawing pin, but it’s also the loudest animal on the planet. Well, relative to its body size, at least. The male lesser water boatman, aka Micronecta scholtzi, can create mating calls as loud as…