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Spirit of the Outback

Discover the magic of the living outback. This album contains some of our most evocative recordings.

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The Himalaya

An inspiring landscape of rushing streams, high meadows, and ancient forests of oak and rhododendron filled with delicate birdsong.

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Birch Wood

The melodious song of a Blackcap fills the summer air in a Swedish birch woodland.

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Tall Forest

A day in Australia's cool mountain forests - glorious morning birdsong through to the secret nocturnal sounds of owls and possums.

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A Morning in the Australian Bush

A morning of Australian bush birdsong. Our most popular album.

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Frankincense Forest

Birdsong fills the scented air of an ancient grove of Frankincense trees.

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Echoes in a Secret Gorge

The sounds of ibex, snowcock, owls, swifts, choughs and sheep bells echo around a deep, hidden gorge in the Taurus Mountains in Turkey.

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Rainforest Sanctuary

Immerse yourself in the lush, green world of a tropical rainforest.

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Cheery Bulbuls!

The delightful and cheerful songs of Bulbuls from the woodlands and forests of India.

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Budgerigar Country

Budgerigars, Cockatiels and Pink Cockatoos are heard in this extended, 'single-take' recording from the dry inland of Australia.

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Cicada Summer

Cicada song - The distinctive sound of an Australian summer.

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Where the Jungle meets the Sea

Tropical island birdsong with the wash of waves on a coral shell beach.

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The Great Rann

Desert birdsong and the sounds of waterfowl on perenial wetlands from the unique Rann of Kutch region in northwest India.

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Meditation at Pine Lake

The haunting calls of ducks, geese and swans carry over an ephemeral lake by night.

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A Madrigal of Magpies

A celebration of the beautiful songs of the Australian Magpie.

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Tropical Queensland Rainforest

Three soundscapes from the world heritage tropical rainforests of North Queensland.

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Bush Waterhole at Dusk

A chorus of frogs begin calling as shadows lengthen over a tranquil bush waterhole.

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Indian Woodland Birdsong

A perfect morning of birdsong from the Deccan woodlands of India.

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Rainforest Morning in Thailand

Morning birdsong fills an evergreen forest in Thailand, one of the world's ecological hotspots.

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Happy Budgies

From the deserts of Australia, the home of the Budgerigar, this album presents a variety of sounds from flock interaction calls to quiet, contented subsong.

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Gibbon Forest

The wild and wonderful calling of gibbons echoes through a Thai rainforest.

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Asian Meadow

Exotic birdsong fills an open pine meadow in Northern Thailand.

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Frogs, Frogs, Frogs!

Frogs - the masters of natural rhythm! This album presents a symphony of talented amphibians from around Australia.

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Songbird Virtuosos of Australia

This album highlights extraordinary voices among Australia's songbirds; Kookaburra, Pied Butcherbird, Magpie, Whistler, Bellbird & Lyrebird

 

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Shama Song

The White-rumped Shama has one of the most beautiful songs among the birds of Asia's forests.

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A Tropical Night

Nightsounds from a tropical forest in the small hours before dawn.

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In a Sheltered Valley

Morning birdsong fills a densely forested valley, while an occasional breeze stirs the treetops.

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A Walk in the Rainforest

The life of Queensland's tropical rainforests - waterfalls, birdsong, frogs, and the soft hum of insects.

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The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains - birdsong in a majestic landscape of blue gum forests, wide ridgetops and deep gorges.

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Indian Jungle Dawn

A beautiful morning of birdsong unfolds in one of India's rare lowland forests.

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Moonlit Pebble Bay

Gentle waves wash into a sheltered bay under a rising moon.

 

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Personal Publishing License

Personal Publishing License - suitable for Individuals publishing on a not-for-profit basis.

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Uluru - Australia's Red Centre

A sonic journey to Uluru (Ayers Rock), and the biodiverse desert landscapes of central Australia.

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Springtime in the Bush

Uplifting spring birdsong is heard in Australia's eucalypt woodlands.

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Rain in the Forest

A gentle rainshower refreshes the forest.

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Misty River Dawn

Birdsong echoes over a tranquil river in the stillness of early dawn.

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Australian Creeks & Waterfalls

A subtropical landscape album - clear waters flow through lush rainforest.

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Small Business License

Small Business License  - Individuals or small businesses for a project that may be commercial, but not envisaged to return a significant profit.

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Favourite Australian Birdsong

Our collection of the most beautiful birdsong from around Australia.

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Kakadu - Australia's Tropical Wetlands

Dawn at the edge of a tropical billabong at Kakadu, one of Australia's most vibrant natural environments.

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The Sacred Forests of India - Nagarahole

India's remarkable wildlife - elephants, monkeys, deer, tiger, and a wealth of birdsong - are heard in deep forests of teak, rosewood and bamboo.

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Sulawesi - Heart of the Indonesian Rainforest

Discover the lush rainforests of Sulawesi from the lowlands to montane cloudforests - a land where beauty and mystery are everywhere

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An Evening in the Australian Bush

Discover the variety of nocturnal sounds to be heard in the Australian bush; gliders, owls, possums and nightjars

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Surf, Beach & Shoreline

The timeless flow of the ocean, waves breaking on golden sands.

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Australia - Natural Soundscapes from an Ancient Land

A sound journey around Australia's unique landscapes and characteristic birds and animals

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On the Banks of the Emerald River

Lawn Hill Gorge: an oasis for birdlife in northern Australia. Here a river of emerald green flows through a rainforest alive with rare tropical birdsong.

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Sunbird Forest

Sunbirds and Whistling Thrushes are heard in the evergreen forests of Goa, India.

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Forest Nocturne

Night falls in the forest, with distant owls and a chiming chorus of nocturnal insects.

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Broadcast License - 1 Year

Allows broadcast of any of our published recordings in ambient public spaces or on telephone on-hold systems for one year.

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Broadcast License - 5 Years

Allows broadcast of any of our published recordings in ambient public spaces or on telephone on-hold systems for five years.

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Echoes from the Ancient Forest

by Izabela Dluzyk. A sound journey to one of the last virgin forests of Europe – the Bialowieza forest in Poland.

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Rockpool Reflections

This is our only music album, an early recording featuring Andrew playing his own compositions on lute, with birdsong soundscapes from the outback.

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Call of the Ocean

The atmosphere of Australia's wild coastline - beach, surf, rockpools and dune birdsong.

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Beech Wood

Wood Pigeons, warblers and chaffinches are among the summer birdsong from a mature beech woodland in Britain.

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Pine Wood

In an old growth pine forest, the voices of Chaffinches, Goldcrests, Blackbird and Song Thrush welcome the spring.

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Oak Wood

The songs of Robins, Blackbird and Wood Pigeon are heard in a British old-growth Oak forest.

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Taiga - Europe's Boreal Wilderness

Delicate birdsong and the distant murmur of wind and water drift across an elemental landscape.

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An African Night

A hypnotic and gently pulsing chorus of night insects from the East African savannah.

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Welcome to the Atlantic Forest

By Juan Pablo Culasso. Beautiful birdsong is heard during a day in Brazil's Atlantic rainforest.

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Dawn Chorus: Tanzania

Morning Thrushes begin a daybreak of wonderfully rich birdsong from East Africa

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Dawn Chorus: Scandinavia

The delicate birdsong of this album evokes the renewel of the European spring.

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Dawn Chorus: Australia's Inland

A charismatic duet of White-fronted Honeyeaters features in a dawn chorus from the Australian outback.

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Safari - An African Wildlife Encounter

Lions, hippos, wildebeest, leopard, zebra, impala... get up close with wildlife on the African savannah.

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The First Week of Spring

Delicate birdsong fills a woodland in the first days of a European spring

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The Wild Places

by Mark Brennan. A sonic journey through the 10,000 year-old ecosystems of the Canadian wilderness.

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Dawn Chorus

by Geoff Sample. In a northern England wood, the rich sonic tapestry of a spring dawn chorus builds gradually, before waning to a spacious symphony

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Song of the Blackbird

The melodious songs of Blackbirds ring out during a European spring dawn chorus.

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The Monarchs of Tetepare

An ethereal choir of White-capped Monarchs sing serenely in the predawn on Tetepare Island.

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The Whistlers of Kolombangara

The extraordinary rhythmic song of Golden Whistlers fills the rainforest of Kolombangara Island.

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Time for the Tarkine

Free Download Album. A listening journey into the Tarkine - the largest temperate rainforest in the Southern hemisphere.

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Coral Beach

Gentle waves wash ashore on a tropical island, with coral fragments tinkling in the backwash.

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Five Natural Pieces

by Veljo Runnel. Five soundscapes from Estonia, meditations on time and space in nature.

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Peskowesk

by Mark Brennan. Journey deep into the wild forests, lakes and rivers of NE Canada's Kejimkujik National Park.

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Serra dos Orgaos

By Juan Pablo Culasso. Two dawn choruses, recorded the same morning - one highland, one lowland - in Brazil's Serra dos Órgãos

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A Wilderness Lake

by Mark Brennan. Spring comes to the forested shoreline of remote lakes in Eastern Canada.

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Native Birdsong of New Zealand

Kiwis, Kokakos, Kakas, Kererus, Kakarikis... the wonderous sounds of New Zealand's rare endemic songbirds.

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Mojave

The Mojave desert comes to life as early morning birdsong carries across the open plains

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Sequoia

The drumming of woodpeckers resonates through a grove of massive Sequoias.

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Cloudforest - Malaysia

A gentle album, featuring the abundance of life found in Malaysia's mountain forests.

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Northern Wetland

by Mark Brennan. A rich, sonic journey through the bogs, fens and marshes of Canada's Boreal wetlands

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Dawnsong of Tuis

The beautiful, ringing tones of the Tui echo through a towering New Zealand forest

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Redwoods

Discover California's famous Redwood groves in a way few get to experience.

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Les Suetes

by Mark Brennan. Summer season birdsong and the sigh of boreal winds, heard in a Canadian lake shore forest.

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Yosemite: Mariposa Grove Dawn

by Dan Dugan. A magnificent Sierra Nevada dawn chorus at the peak of the breeding season.

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Canyonlands

The songs of Canyon Wrens echo off the sheer rock walls of a canyon amphitheatre in the American southwest.

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Summer Thunderstorm

Thunder rolls around the sky, as afternoon storms gather overhead and rain gently falls

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Pacific Rainforest - Vanuatu

The mellow whistles of Shrikebills and other rare birdsong blends with the murmur of Fruit Doves and distant wave wash in an island rainforest

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Sound Journey to Emajoe-Suursoo

by Veljo Runnel. One of Europe's last truly wild places - the wetlands of Estonia's Emajogi River delta come alive with a fabulous diversity of life in the spri

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Equatorial Africa - The Forests of Arusha

Colobus monkeys and exotic birdsong are heard in the equatorial forests of Africa's Mt. Meru

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Bialowieza I - Stara Twilight

by Geoff Sample. Deep forest birdsong, timeless and distinctively European, from the Bialowieza Forest in Poland.

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Bialowieza II - Riverine Scenes

by Geoff Sample. The second of two albums of deep forest birdsong, mellifluous and distinctively European, from the Bialowieza Forest in Poland.

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Karri and Jarrah

Flocks of nectar feeding lorikeets and honeyeaters run riot through the tall, flowering forests of southwest Australia.

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Campinarama - The Unheard Amazon

by Juan Pablo Culasso. Soundscapes from tropical grasslands and riverine forests of a little known region of the vast Amazon basin.

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The Last Wild Island - Tetepare

Primary rainforest echoes with rare and endemic birdsong on the tropical island of Tetepare

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The Gulf Country - Northern Australia

A spectacularly diverse morning of birdsong from the savannah grasslands of northern Australia

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Khao Yai Rainforest

Occasional birdsong and a susuration of soft insects filters through the rainforest canopy of Khao Yai

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Fitzroy River Gorge

Fairy martins twitter overhead, while tropical birdsong echoes off the rockwalls of a remote gorge in Australia's north

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The Dancing Brolgas of Ooroolanie

Brolgas call among a fantastic diversity of birdlife attracted to an ephemeral wetland in the Australian outback

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The River Forest

Gentle morning birdsong and frogcalls from the river red gum forests of the Murray river

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Honeyeaters Sing in an Outback Dawn

A complete dawn chorus from Australia's Sturt Desert, featuring a variety of honeyeater voices weaving together

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Morning at the Lutownia River

by Izabela Dluzyk. A single-take recording of a morning soundscape made near the Lutownia river in the Bialowieza primeval forest in Poland

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Morning Soundscapes from the Biebrza Marshes

by Izabela Dluzyk. A journey in sound through one of the last untamed river valleys in Europe – the Biebrza in Poland.

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In the Refuge of a Fern Gully

Birdsong filters through mountain forest in Australia's eastern highlands.

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Papuan Dawn

3 hour recording over dawn in the mountain rainforest of Papua New Guinea’s remote Huon peninsula.

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The First Dawn

Africa - the cradle of humanity. This soundscape from the wooded edge of a seasonal lake may be little changed from what our distant ancestors knew.

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A Wetland Restored

Waterfowl and bush birdsong has returned to Lake Gladstone in the Kimberley region of Australia's far north

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Mossforest - New Guinea

A rare recording of the soundscape from cloudforest high in the mountains of New Guinea.

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Tantawangalo

A fern-lined stream flows through the forest of Australia's southern highlands

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European Woodland Stream

Nightingales sing from the bushes beside the waters of a European stream

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Julius River - A Stream in the Tarkine

A stream flows through the Tarkine, with birdsong heard from surrounding temperate rainforest

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Tikarpada - An Indian Forest Stream

Birdsong drifts from teak forest overhanging a gently flowing stream in India

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The Walka Wetlands

A day by the shores of Walka Lake, where swans, coots and ducks call from the waters and bush birdsong is heard from surrounding woodlands.

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Highland Rain

A gentle rainstorm soaks the cloudforest in the New Guinea highlands

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The Sacred Forests of India - Kotagarh

A chorus of Jungle Owlets begin a morning of birdsong in remote Kotagarh forest

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Paperbarks by Still Water

Sit under paperbark trees by the still waters of Cajeput Waterhole, with a wealth of birdsong all around

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Dawn Chorus: New Zealand

The warbling of Tuis begins a vibrant dawn chorus of New Zealand's native birdsong

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Birdsong Among the Ruins

Spring birdsong echoes around the ruins of the ancient Mediterranean city of Termessos

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Adirondack Lake

Spring passerine birdsong and the deep growls of bullfrogs drift across a small lake at dawn in the Adirondack Mountains

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The Pied Butcherbirds of Ormiston Gorge

100th Album Celebration: Pied Butcherbirds sing by moonlight with melodic grace, their voices echoing from the rock walls of Ormiston Gorge

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The Far Southeast - Gippsland's Coastal Forest

A spectacular palette of birdsong from a pocket of coastal temporate rainforest in far southeast Australia

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The Melodious Forest - Papua New Guinea's Uplands

An extended recording from Papua's mid-altitude rainforests, which are rich in melodious birdsong

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Zanzibar: Rainforest of the Spice Island

The rich soundscape of an equatorial rainforest off the African coast.

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A Forest Trail to the Burmese Hills

Exotic birdsong is heard on a forest trail that winds into remote hill forests of western Thailand.

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Listening Earth - Our Early Years, pt.1

We were there for nearly two months; trekking, exploring, photographing, recording the music - and most importantly, discovering the local birdsong and how to record it. I clearly remember one of o

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Recording in India 2006, an introduction

India may seem like an unlikely destination to experience the wilds of nature. With a population of over a billion people, are there any places in the subcontinent that human presence has not over

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Listening Earth - Our Early Years, pt.2

Once it was published, Sarah and I decided on a make-or-break move; we let go of the small bush cottage we had been renting, packed our lives in our cranky old 4-wheel-drive (no aircon, no power st

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6 days at Nagzira Wildlife Reserve; day 1

  In this diary of a week in India, we take you to Maharashtra, to the jungles that inspired Rudyard Kipling. We begin having just spent two fruitless but enjoy

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6 days at Nagzira Wildlife Reserve; day 2

Nagzira's evergreen forest Our driver and guide sleep in the car overnight, parked at the back of our lodge. At 5.45am I go downstairs and wake them. They are both shiver

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6 days at Nagzira Wildlife Reserve; day 3

I go down to wake the dynamic duo. Satish sleepily winds down the window. "Sorry Sir, program is cancelled". "Why?" "Permissions not granted". Ind

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Listening with Andrew & Sarah at Bandipur, pt.1

In the forest of Bandipur An Introduction (from Andrew) Richard and Prue are both our neighbours and very good friends. Over the last seven years we have helped each other build

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6 days at Nagzira Wildlife Reserve; day 4

Our driver and guide have disappeared. Well, they're not where they're supposed to be. When I go down to wake them, the car is not there and all is quiet. I suspect they have s

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6 days at Nagzira Wildlife Reserve; day 5

Precisely on 5.30am Satish and Radisham appear at our door, wrapped in blankets and holding a lantern; "Ready sir!!". We're touched, they are genuinely going out of t

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6 days at Nagzira Wildlife Reserve; day 6

Our last morning at Nagzira. If we are to obtain any further recordings here, this will be our last opportunity. We decide to make for the narrow valley, and arrive there j

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Listening with Andrew & Sarah at Bandipur, pt.2

Part 2. (by Richard Sullivan) Having finally obtained permission to enter the park pre-dawn each morning, the next difficulty we encounter is getting our parks' driver and

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Listening with Andrew & Sarah at Bandipur, pt.3

Part 3. (by Richard Sullivan) It is during our final morning in Bandipur that we have our most memorable encounter. The driver appeared to see them first. In an instant we

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A Fresh Perspective on Listening to Birdsong

Every two years, the Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group gathers for a workshop, and in October of 2007 we met for a week of talks and social events, on a bush property near Mount Walsh Na

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Recordings from Australia's tropical north

In the spring of last year, we spent 6 weeks in the tropical north of Queensland, travelling to country known as The Gulf Savannah. A highlight was Lawn Hill National Park in the far north west of

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Recording of 'Indian Jungle Dawn', pt.1

The story of how we came to make this recording begins not in the depths of the forest, but like many of our endeavours in India, in a major city, chasing down bureaucrats. We have arrived in B

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Recording of 'Indian Jungle Dawn', pt.2

We drive round a corner to find a dozen villagers running along the road ahead of us. They cast anxious glances behind them as they scatter, but smile as we pull alongside. An animated conversation en

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Recording of 'Indian Jungle Dawn', pt.3

Back at the 'Bison Room', a busload of Indian picnickers has arrived out front, and any peace is shattered by the excited screams of children and a boombox Bollywood soundtrack. The riverfront at Tika

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Recording of 'Indian Jungle Dawn', pt.4

Shiva sleeps in the vehicle, and we often feel embarrassed to wake him predawn. but this morning he is up at 4.30 knocking on our door. The air is still, and stars shine through the branches overhead,

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Recording of 'Indian Jungle Dawn', pt.5

A week later, and we have a crazy plan taking shape. In this time we have crossed Orissa, travelling firstly to Kotagar forest in the southwest, and then Sunaberra in the far west of the state. The

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A Bushland Welcome to the Listening Earth Blog

Whether you are a regular customer, newsletter subscriber, friend, or have just found us by a happy accident of surfing - we welcome you, one and all. We hope you enjoy this blog. Before you read a

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Upcoming field trip to Thailand & Malaysia

Over the next two months, Sarah and I shall be recording and photographing in the forests of Thailand and Malaysia. For those of you placing orders during this time, Alison will be attending to inq

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Thailand, pt. 1 - Nam Nao

We were anticipating tropical heat on this trip, but the dry Australian summer has not prepared us for the humidity here. Yesterday we sat at lunch with a British expat who was eating an ice cream a

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Thailand, pt. 2 - Thung Salaeng Luang & Mae Wong

Thailand's border with Myanmar (Burma) is a curious area. The last hills of the great Himalayan range separate two Buddhist nations with a long history of conflict. Last week we visited the ancient

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Thailand, pt.3 - Khao Yai & Kaeng Krachen

I thought I was recording a tropical waterfall, but no, it was just the sweat pouring off me. We have never been so uncomfortably hot and sticky. And it was only 5.30 am. This is Khao Sok Natio

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Thailand, pt.4 - The Andaman Sea Islands

I have to mention the Thai Longtail. Not because it is some exotic tropical bird, and sadly not because it is rare or nice to listen to. No. Longtails are both ubiquitous and very, very unpleasantly n

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Thailand (Malaysia), pt.5 - Fraser Hill

The monsoon has finally caught up with us. Not in a torrential downpour kind of way - just steady soaking rainstorms that last an hour or so each day. But it is enough to bring the leeches out in plat

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Why do we visit zoos?

What is the purpose of zoos? Education? Conservation? Entertainment? Or mere business enterprise? Sarah and I were left pondering this question after a recent visit to Jugong Bird Park in Singapore.

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The Haunting Song of Gibbons

Gibbons are quite common in Thailand's tropical forests, and their haunting calls can be heard most mornings. During our recent 2 months in Thailand, we recorded them on several occasions, thei

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'The Bush Mafia'

Honeyeaters are probably a nuisance to many small forest birds. They can be numerous, and are often quite territorial, with a habit of mobbing and chasing off smaller species. In some, such as

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Noise Pollution

When in India, we found ourselves amused at the variety and volume of car and truck horns. From reedy wheezes, old-time 'honks', blarting farts, to an ear-splitting rack of air horns - the range of so

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New nature sounds album release: "The Blue Mountains"

Nature sounds recorded in the Blue Mountains National Park feature in our latest album release: "The Blue Mountains". The album is an evocative sound journey into the nature of one of Au

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'In a Sheltered Valley' nature album

When Sarah and I first began Listening Earth in 1993, I had no training or guidance in how to go about recording nature sounds. I simply turned the recorder on when something interesting caught my ear

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New nature sounds album release: "Shama Song"

Nature sounds recorded in Thailand feature in our latest album release: "Shama Song". This album highlights one of the most beautiful singers in the bird world. Album description: Th

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Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) - sounds and images

Swift Parrots (Lathamus discolor) are pretty little creatures. Not only are they beautiful birds, but there are estimated to be only a few thousand of them left in the wild. 'Swifties' bree

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'Tropical Night' nature sounds album - an introduction

Being in a tropical forest in the depths of night can be one of the most relaxing and meditative experiences for me. In total darkness, with a chorus of nocturnal insects chiming in the night air, I w

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The nature sounds of Uluru and the Australian desert

The average time that visitors stay at Uluru (Ayres Rock) National Park is only one and a half days. Which is not only surprising, but very sad, as Uluru is far more than just a picture postcard to be

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A beautiful nature sound recording - Pied Butcherbirds in the Australian Outback

There are times when nature's sounds and the physical landscape come together to create a moment that is utterly magical. Such an occasion involved the voice of one of the world's most sublime son

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Amphibian Fascinations - 'Frogs, Frogs, Frogs!' nature sounds album

Frog choruses are very appealing, and make some of the most musical of nature recordings. Which is odd in a way, because frogs have very little vocal expression. Sure, they make great noises, but they

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Nature sounds from a Pine Meadow in Thailand

A Rufous Woodpecker flew across the open meadow, toward the grove of pine trees in which I was sound recording. It landed on a tree nearby, and I could see its lovely, rusty plumage illuminated by the

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Wonderful spring birdsong!

Spring is well underway around home here in Victoria, and the bush is alive with birdsong. We've been out and about recording in recent weeks, with some lovely results. In late September, Sarah and

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"Happy Budgies" - wild budgerigar sounds promote wellbeing of pet birds

To see budgerigars in the wild is a wonderful experience. In the drier parts of Australia, they are found in sometimes huge flocks, taking to the air with a roar of wings, their green and yello

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Into the unknown in remote India - Recording "Indian Woodland Birdsong"

"But you will not be finding any birds singing in that area sir!" The Indian National Parks officer smiled reassuringly at me from behind his desk. My heart sank. "How do y

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Recording nature sounds in Africa

The African landscape is dominated by big animals; wildebeest, zebra, elephant, lions - the animals people come from all over the world to see. For me as a nature sound recordist, they posed both a

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'Cycling the Sandstorm' - cycle touring Outback Australia video

Last spring, Sarah and I undertook a cycling journey through the outback of NSW. We conceived the trip as an opportunity to see whether we could do our recording field trips by bicycle. But

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10 Misconceptions about Nature Recordings

Recording the sounds of nature is an unusual occupation, and we often find that people misunderstand the nature of our work. Here are our Top Ten popular misconceptions about nature recordings!

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Victorian Bushfires - Our update for friends

As many of you are aware, Victoria is enduring one of its worst national disasters ever. As I write, 131 people are confirmed dead in horrendous bushfires, and there is an expectation that as emergenc

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Beautiful nature sounds from an ephemeral lake in the desert.

Here is a short sound sample of what we heard on those evenings. The full recording is featured on our album 'Meditation at Pine Lake', which can be purchased on CD or as a digital download from

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A Madrigal of Magpies

This audio sample features three excerpts from album tracks. The first minute or so is from a morning in bushland, and you can hear the Magpies’ typical daytime call, including some nice warb

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A plump Quail is a happy Quail

The nature sound album 'A Morning in the Australian Bush' features a beautiful diversity of Australian birdsong, and is available on CD or by digital download from our website: www.listeningearth.c

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The most beautiful birdsong?

What is the most beautiful songbird in the world? If we mean 'musical to our ears', then surely one of our favourites would be the Malabar Whistling Thrush, Myophonus horsfieldii, of India.

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Nature sounds of India's remarkable 'Rann of Kutch'

At 4 a.m., It felt like we were driving across the surface of the moon. Overhead the stars shone; hard diamonds in an inky sky. The ground over which we drove was a featureless plain o

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The sounds of the sea

'Call of the Ocean' was our first coastal album, recorded at various locations from Phillip Island in Victoria to the north coast of NSW. It features a diversity of recordings, taking the listener

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Elizabeth 'Bun' Skeoch - 1919-2009

Some of our customers have written to us in the last 6 months, curious that there does not appear to have been anything new added to our Listening Earth site; no blogs, no new albums. There is a re

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Our pilgrimage to Rottnest Island

Firstly, many thanks to those of you who wrote after our recent blog and newsletter, expressing condolences on the passing of my mother. It was comforting for both Sarah and myself to read your kind a

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The 'song' of the Club-winged Manakin

Birds don't just make sounds by singing, they use mechanical and 'body sounds' to communicate too. 'Bill-clicking' is a widespread behaviour, and is sometimes combined with normal vocalising, as wi

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Bird illustration gifts for my 50th birthday

I have just celebrated my 50th birthday with a lovely gathering of friends and family at our home. What I want to share with you here are two delightful drawings gifted to me by dear friends.

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Chasing the Dawn Song of the Tawny-crowned Honeyeater

It was 2.30am, and Sarah and I listened as gusts of wind and occasional rain-squalls lashed our tent. Our plan of arising early to record the morning's birdsong was not looking very hopeful.

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The Australian Bustard; a photo gallery

The Australian Bustard, Ardeotis australis, is a majestic bird of open country in the remoter parts of Australia. Having grown up in the heart of urban Sydney, I thought of these lordly bir

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I and the Bird #116

Now on to 'I and the Bird' #116 - the hot, the cool, the mysterious and the exotic! Lets stay in warm climes to begin, visiting Panama in search of elusive Ground Cuckoos, Ecuador f

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Subsong of a Grey Shrike Thrush

Recently I was out recording cicadas, when I came across a Grey Shrike Thrush giving a lovely rendition of subsong. Subsong is not often heard, probably because it is both quiet and

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Late Night Visitor - A Tawny Frogmouth (photos)

It's 10.30 pm, and Andrew and I are about to head off to bed, when we hear a soft thump on the window pane. From experience we know that a sound like this can only be made by either a larg

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Beginning of our field trip in Turkey

It has been said that an adventure is a journey undertaken with insufficient planning. If that is so, then our field trip to Turkey will indeed be an adventure! With last minute distractions preven

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Birdsong in the Garden of the Blue Mosque, Istanbul

The heart of a bustling city such as Istanbul may seem an unlikely place for nature sound recording. But this morning I thought I'd give it a go. The day dawned bright and sunny, and I grabb

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Birdsong over the battlefields of Gallipoli

It feels strange for Sarah and I to be here in Gallipoli, visiting the site of a battle that is iconic for its misery and tragedy. Nearly one hundred years ago, half a million died or

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Our first European Dawn Chorus

The dawn chorus of birdsong can be an impressive phenomenon - and the European ones through spring and summer come highly recommended by our northern friends. So we've been looking forward

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White Storks return to nest in spring

We are currently in the small but historic town of Selcuk, on the Aegean coast of Turkey. It is a fairly ordinary modern Turkish town, except for the floods of tourists that come through here on the w

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Turkey nature recording field trip update

After an intense week of field work, Sarah and I are now resting up in Silifke, on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Fortunately, we have begun finding much better locations, and getting

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In a Liquid Amber (Frankincense) forest

On the shores of Lake Köycegiz in SW Turkey is a small forest of Liquid Amber trees, Liquidamber orientalis. Known also from the eastern states of America, these trees are also foun

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Dawn across the Göksu Marshes, southern Turkey

The first tinges of light were seeping into the east. But even with the dawn, there was little burst of dawn colour, just a soft pink wash over a leaden sky. The air down here in the marshes on

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Diverse landscapes of Turkey - a photoblog

We are taking a day off in Silifke, south of the Toros (Taurus) Mountains - our next destination. We are both feeling tired and exhausted from the early morning starts, attending to work and being

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A Symphony of Sheep Bells on summer pastures in Turkey

The narrow valley floors near Demerkazik in the Aladağlar Range in Turkey are used as summer pastures for sheep and cattle. Exploring one valley, we came upon a flock of sheep and thei

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The Muezzin and the Nightingale

Leaving our village pension at 5am for our morning recording location, we were treated to unusual duet. The village we have been staying in is high in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, and ha

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Some Songbirds of Turkey: Kruper's Nuthatch...

During our time in Turkey's forests, we've come to love the delicate song of the Krüper's Nuthatch, Sitta krueperi. These little birds are almost endemic to Turkey, found only h

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...and Rüppell's Warbler

Another near-endemic to Turkey we've enjoyed hearing is the Rüppell's Warbler, Sylvia rueppelli. Actually it is only a visitor to Turkey, wintering in the north-east Sahara, and found here

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Birdsong echoing in Demerkazik Gorge

It is 5am, icy cold, and as the first birdsong begins the dawn chorus, I have the feeling we've stumbled upon our most interesting recording location in Turkey thus far. Which is utterly unexpe

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Nightingales sing near the headwaters of the Euphrates River

There are some mornings we really do wonder why we bother... After a few wonderfully relaxing days winding down amidst the fairy chimney landscape of Göreme, we are now back on the road

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Strangeness and Charm in the Georgian Valleys

Our travels seemed to have entered a strange and slightly hair-raising phase. The region we've now driven into is getting close to the Georgian border, and is known as the Georgian Valleys.

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Near the snowline in Turkey

Those of you in the northern hemisphere who have endured a grueling winter will probably be over the novelty of snow. But for us Australians, it is great to be playing in the white stuff for th

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Dawnsong of Robins in the Black Sea mountains of Turkey

During our time in Turkey, we have often found recording a good variety of birdsong difficult and perplexing. Forests where we anticipated symphonies of birdsong were eerily quiet, or we'd find

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The rich birdlife of Turkey's agricultural lands

After many weeks of exploring Turkey's forested and more wilderness landscapes, it came as a pleasant surprise for us to discover how rich in birdlife her agricultural landscapes were.

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Our final Dawn Chorus in the Forests of Turkey

After two months of travelling through Turkey making nature recordings, our final morning in the forests turned out to be a wonderful culmination of all that we have experienced here - a lovely

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Gnomes at home in the forests of Sweden

In 1977, I was given the book 'Gnomes' (written by Wil Huygen and beautifully illustrated by Rien Poortvliet) by my aunt Sally when I was 8 years old - It instantly became my favourite book. I used t

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Dawn Birdsong in Dalarna, The Dales of Sweden

Driving out of Stockholm, our first impression of Sweden was of a landscape that seemed like a never-ending golf course. That doesn't sound very appreciative, does it? It is probably inspire

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Redstart song heard on the Scandianavian Taiga

This last week, Sarah and I have spent at the small village of Drevdagen, in the highlands near the Norwegian border. The upland taiga of Sweden is so beautiful - wild and desolate, yet deli

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Puffin Heaven - 38,000 Puffins can't be wrong!

Puffin heaven! - 38,000 of these adorable little birds pack onto the Farne Islands, a dozen rocky islets off the north-east coast of England. We set out from Seahouses, a small town on the east

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Recording nature sounds, with Andrew Skeoch

I have been recording nature sounds professionally since 1993. I recall that when I was about 10 years old, a friend and I went off to a local park armed with a cheap portable cassette recorder. W

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Seabird soundscape on the Farne Islands

No one could say that tens of thousands of seabirds breeding together on a small, rocky island would be anything but noisy. Raucous in fact. Social living and limited space lead t

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Winter Birdsong in the Australian Bush

Ah, it is so good to be home! After our four month field trip in Turkey, Sweden and the UK, Sarah and I arrived back to our bush home last Wednesday evening. We were tired, but happy to be

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What is in a song? - Blue Wren song slowed down

Birdsongs often sound like simple, twittery noises to our ears, but what do birds hear? It is difficult to know of course, but the first thing you notice when you listen closely to birdson

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Music inspired by the Song of the Pied Butcherbird

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Mistletoebird sings while heeding the call of nature

This morning I came across a tiny Mistletoebird, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, having a crap. Now a Mistletoebird crap is not your ordinary bird turd. For a start it is not of the white dollo

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The chattering calls of the Noisy Friarbird

By no stretch of the imagination could Noisy Friarbirds, Philemon corniculatus, be described as beautiful birds. Even their mothers would have to say they were ugly. But as some comp

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Beautiful Spider Orchids

After 13 years of drought, we have had a wonderfully wet winter. One of the things I have been looking forward to is the bounty of spring and summer orchids in the bush on our property. I have been

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The fair and lovely Milkmaid wildflowers

I was out early again this morning with my macro lens, this time looking for one of my favourite spring wildflowers -  the fair and lovely Milkmaids (Burchardia umbellata).  I found them dot

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Northern dialect of Pied Butcherbird song

We recently received an email from a listener asking whether we had any recordings of Pied Butcherbirds from 'up north'. These wonderful Australian songbirds occur almost throughout

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A Robin on my Microphone

Often I leave my microphones ambiently recording in the forest, mounted on a tripod. I go off exploring, leaving the mics and the birdlife alone for a while. It is only later when I listen

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Summer Spiders

The Jewel and the Golden Orb spiders are two of the more common we have in the forest out the back of our place. The last couple of weeks the bush has been booby trapped with their webs - when I ha

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Women of India

Although our work is about all things natural, I thought I would share a few of my 'people' images. These images were taken in 2006 during our last trip to India. [caption id="" align=&qu

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Square-tailed Kites breeding locally

In recent years, we have occasionally seen Square-tailed Kites cruising over the forest around our home. This has captured our attention because not only are they rare birds for our area, but they're

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Summer dawn chorus in the Australian bush

It is getting on for late summer, and the dawn chorus around our home is thinning out - it is still rich, but not as diverse or layered as even a few weeks ago. On this recording,

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Sonogram of Frog calls

After 11 years of deep drought in southern Australia, we have finally had record-breaking rains, and the landscape is coming back to life. Most notably, the frogs have been very active

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SASS (Stereo Ambient Sampling System) - binaural microphone for nature soundscape recording

To make the best nature recordings we use a customised microphone setup. We utilise a SASS, or Stereo Ambient Sampling System, to capture the directional relationships between sounds in the landsca

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An unfair equipment comparison: Olympus LS11 vs SASS/MKH20/SD722

I'm really no tech-head when it comes to equipment, I just choose the best gear I can to make our nature recordings. This makes me poor source of information and advice to those who write us

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A morning of Striated Thornbills

On my walk this morning I came across a small flock of Striated Thornbills feeding in the canopy. Here are a few photos of them... These pics were not easy to get, as thornbills are continually on t

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Nature's Symphony - The Dawn Chorus

For me, the dawn chorus is nature's great symphony. It is a time when nature transitions from the gentle sounds of the night into the activity of the day. Over the period of around an ho

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Australia's Robins show evolution of birdsong

Birdsong has evolved over immense periods of time, and with Australia's Robins, you can hear that evolution in the songs these birds sing today. Where we live in southern Australia, t

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Indian songbird portraits - week 1

During our recent trip to India, I uploaded a collection of images of India's songbirds. I posted a picture a day to our Listening Earth Facebook page for three weeks, and here I'm archiving them all

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Indian songbird portraits - week 2

Coppersmith Barbet feasts on figs. I am so delighted to share this photo. I have always been hoping for a good shot of this bird. Firstly, they are little jewels, secondly they are quite common and vo

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Indian songbird portraits - week 3

The unmistakable profile of a Common Hoopoe. I love these birds, with their distinctive thin bill and counterbalancing crest. I think they have evolved just to delight me! (Mind you, I could say that

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The Indian Vultures of Orchha

Among the mogul ruins of the ancient Indian town of Orchha, are the huge Raja and Jahangir Mahals, the Chaturbhuj Temple and a collection of impressive chhatris (cenotaphs) on the banks of the Riv

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An unexpected Barn Owl rescue in India

We're currently in Orchha, and our hotel is part of a mogul palace. A few nights ago, just on dusk, Sarah and I heard the sharp screeching of these owls high up under a massive stone gateway. It seeme

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The Fish Eagles of Nagzira

Nagzira Wildlife Reserve protects a forested and hilly area in central India where Tigers still roam, and the woodlands are filled with birdsong. First light across Nagzira Lake.

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Track by track through the 'Safari' album

With this post I'd like to take you through our new recording 'Safari' track by track - sharing how we made the recording and give you an insight into what you're hearing. Track 1: Prepa

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Elephants in the moonlight, Ruaha National Park

After 30 days of driving on Tanzanian roads our bodies (and gear) were feeling battered, bruised and we seemed to have as much dust on the inside of the Land Rover as on the road surface! Nevertheless

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Walking the Larapinta Trail, Western Macdonnell Ranges

We have just returned from 23 days walking the Larapinta Trail, which snakes its way for 223km - up ridge and down gorge - through the Macdonnell Ranges in arid central Australia. It has

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Photographing the rainforests of Tetepare Island

Our mornings begin early - 4am early! We are ready to go by 4.20am and meet up with Twomey (pronounced Too-mee), our local guide and companion while on Tetepare island. We walk one and a half kilo

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'Music of the Birds'? - The Monarchs of Tetepare Island

When we describe birdsong as 'nature's music', we often mean it more poetically than technically. The reason I think is that our music is based around scales and melodies - that is what we think of as

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Meeting our nature sound colleagues in the US and Canada

Have you ever done internet dating? We haven't, but sometimes it felt as if we were; setting forth across north America for three months to meet some of our nature sound recording colleagues. In a

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Starry Nights and Joshua Trees

Traveling to the Mojave Desert was a pilgrimage of sorts for me. I am a desert lover and the idea of camping out under a desert sky and sleeping under Joshua trees had been living in my imaginatio

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Among the Giant Sequoias

North America ticks all the boxes when it comes to trees - they have the tallest, oldest and biggest! The Coastal Redwood, the tallest living thing on earth towers skywards (110+ metres) leavin

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National Threatened Species Day - Sooty Owls

All our recordings are made in pristine habitats, and occasionally we encounter rare or threatened critters. We had the privilege of hearing and recording the calls of a pair of Sooty Owls (Tyto t

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The Remastered Edition of 'The Sacred Forests of India - Nagarahole'

When we visited Nagarhole in 2002, we faced considerable difficulties in making any sound recordings at all. Firstly, we had to seek permissions from the Chief Wildlife Warden of Karnataka State i

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Iso-binaural Environmental Stereo, a DIY soundscape microphone array

Sound in nature often comes from every direction. It usually encompasses a 360º horizon of distant sounds, to which can be added closer sources above; birds in flight or calling in the tree canop

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Can I purchase Listening Earth albums on CD?

Every now and then we get an enquiry asking this question. The quick answer is: some of our albums are in print on CD, but many are not. Here's why, and what the options are. The decline of CDs

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Dunkeld soundscapes

. It is always a pleasure to speak before a curious audience about soundscapes, nature and birdsong. Last Friday I was invited to talk in Dunkeld by the local Landcare group, and premiered my

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Mic array comparison - Telinga Clips-ons vs SASS vs Iso-binaural

Recently, we had two nature sound friends visit us from the US; Dan Dugan and Sharon Perry of the Nature Sounds Society. A lovely opportunity for chatting, good food, wine, a stroll in the bush,

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Ringtone Search Results:

Australian Ringtone Collection

25 Australian nature sounds: Kookaburra, Magpie, Koala, Budgerigar, Whipbird, Lyrebird, Butcherbird, Sugar Glider, Bellbird, Blue Wren, Boobook Owl, Pobblebonk Frog, Raven and more...

Indian Ringtone Collection

31 Indian nature sound ringtones, including: Peacock, Elephant, Malabar Whistling Thrush, Barbets, Chital Deer, Flameback, Bulbuls, Hornbill, Langur Monkeys, Parakeets, Sunbird and more...