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Wild Bird Acoustics
A journey into the wonderful world of field recording birds in their natural environment. Join me at Wild bird Acoustic's to experience incredible soundscapes of wild birds, here in Sweden and further abroad. The podcast will feature sound magazines, trips to wild places and interviews with sound recorders from all around Europe and beyond. Carefully selected audio from the field will inform and educate birders who wish to learn more about bird vocalizations. Going forward, I hope to draw together a community of field recorders, birders and outdoor enthusiasts, to share the sounds of wild birds and places from all over the world....
I hope it will appeal to those who seek a relaxing audio experience, contribute to mental well being and provide an outlet for listener's who seek to escape the stress that modern life can generate.
Episodes
52 episodes
An Interview with Dave Boyle; The Seabirds of Chatham Island; Part 2
Lying 700km east of New Zealand, in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, lie the Chatham Islands. This far flung location is one of the finest locations in the world for breeding seasbirds. Sadly, many of them are now critically endangered. I cou...
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An Interview with Dave Boyle; The Seabirds of Chatham Island; Part 1
Lying 700km east of New Zealand, in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, lie the Chatham Islands. This far flung location is one of the finest locations in the world for breeding seasbirds. Sadly, many of them are now critically endangered. I cou...
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Nedre Kärret; Voices from a Forest Wetland; The Tyresta Files #4
Tucked away, deep inside the ancient woodlands that make up Tyresta National Park, lies one of many small wetlands, hidden in the interior of this vast forest reserve. This small marsh is called Nedre Kärret and lies in a natural ampitheatre, s...
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Summer Field Recording at Västerbotten; The Hällögern Files #2
Late summer is a fantastic time to be in the far north of Sweden. In July 2024 I spent a month on the tiny island of Hällögern, field recording the many breeding species present on the island. This proved to be an overwhelming success. Because ...
Where Meadows Breathe and Woodlands Sing; The Sandemar Files #2
Sandemar Reserve, located just southeast of Stockholm City, is a wonderful place to record birds. My favourite month at this site is undoubtedly May, when the spring floodgates are opened and migrant bird species return in the large numbers. It...
Whispers over the Water; The Tyresta Files #3
Sweden is world famous for its stunning vista of remote freshwater lakes, lined with coniferous forest. Happily, this scene is still very much a reality in the modern day. At Tyresta National Park, a stones throw from Stockholm City, lie a numb...
Microphones in the Moss; The Tyresta Files #2
March in Sweden is a period when resident species begin to become active after a long winter here in Sweden and woodland habitats begin to ring with the sounds of singing birds once again. In 2025 I visited Tyresta National Park throughout the ...
Songs from the Solstice; The Hällögern Files #1
Northern Sweden is a field recorders dream and a place I return to at every given opportunity. Each summer, I return in order to relax and spend time in nature, allowing the sounds of the natural world to seep into my very being. It is an incre...
Beneath the Blossoms; The Sandemar Files #1
In this episode I present a feature length sound magazine, put together with audio from a field recording project carried out at Sandemar Reserve in Sweden. In May 2025, I decided to concentrate heavily on this incredible site, using both...
The Vocalizations of Eurasian Jay; The VisMig Files #1
In this episode, Wild Bird Acoustics presents a brace of sound magazines for your enjoyment. The first of these, The Vocalizations of Eurasian Jay, is an intimate look at a wonderful woodland species. This characterful corvid has a fascinating ...
Spring Notes from Ågesta Dawn; The NocMig Files
In this episode I present two sound magazines for listeners. The first of these concerns a single day at Ågesta Reserve, just south of Stockholm City. I visited the reserve on 10th May 2025 and spent a wonderful morning actively recording a lar...
Early Spring in Primeval Swedish Forest; The Tyresta Files #1
Woodland habitat is something I have wanted to drill down into for many years now and Sweden is blessed with some truly wonderful forest habitat. After a great deal of careful thought and deliberation over the course of the winter, I eventually...
July in Northern Sweden; Nocturnal Recording at Sandemar Reserve
In this, the finale of the second season, we take an initial trip to Västerbotten, for a relaxing selection of recordings from the coastline in July. I wanted to share some particularly nice audio with listeners in this finale. Along the coastl...
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The Long Black Veil; Uncovering the Secret World of Tengmalm's Owl
In this episode, the first sound magazine concerns a selection of recordings if diurnal calls at Hällögern, Sweden. Join me as I share audio recordings of some wonderful species in the far north of Sweden. This audio appetizer serves as a start...
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An Interview with Bo Söderström
In this episode, I converse with an exceptionally talented and dedicated field recorder, Mr. Bo Soderström. As a field recorder, Bo spends a considerable amount of time in the wonderful wild habitats around Uppsala, Sweden. Here, in mature fore...
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Autumn Leaves; Soundscapes from the Far North
Autumn is almost upon us, which means one thing for many active birders, fall migration. For all birders, Autumn is perhaps the most highly anticipated time of year. Migration takes place on an epic scale over the fall months and there is much ...
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Whispers from the North; Autumnal Soundscapes from Hällögern
With autumn approaching, a wonderful time to be out in the field, Wild Bird Acoustics concentrates on an autumnal episode of sounds from the far north of Sweden, along the coast of Västerbotten. Here, in an environment of solitude, I have...
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The Fruits of 2024; The Sound Identification of migrating Buntings
Another audio packed episode at Wild Bird Acoustics! I begin with a magazine entitled 'The Fruits of 2024', a random collection of field recordings, all of which were taken over the course of Spring 2024. I had a wonderful time visiting d...
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The Hällögern Diaries; The Best of 2024
Over the course of 2024, I spent several weeks at coastal Västerbotten, field recording birds on the tiny island of Hällögern. During the summer months, this was often a rather relaxed affair and I frequently left microphones in the field...
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The Sound Identification of Migrant Eurasian Skylark and Woodlark; The Echoes of May
Firstly, a short sound magazine dealing with the calls of Eurasian Skylark and Woodlark on spring passage here in Sweden. One is a species that is widespread over much of Europe, the other a local breeding species, which is highly sought after ...
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The VisMig Files; Summer Soundscapes from Västerbotten
I open this episode with another edition of the VisMig Files. Here I run through some of the Spring migration highlights from my main listening station at Landsort. As usual, I have tried to include only the better quality audio files, re...
Winter Recording in Stockholm City; Autumn Recording in Västerbotten.
In the initial sound magazine in this episode, I discuss winter recording close to home, in Stockholm City. Winter in Sweden is generally quite harsh, but a milder season than is usual over the course of 2024/25 saw me venture out into the fiel...
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An Interview with Magnus Robb
In this episode, the second interview of the season, I was delighted to welcome Magnus Robb to Wild Bird Acoustics. As a member of 'The Sound Approach to Birding' team, Magnus Robb will need little introduction to many of the podcasts listeners...
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Nocturnal Migration at Landsort; A Song for Spring
In this episode, firstly, a short sound magazine that serves as an overview of my nocturnal recordings at Landsort, Sweden, over the course of the spring season in 2024. As always, plenty of interesting nocturnal migrants were identified moving...
Northern Wheatear Mimicry; Early Spring Soundscapes from Sandemar Reserve
Over the course of Spring 2024, I was presented with a wonderful opportunity to carry out a single species project by way of good providence. It seemed my luck was in, when a single male Northern Wheatear took up territory at Landsort, Sw...
