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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
32 episodes
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:03:18
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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Season 2
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Episode 11
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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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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:37:52
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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...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:06:50
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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50:48
An Interview with Teet Sirotkin
In this episode, Wild Bird Acoustic's is delighted to welcome a well known Swedish birding and field recording figure, Mr. Teet Sirotikin, for an extensive interview. In this episode, Teet talks about his sound recording journey and shares some...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:20:43
The Call of Coastal Woodlands
In this episode, I briefly outline my approach to sound recording birds in the field. I share some of my insights into my own recording technicques, give some general tips of what to do and what not to do and offer some advice on recording equi...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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The Sound Identification of Hawfinch; Echoes from the Woodlands
In this episode, I first take a look at the vocalizations of migrating Hawfinch. This is tha largest finch species in Europe, a stunning looking beast that inhabits in our woodlands here in Sweden. It is a species that is actively sought by bir...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:00:36
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The Sultans of Spring
In this episode I recount what it is that draws me out into the field to sound record birds, how my interest in field recording initially formed and how it has developed, over the past several years. The main feature, an extensiv...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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The Quest for Black Gold
In this episode, in the first instance, I take a closer look at the vocalisation of two common migrant species here in Sweden over the Autumn period, Eurasian Siskin and Common Redpoll. Both these widespread European species are common migrants...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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The Identification of Autumn Pipits by Sound
In this episode, I run through a few random recording from various locations, made over the course of 2024, in order to warm the listeners up and ease them into the New Year with a relaxing sound magazine, full of ambient sound ans bird sound.....
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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The Calls of Northern Bullfinch; Nocturnal Recording at Bro Reserve
In this, the first episode of the second season of Wild Bird Acoustics, I offer a small educational piece on the vocalizations of Northern Bullfinch, a regular migrant here in Sweden, which periodically appears elsewhere in Europe.Following...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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It's a Wrap; The Season Finale
In the final episode of the opening season I begin with a lovely sound magazine of random recordings made here in Sweden, with some wonderful recordings of a wide range of species for the listener's to enjoy...I talk a little about my thoug...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:42:49
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Golden Brown; The Sounds of Autumn
In this episode of Wild Bird Acoustics, I focus on the sounds on Autumn. In the initial sound magazine, I will take listener's to the coast of Västerbotten in Northern Sweden. I will share a collection of field recordings of local species, as w...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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53:33
A Taste of Autumn; By Night and Day
In this episode, I take listeners on an acoustic journey through Sweden's autumn landscape with a focus on wild bird acoustics. I will share audio of different bird species ranging from the Firecrest to the European Marsh Harrier, Redwi...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:17:11
Early Summer in Sweden; Binaural Recording in Västerbotten
Episode 17 of Wild Bird Acoustics see's me take listeners deep into the world of early Summer soundscapes of Sweden, comprising audio recorded in June 2022. The episode delves into carefully selected audio recorded at various locations, i...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:16:18
The Magic of Midsummer
In this episode I discuss some of the wonderful species available in Sweden during the month of June. During the midsummer period here in Sweden, some special species appear in Sweden. In 2022, I made a special effort to locate several scarce b...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:08:19
The Sounds of Summer; July in the Far North
In this episode, I take listeners on an auditory journey through the sounds of the bird world in midsummer Sweden. The podcast depicts the vivid acoustics of several bird species in their respective habitats, specifically during the month of Ju...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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The Night Singers
An episode devoted entirely to the wonderful nocturnal world of bird vocalization. In the feature sound magazine, I start with an unforgettable night spent at Angarn Reserve, a recording session that was carried out completely under the cover o...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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Late Spring at Sandemar Reserve;
In this episode of Wild Bird Acoustics, I will take listeners on an audio journey into Sweden's birdlife. The initial site for this episode is the Sandemar Reserve, located southeast of Stockholm city which is noted for its diverse range of bir...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:04:50
The Joy of Late Spring; The VisMig Files #1
In this simple episode, I have a wonderful sound magazine to share, featuring some of my favourite species. Late May is an incredible time to field record, with most species having returned to breeding territory all over Scandinavia. As a resul...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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57:49
Spring Symphony; An Introduction to VisMig
A further deep dive into the wonderful sounds of Sweden in late Spring. This is a period, during which, the landscape is filled with the sounds of returning summer migrants. It is a time of auditory wonder, as the landscape slowly fills with th...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:08:34
The Liquid Strophes of late Spring
In this, the tenth episode, you shall experience the diurnal and nocturnal auditory soundscape of the wonderful avian sounds of Sweden.First up, a sound magazine concerning the incredible diurnal sounds of late Spring, as the landscap...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:01:08
An Interview with Dean McDonnell
A Wild Bird Acoustics interview with Dean Mc Donnell, an Irish birder and field recorder based in Co. Louth, Ireland. During the course of the interview, we discuss birding in the areas Dean has been recording at and he shares some wonderful au...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:30:41
The Quest for Common Pochard
In this, the seventh episode of Wild Bird Acoustics, we follow my quest to record an elusive duck species, Common Pochard. My eventual aim was to field record the species remarkable courtship display, you can follow that journey in the first se...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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54:42