Field Recording

Easter Day in the Garden

  • Wells, Somerset
  • Mid April

The dawn chorus - Wells Cathedral tolling the bell mid morning - late afternoon at the blossom.

Nightingale Dawn Chorus

  • Somerset Levels
  • Early May

This is a short edit from a longer recording made between 3 and 5am. From the start, the nightingale is accompanied by booming bitterns and tawny owls. Gradually more songs can be heard as well as activity from geese and other waterfowl.

Barbezières Night Chorus

  • Charente, France
  • Mid June

This late night chorus of frogs and crickets was recorded on wet grassland just outside the commune of Barbezières. The area has a good population of western whip snakes.