Wildlife Sounds 2017
DawnChorus-Stodmarsh- 300417-1
A medley in the woodland at Stodmarsh Nature reserve in Kent.
SedgeWarbler-300417-1
Sedge Warbler bursting with song at Stodmarsh
ReedWarbler-300417
Reed Warbler skulking in the bottom of the reeds but still singing away.
Nightingale-280417-1
Hiding away in the bushes at Cliffe Pools in Kent.
Nightingale-280417-2
Nightingale - Liquid gold
Blackcap-280417-1
Blackcap the poor man's Nightingale
Chaffinch-230417
Chaffinch
Stonechat-200417
A very short snatch of Stonechat in song flight.
Blackcap&Chiffchaff-080417
A burst of Blackcap followed by a more distant Chiffchaff and then the Blackcap takes over again.
MistleThrush&Wren-050417
Mistle Thrush high up at Strumpshaw Fen to a Wren accompaniment
Woodlark-040417
Woodlark high overhead in the bright blue.
And the ever present planes
DawnChorus-Stodmarsh-300417-2
A medley from the Reed Bed at Stodmarsh in Kent.
DawnChorus-Stodmarsh-300417-3
Twixt reedbed and bushes
Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Wood Pigeon, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Gulls, Pheasant, Cetti's Warbler
SedgeWarbler-300417-2
Sedge Warbler deep in the bushes at Stodmarsh
Blackcap-300417
Blackcap - just superb
Nightingale-280417-3
Just can't get enough of the golden song of Nightingales
Nightingale-280417-4
Come and live in the back garden please
WillowWarbler-200417-1
Came late this year but that descending crescendo never disappoints
WillowWarbler-200417-2
Sublime escalator
Blackcap-080417
A short burst of blackcap
Blackcap-050417
Blackcap singing at Strumpshaw Fen
Chiffchaff-040417
Chiffchaff: the first sign of Spring
at Kelling Heath
The planes are all year round.
March
WoodLark-130317
Woodlark in the open on the freshly turned earth
at Kelling Heath
ChiffChaff-1303171
A first Chiffchaff of the year at
Kelling Heath
DownByTheRiverside-010317
Down by the River Little Ouse at Santon Downham.
Nuthatch close and distant. The river running through it.
The occasional scratch of Willow branches rubbing together
and the click of reeds catching too.
BramblingWheeze-210317
Bramblings nibbling the fresh shoots in the trees
at Hoe Rough.
Linnet-130317
Linnets at Kelling Heath
Frogs-0903172
Frog mating chorus from the pool at Beeston Common
Yellowhammer-050317
Yellowhammer and Chaffinch tuning up for the Spring.
February
DartfordWarbler0402171
A calm almost still day on a Norfolk Heath.
Just occasionally the Dartford Warbler churr sounded
MarshTit-140217
Marsh Tit at Santon Downham
SongThrush&Crow050217
The first tentative notes of the Song Thrush on the common accompanied by a Crow
EgyptianGoose050217
The insistent rasp of an Egyptian Goose on Felbrigg Lake
Siskin-140217
A liittle wheeze from a Siskin at Santon Downham