International Dawn Chorus Day 1 May 2011
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Island Mere Hide
Location: Minsmere, Suffolk Date: 14 April 2011 Start time: 04:30 Duration: 65 minutes
The recording begins with the nocturnal song of the cettis warbler and bitterns booming, throughout the recording a water rail was feeding very close to the position there are many of its “gaseous gut” calls. Other species include: coot, domestic cockerel, pheasant, mute swan, green woodpecker, sedge warbler, marsh harrier, lapwing, tawny owl, greylag goose, grey heron, oystercatcher, moorhen gadwall, mallard, pochard, wren, black headed gull, Mediterranean gull, lesser black backed gulls, blue and great tit. Equipment: Sony MZ-NH900 HiMD with Sennheiser ME67 with a FEL pre amp. (mono) © Doug Ireland |
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Summer Dawn on Freiston Shore
Saltmarsh Location: Lincolnshire Date: 14 April 2011 Start time: 03:30 Duration: 64 minutes
The day breaks over a Lincolnshire Saltmarsh, captured here in real-time from a position on the sea wall. It is cold and dark. The flat expanses of saltmarsh and sea, and the louring skies lend a touch of infinity to this place. The location is just six miles east of Boston. It was formerly a Victorian seaside resort. There is nothing for it:- I just have to grit my teeth, shiver silently, and settle down with my microphones until these sounds of the breaking dawn are fully secured. I glance at my watch. It is 3-30 am. First audible are the cries of large gulls, along with a murmur of Brent Geese, both some mile distant on the tide-line. Lapwings can be heard faintly as they display over the saltmarsh. Then come the first shouts of Oystercatchers, and the fluty songs of Common Redshanks. The whole marsh is filled with a dull rumble of shipping far out on the Wash, and the drone of an occasional aircraft passing over. The day progressively awakens, and the rising Spring Tide drives the waders and wildfowl up the saltmarsh, over the seawall where I crouch, and onto the freshwater lagoon behind. Amongst the dominant voices in this marshland soundscape are those of Common Redshank, Palearctic Oystercatcher, and Black-Headed Gull, but other species are occasionally detectable within the general mêlée:- Eurasian Curlew, Pied Avocet, the distant Brent Geese, Grey Plover, Herring Gulls far out on the saltmarsh, Common Sandpiper, Canada Goose, and finally Common Pheasant. © Ian Todd |
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Barrow Common
Location: Common, Norfolk Date: 07 March 2011 Start time: 06:32 Duration: 56 minutes
Equipment: Edirol r-09hr and two home make Mics and preamps as a spaced omni pair. © Ian Brady |
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Backgarden, Newchurch
Location: Rossendale Date: 25 March 2011 Start time: 06:08 Duration: 67 minutes
Equipment: Edirol r-09hr and two home make Mics and preamps as a spaced omni pair. © Ian Brady |
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Moor Piece
Location: Lancaster Date: 24 April 2011 Start time: 05:23 Duration: 72 minutes
Equipment: Edirol r-09hr and two home make Mics and preamps as a spaced omni pair. © Ian Brady |
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