A warm welcome to the Wildlife Sound Recording Society (WSRS) website. The Society welcomes anyone who is interested in or has an appreciation of the sounds made by wildlife.
A core aim of the society is to encourage participation in the collection of these wonderful sounds, and to promote the need to understand their meanings.
Through its members, the Society fosters developing recording skills and techniques as well as promoting the study of bioacoustics. Members of WSRS benefit from learning about how to go about recording wildlife sounds, where to go, what equipment to use, what to do with the sounds that have been captured, as well as being alerted to some of the pit-falls to avoid.
New to wildlife sound recording? Take a look at our newcomer's guide to find out what you need to get started at a modest cost.
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When you have reviewed the website, we hope that you will see the many benefits of joining WSRS so that you can develop your interest into a hugely fulfilling pastime. Why not join with the rest of us in capturing and listening to the sounds of nature to experience and learn more about the spectacular natural world about us.
We look forward to meeting with you all.
WSRS Members’ Day 2011
The weather was fantastic and the location at Minsterworth, Gloucestershire was superb for the 2011 Members’ Day. New members mingled with established members and there was ample time to discuss new equipment with the trade stands present from Nagra, Sennheiser and Rycote. In addition there were parabolic reflectors for sale and a display of how inexpensive stereo recording rigs had been created using electret mics to produce quality open- and reflector-recordings. Two good pubs in the vicinity provided meals and refreshments ahead of the highlight of the programme, a talk by natural historian, broadcaster and wildlife sound enthusiast Stephen Moss of, amongst others, SpringWatch fame and Birding with Bill Oddie. As always there was a real buzz of enthusiam amongst the assembled recordists as they met and discussed sound recording with new members and caught up with old friends.
Our annual sound quiz was exceptionally challenging this year but there was a worthy winner who had travelled from Germany to attend the meeting.
The annual WSRS Competition attracted a record number of entries this year, perhaps stimulated by the superb prizes on offer. There were some outstanding recordings and selected winning entire can be heard by clicking on the link below.
WSRS is, as always most grateful to its sponsor SOUND NETWORK who generously provided a prize of DPA mics for the overall, SILVER FOX, winner
Listen to the Silver Fox winner, the RESTRICTED category winner and other category winners here
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The Autumn 2011 edition of Wildlife Sound.
It is packed with pages of news and articles on bioacoustics and sound recording techniques. Members of WSRS not only receive two editions of this magazine each year but also 4 CDs featuring members work, regular newsletters and invitations to participate in WSRS field recording weekends.
The annual Wildlife Sound Recording Society Competition is in receipt
of generous sponsorship from Sound
Network The Sound Network Prize goes to the best recording in the competition.
In 2010 the prize was won by Hannu Jannes for his superb recording entitled 'Midnight on the Fjells'. The prize was a pair of DPA 4060's with associated accessories. No doubt he will be putting them to good use very soon. The Wildlife Sound Recording Society wishes to thank Sound Network for their continued support in raising the quality of natural history sound recording.
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