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Welcome to the Wildlife Sound Recording Society website.
We welcome anybody who has an interest in the sounds of wildlife to a group of people who share this passion.
The aim of the society (WSRS for short) is to encourage the participation in the collection of these wonderful sounds, and to promote the need to understand their meaning.
We show people how to go about obtaining these sounds, where to go, what equipment to use and what to do with the sounds that have been captured, and some of the pit-falls to avoid to succeed in this challenge. 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.
This year we are surveying the variation in song of one of Britian's most melodious songsters, the Blackbird. Originally a woodland bird, the blackbird has adapted well to other habitats. The song is partially learned, and some regional variation in song might be expected.
This
is all part of the bird of the year project, giving the opportunity to
discover something about a brid we often take for granted. The results
are initially displayed on a map of recordings.
This is a significant step forward for the Society, and comes on the back of our successful collaboration with the CPRE and the production of their CD Tranquillity which brings you some quintessentially English natural sounds.
When you have reviewed the website, we hope that you will see the benefits in joining WSRS, so that you can develop this initial interest into a hugely fulfilling pastime, and join with the rest of us in capturing and listening to these sounds of nature, and experiencing and learning more about the spectacular natural world about us.
We look forward to meeting with you all.
This is just one of two journals each year you receive as part of your membership of the Wildlife Sound Recording Society, not forgetting the 4 CDs full of great wildlife sounds that all members receive, along with details of workshops and local meetings.

The sponsorship from Sound
Network
goes from strength to strength with the award of the Sound Network
Award for the best recording in the annual Wildlife Sound Recording
Society competition.
The prize was won by Simon Elliott
for his superb close recording of a Sedge Warbler. His chosen
prize of a pair of DPA 4060’s with associated
accessories. He is
already finding the quality of these DPA microphones amazing, and 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.
The inclusion of
any item on any page of this website, is
based on an
individual's comments and experiences, and are not an endorsement by
the
Wildlife Sound Recording Society.
The opinions expressed are those of the individual authors and not
necessarily those of the Wildlife Sound Recording Society.