Audios

Audio files, like videos, are big, so we have limited how many we include here. Most of the audios, and all the good ones, were recorded by Martin Sutherland, to whom we owe our thanks.

Most of the audio recordings include other bird songs, but are titled according the most dominant and consistent bird song.

The recording of a Jay is particularly interesting and complex. Not only does the Jay clearly agitate first a wren and then a blackbird but the Jay then goes on to imitate a tawny owl and eventually attacks the microphone.

The recording of a nightingale, by Martin Sutherland, was done at 2:20am, and there are very few background noises, allowing the beauty, range and complexity of the song to be clearly heard. Please be aware if you are using a metered downloading service that this audio clip lasts 10 minutes and is 12Mb.

The recording of a tawny owl was taken late at night. In the foreground a badger can be heard snuffling while eating bird seed left out for turtle doves. The snuffling and crooning of the badgers are a common characteristic, as is the fairly frequent spats of irritation as one badger gets in the way of another.