Nature Sound World - Luontoäänien maailma

The Red-breasted Flycatcher sings at old deciduous forest.

The thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) sings at warm spring night. It’s crystal clear, loud and beautiful song echoes from the barn wall. In northern Europe summer spring nights won’t get dark at all and therefore nightingale continues singing from dusk to dawn. Some sheep make noise in the barn walking around.

Sunny warm late summer morning in August. Morning dew drops make sound on near tin roof. Common crane (Grus grus) couple make its morning call and European robin (Erithacus rubecula) ticking calls. On background can be heard common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) cooing and rooster.

Midnight chorus by the lake. Sedge warblers are loud, male European cuckoo sings from near forest and Blyth's reed warbler from shoreline bushes. Garden warbler and Eurasian bittern can be heard also.

A spring night’s darkest hour shoreline reeds are full of life. Moor frogs are everywhere, sedge warblers sing actively and Eurasian Bittern make it’s horn like sound. At close range you can hear how bittern inhales couple times before horn.

Perfect woodpecker forest in sunny april morning. Woodpeckers love deciduous forests with lots of old dead wood. It’s perfect place to drum and dig juicy caterpillars under the tree bark. Background noise comes from flooding spring creek.

At sunrise crane couple announce their territory by singing duet together. The swans make noise in the lake and flock of western jackdaws do chat in the branches of tree. Eurasian bittern fog-horn sound can be heard from shoreline reeds.

Early may morning in deciduous forest. Birds sing very actively and bumble-bees collect nectar from spring flowers. Spring time at its best.

Hundreds of ravens gather togerther to spent night an island. They make this journey every day in large flocks. Recording was made in the evening, about hour before sun set, when ravens are arriving to their night trees.

Marsh warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) and The garden warbler (Sylvia borin) are singing in willow bush near the shore.

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