August 2016 Excerpt of a long duration recording made at a field border next to a wind energy plant. PFR12042, 1-00, wind-energy-plant, Great Green Bush Cricket Tettigonia viridissima, advertising song Klein Leine, Germany, MS-stereo, MKH30 + MKH8020
Tag: rural germany
Lil’ Bittern
Juli 2016 From time to time I visit an area near Leipzig comprising some lakes, meadows and beautiful deciduous forests. It inhabits several rare bird species but is only rarely observed and therefore wildife is poorly documented. This time I found my second Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus in that area. PFR11908, 2-11, 160622, Little Bittern… Continue reading Lil’ Bittern
Novice
August 2015 Some unfinished songs I’ve recently recorded at nature reserve Drömling, Germany. PFR11497, 2-00, 150809, Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, excitement, begging calls, subsong Kraemkerhorst, Germany, Telinga parabolic reflector PFR11320, 2-00, 150809, Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla, 1CY, plastic song Kraemkerhorst, Germany, Telinga parabolic reflector
Drömling VI
FEBRUARY 2015 Here some impressions of my trips to the Altmark (Saxony Anhalt) during this winter. PFR10386, 2-00, 141231, children, campfire, raindrops, fireworks Flachwasserzone Mannhausen, Germany, ORTF, Neumann KM184 PFR10402, 2-00, 150104, Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, calls in flight Berenbrock, Germany, Telinga parabolic reflector PFR10478, 2-00, 150121, Goldcrest Regulus regulus, 20, foraging on the ground,… Continue reading Drömling VI
A saxonian landscape III
February 2015 It could be so good… PFR10528, 2-00, 150201, Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius, call, song, call in flight Wildenhainer Bruch, Germany
Baltic winds
January 2015 I spent one week on Poel Island in the northwest of East-Germany end of December 2014 in order to make proper recordings of Eurasian Curlews, Whooper- and Bewick’s Swans. PFR10425, 141226, 1-10, Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, 20, calls in flight, wing sound Gollwitz, Poel Island, Germany First I have to confess, I’ve never… Continue reading Baltic winds
Just can’t get enough
October 2014 … is not refering to commercial bird sound records, but to autumn. Autumn isn’t just when I was born, what obviously made this season to something special to me, it is the time of several major events in nature: bird migration to the wintering grounds, Red Deer rut, vocal activities by owls and… Continue reading Just can’t get enough