Rye Harbour Soundscapes
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Saturday Apr 04, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2015
Friday Apr 24, 2015
.. this time including the sound spectrogram that shows a quick "warm up" before the first and before the last boom. Other reedbed birds singing are Sedge and Reed Warblers. By John Willsher recorded 24th April 2015.
Thursday Apr 23, 2015
Thursday Apr 23, 2015
A mono recording this morning from the viewpoint by John Willsher. The deep boom is surrounded by many Reed Warblers. You might need your headphones or bass whoofer to hear it, it's low about 30 Hz
Friday Jan 23, 2015
Friday Jan 23, 2015
Today at the hide at Castle Water it was calm and grey making the sounds of the birds very clear. This recording starts with a loud Coot that was so close you can hear it diving. A background of Teal calling and the louder whistling of Wigeon. In the background the Cormorants are starting to display on their treetop nests with a deep gutteral call. Then the Wigeon get very excited as they try to impress a spare female.
Tuesday May 22, 2012
Tuesday May 22, 2012
Camber Castle is home to many pairs of jackdaws and most nests have now hatched. These chicks are in a hole above the main entrance and sound quite old - they will soon be exploring Henry VIII's castle ruins.
Saturday May 12, 2012
Saturday May 12, 2012
At Castle Water the background noise is a continuous squeaky sound. It is the begging calls of nestling cormorants demanding to be fed. They peck at the yellow patch around the bill until the adult lets them in... and the chicks head and neck goes right into the parents throat where their fishy meal is waiting. In this track there are two deeper sounds that are adults in the colony still nest building.
Thursday May 10, 2012
Thursday May 10, 2012
A good selection of species behind the constant background of squeaking of cormorant chicks and a foreground chiffchaff. The supporting cast in order of appearance is chaffinch, oystercatcher, cuckoo, shelduck, woodpigeon, blackcap, sedge warbler, jackdaw and lapwing.
Monday May 07, 2012
Monday May 07, 2012
This is one of the last warblers to arrive and can now be heard singing from many patches of scrub. This track has two bursts of the dabadabadoo song.
Wednesday May 02, 2012
Wednesday May 02, 2012
The black and white headed male reed buntings are now singing from their song posts on the top of brambles or reeds. It is a repetitive tuneless rattle rather than a song.
Tuesday May 01, 2012
Tuesday May 01, 2012
For the last three years nightingales have been singing from the willows at the pits near to Rye Harbour village. Recently there have been up to three, but this morning I could only hear one. At about 37 secs there is a loud burst of echoing cettis warbler and a cuckoo starts at 54 secs.