An Introduction and Guide to Understanding the Sounds of Nature
Listening to Birds
(How it all works…)
This site is designed to help you learn about the sounds and behaviour of birds you may hear on your outings using text, image, sounds and sonograms all in one place.
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Looking for something specific?
Insert a key word to search for something you have in mind, or go through a taxonomic list, or find what you’re looking for visually!
looking for a name?
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Latest Additions
Take a look at our most recent posts right here!
The music of wolves…after 150 years
Wolves can once more signal their presence in the Jura Mountains after being extirpated across Switzerland 150 years ago. Read this account of their astonishing recovery and hear how an extinct sound once more complements the landscape
ROCK PARTRIDGE (Alectoris graeca) Perdrix bartavelle
A not so common bird of the mountains where it inhabits sunny slopes rich with boulders, rocky outcrops and loose scree below cliffs. Very hard to spot due to its cryptic colouration, it is often first detected from its staccato stridulating call…
Things that go “HOOT” and scare us…..
Is it a sign of great fortune or an omen foretelling a tragedy? A further exploration of one of the more common sounds we often hear after dark …
Hunting for nuggets in the dark…..
The darkness can be intimidating, but slowly we can learn to unravel nocturnal life
“Tweedledum and Tweedledee”….
…are the identical twins from “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carrol, describing the further adventures of Alice in wonderland. The two European species of treecreeper (Certhia) often remind me of those fictional characters from my childhood. The Eurasian and Short-toed Treecreepers look almost identical but happily co-habit, and are hard to tell apart until you hear them sing, then things become easier. I hope this article helps those folks who are as confused as I was when I first encountered them both together.
More from the Sound Diary…
Here are some other interesting stories and sounds that explore topics beyond the main scope of this site…
the sounds of jabarkhet
An e-guide to the common birds of the Jabarkhet Nature Reserve, Western Himalayas
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Who we are..
Chris Hails
Wildechoes founder, writer and recordist
Frank Jarvis
British bird artist and illustrator
Arlette Berlie
Swiss nature photographer