Tag Archives: birdsong

The loudest tweet

Posted on January 20, 2011 by lunaman

Woken at 4am, angry and stumbling, I managed to grab the Sennheiser mic and handheld recorder and immortalised the song of this soon-to-be-ex Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos). I am now surfing for an air rifle. Do people still surf the … Continue reading →

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Ludwig Koch

Posted on April 16, 2009 by lunaman

Radio 4 have just broadcast a programme about Ludwig Koch – the first person apparently to bring us recordings of birdsong. Listen
Read more about Ludwig at WSRS

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A very dawn chorus

Posted on April 13, 2009 by lunaman

Lazy country birds. I’m sure they start up at around 4am here in the town, but last night I stayed up and drove to Dry Sandford Pit at 3.30am, as you do, and sat for an hour waiting for my … Continue reading →

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Brecon weekend

Posted on March 23, 2009 by lunaman

Go get Adobe Flash Player!

var so = new SWFObject(
“http://www.alunward.co.uk/marathon/wp-content/plugins/nazdrave-mp3/mp3player.swf”,
“nazdravemp3_player”, “300″, “20″, “8″, “#FFFFFF”);
so.addVariable(“file”, “/media/audio/brecon220309.mp3″);

so.write(“nazdravemp3_2″);

A weekend of filming, recording and running. Very chuffed with myself as I managed to run up Pen y Fan, something I’ve wanted to do for years. … Continue reading →

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Those lovely starlings

Posted on March 6, 2009 by lunaman

Last weekend was spent with oodles of cable, cameras and microphones, and at last some of the results are emerging. You’ll need a pretty recent version of the Flash Player to view this video below [technical details follow]
H.264 encoded for … Continue reading →

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Starlings in stereo and a run

Posted on March 2, 2009 by lunaman

Go get Adobe Flash Player!

var so = new SWFObject(
“http://www.alunward.co.uk/marathon/wp-content/plugins/nazdrave-mp3/mp3player.swf”,
“nazdravemp3_player”, “300″, “20″, “8″, “#FFFFFF”);
so.addVariable(“file”, “/media/audio/starlings.mp3″);

so.write(“nazdravemp3_3″);

Thanks to OFVM, who’ve granted me their Midas award, I’ve been out and about this weekend filming and recording with some quite nice gear. Most of the … Continue reading →

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