March 2014 The Presseler Moor- und Heidegebiet (Pressel mire and heathland reserve) was the favorite spot of my first years as a wildlife sound recordist and ornithologist. Especially a part called Wildenhainer Bruch (Mire Wildenhain) attracted me that time. It is an area of great scenic beauty and the possibility of bumping into one of […]
MARCH 2014 Goodbye Dorset. Hello Leipzig! PFR09760, 1-10, 140129, Song Thrush Turdus philomelos clarkei, song, Middlebere Heath, UK PFR07957, 1-11, 140227, Northern Raven Corvus corax corax, advertising call, bill clipping, call, Torfhaus, Germany
September 2013 The area around Leipzig is well know for it’s large former brown coal opencast mines. Most of them are recultivated, filled-up with water, planted or being used for freetime activities which getting out of hand now. In the north there is the so called Seelhausener See adjacent to the famous lake Goitzsche. There […]
April 2013 Over a longer period I occasionally search for breeding territories of Eurasian Eagle Owls Bubo bubo. But why? First, quite simple, because it´s an amazing bird. On the other hand I am fascinated by large birds of prey in general. In course of rock climbing trips to former stone pits last summer I […]
February 2013 PFR07478, 130210, Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula, males, wing sound, Mörtitz, Germany photo credit: Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula © Marcus Held | After nature
February 2013 It could be so good… PFR07477, 130210, river Mulde soundscape, Mörtitz, Germany photo credit: Mulde near Mörtitz © Marcus Held | After Nature
July 2012 This recording was made close to a large pond. PFR08119, thunder, Reudnitz, Germany, DPA 4060