Fieldwork by Patrick Franke
After a long winter, my local patch is slowly filling up with birds returning from wintering grounds.With their return, the place also fills with sound. One species that stands out visually and acousticallyis the Bluethroat Luscinia svecica.While wildlife photographers bother the males for their striking appearance, the wildife soundrecordist can listen and record the countless …
In the northern part of Germany, the distribution of the Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canusshows a larger gap. At the respective edges, the species is consequently found only veryirregularly – the species is a breeding bird only in small numbers very locally. While I was able to observe Grey-headed Woodpeckers regularly during my time in Leipzig,I …
June 2022 In 2013 I met Peter, an experienced ornithologist and wildlife sound recordist from theNetherlands. On sporadic visits over the years, we always talked about possible recordingtrips together. In April the time had come, we went to Central Sweden. Travel planning and research were in his hands, as he knew the target area and …
December 2021This year, actually by chance, I got into a circle of naturalists and outdoor enthusiasts. Until thenI only knew Tom, ornithologist and birder, for a couple of years. But only superficially not to say fromcountless stories about him.In Spring Tom invited me on a hike in his home area and this area quickly became …
October 2021To be somehow bound to your own native region, means of course, that people from the pastpop up here and there (not only in conceivable trivial gossip the mother tells). In most cases,a surprisingly interesting thing, actually. As a person who has always been part of subcultures,such a meeting with ‘people from the past’ …
October 2021The recent history of the Eurasian Wolf Canis lupus in Central Europe, like almost everywhereelse in the world, is also a history of competition, suppression and finally persecution.In superstition, they were portrayed as dangerous to humans directly, they were in fact seenas competitors for food and were therefore killed throughout the area.In addition to …
July 2021So, the winners of the British Wildlife Sound Recording Society annual competition 2020were announced. Here are my sound recordings that I had submitted: