Fieldwork by Patrick Franke
January 2022The year 2021 ended somewhat unexpectedly sound-wise. From the reeds along a small canalI heard sounds that sounded like the muffled mooing of a cow. It turned out to be NutriasMyocastor coypus.Nutrias are rodents from South America, so they are considered an invasive species in Europe.The populations here are offspring of animals abandoned by …
September 2021Recording sound of a thunderstorm is not an easy thing to do if you value a sound thatis not colored by the reflections of a building or muffled a shelter. There are just too fewdry thunderstorms in the Northern Hemisphere, unfortunately.Tonight there was a really exceptionally long and intense thunderstorm in Leipzig.Since my apartment …
July 2021Regular visitors to my blog will know that one of my favourite nature reserves isa former military training area south of Berlin (see: Scorched Earth I)After a massive fire some years back, new flora is now showing up and with it firstlarger fauna. One species was always present even right after the big fire, …
May 2021Strong winds have been persisting for weeks, making wildlife sound recording outdoorsalmost impossible at the moment.Fortunately, there are birds that breed in buildings, like barn swallows. In this case, evenin an observation tower in a nature reserve.
April 2021One of my favourite songs among Eurasian songbirds. Often not recognised as a song,it is nevertheless complex and sometimes even contains imitations – as here from theBlack Woodpecker Dryocopus m. martius.
January 2021My first recording session of the year. Tundra Bean Geese Anser serrirostris,Greater White-fronted Geese Anser albifrons, Greylag Geese Anser anser,Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus, Mute Swans Cygnus olor leaving their roost.
October 2020 Several displaying European Tree Frogs Hyla arborea recorded near a substation. In background Common Nightingales and noise from a motorway. Double-MS recording down-mixed to binaural. No filtering. PFR17268, 20200607, European Tree Frog Hyla arborea, Germany