Field Recordings

Whippoorwill and bullfrogs, St-Pierre-de-Wakefield, Quebec, Canada on 30th June 2023 – by Laura Nerenberg

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Demonstration at the Italian Embassy, London, UK on 2nd August 2023 – by Lisa Hack

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/24/italys-mounting-attack-lesbian-parents “In January, Italy’s right-wing government ordered state agencies to ce...

Moncrieffe Island, Perth, Scotland at midday on 12th June 2023 – by Eleanor McDowall

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Loons of Lac Forbes at Sunset, Mont-Tremblant National Park, Québec, Canada on 19th July 2023 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Competing fireworks, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, New York City, USA on 4th July 2023 – by Jon Moskowitz

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Every 4th of July in my neighborhood, there is an hours-long competition to see which corner can launch the most illegal fireworks. It gets quite i...

Frogs of Lac Labelle at 1am, Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, Quebec, Canada on 4th July 2023 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Via Balilla, Rome, Italy on 17th June 2023 – by Cosmin Sandu

02 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Via Balilla is a small street in Rome where people gather together once a year to celebrate the local community. Back in the days the street was fa...

Dawn, stone circle drums at Glastonbury, Worthy Farm, Shepton Mallet, UK in June 2023 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“About 20 drummers and hundreds of festival goers gathered around the fire at the centre of the stone circle and played throughout the night.  This...

Early evening by Lake Michigan, Northport, Michigan, USA on 20th May 2023 – by Roger Amundsen

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“at a friend’s cottage on lake michigan. it was early evening & i wanted to capture the sounds of water breaking on the shore, and of our kids pla...

Carillon, Sint Janskerk, Gouda, Netherlands in June 2023 – by Paul Ridout

25 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Here are some Dutch bells from last week.  I was cycling from Amsterdam to Lille and stayed overnight in Gouda where I went to the market square j...

Mountain goats, Kefalonia, Greece, in June 2023 – by Tash Walker

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I was in Greece last week, on my first full day there I was on an early morning walk when I started to hear this distant sound of bells but […]

Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK on Saturday 17th June 2023 at 1.30pm

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Thousands of protestors gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice to call for the decriminalisation of abortion. Abortion in England and Wales sti...

Dozing through thunder and rain, Tulse Hill, London, UK on Monday 12th June 2023 – by Matt Faulkner

18 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I was having an afternoon dose on Monday when the stormy weather rolled in around South London. My room is situated within a block of flats, and th...

Thunderstorm, Abney Park Cemetery, London, UK on 12th June 2023 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“12.06.2023. Caught in a thunderstorm on a hot London day in Abney Park cemetery. A passer by on her mobile phone remarks ‘not soaked, soaked…'”...

Sea Organ, Zadar, Croatia on 24th July 2015 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Chair lift to the Wolzenalp, Switzerland, on Saturday 10th June 2023 – by This Wachter 

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“The history of the Wolzenalp chairlift, in eastern Switzerland, goes back over 50 years. It was built in 1965. The slow journey from the valley to ...

Outside the Black Lion in Plaistow, London, UK, at 7.45pm on Thursday 8th June 2023, for the passing of the open top bus following West Ham’s victory in the Europa Conference League Final – by Alan Hall

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eider ducks in the glacier river lagoon (Jökulsárlón) as rain falls, Vatnajökull National Park, south coast of Iceland on Friday 26th May 2023 – by Eleanor McDowall

04 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Icebergs break off the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier and drift through the water into the Atlantic Ocean, some of them glowing a surreal, bright bl...

Whistling wind, Reykjavík, Iceland on 20th May 2023 – by agnieszka czyżewska jacquemet

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Basilica Cistern around closing time, Istanbul, Turkey on 10th May 2023 – by Ed Coulson

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“More than 300 marble columns create a space that could hold 80,000 cubic metres of water.  The space hums with constant reverberations from the sl...

Bees, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada in August 2022 – by Luke Quinton

20 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I made this tiny recording of bees in Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of Newfoundland. It was August, 2022, peak summer, and the big be...

Musical cacophony pouring through the open windows of practice rooms, London, UK on 18th May 2023 – by Eleanor McDowall

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I’ve been walking past this music college on the way to work for nearly fifteen years. Each year, as the weather gets warmer, the musicians open ...

Bullfight, Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla, Spain on 22nd April 2023 – by Charity Be

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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A rickshaw journey through Bengaluru, India, at dusk, as heavy rain begins to fall on 1st May 2023 – by Siddharth Khajuria

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jack in the Green procession, Hastings, UK on 1st May 2023 – by Jorge Stride

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I was at the Jack in the Green procession in Hastings Old Town earlier today and managed to get a quick recording of the various players (in wonder...

Market and funfair, Chesterfield, UK in April 2023 – by Larrie Knights

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“At the bustling Chesterfield flea market, I was immersed in the vibrant sounds of a funfair. This popular weekly market is one of the largest in th...

Emergency alert system test, Oxford Circus, London, UK, around 2.58pm on 23rd April 2023 – by Anthony Ing

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two minutes before the testing of the emergency alert system. photo: Oxford Circus tube station building, London by Eluveitie

Woodpeckers in Wandle Park, London, UK on 3rd April – by Andrew Strangeway

23 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I was waiting to meet a friend and there were at least two woodpeckers in the trees in the park. I couldn’t see them, but I could hear them reall...

Traditional coffee house, Vienna, Austria in March 2023 – by Lucia Mair

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“This is a short snippet of an afternoon in a traditional coffeehouse in Vienna, Austria in March 2023.  Vienna is famous for its coffeehouse histo...

Pigeon in the cinema, London, UK on 15th April 2023 – by Sam Clements and Louise Owen

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“On Saturday 15 April, a pigeon showcased it’s cinephile credentials by joining a packed audience in the BFI Southbank’s biggest auditorium (NFT...

River Thames tidal beach, London, UK on 19th September 2022 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Made on the tidal beach on the river Thames watching people mudlarking just under Waterloo bridge… trains pulling into Waterloo station above and...

Whistling wind rattling the windows, inside the library, London, UK in January 2023 – by Siddharth Khajuria

25 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cadogan Pier, north bank of the Thames, London, Spring 2023 – by Lucy Wood

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Cadogan Pier, North Bank of the river Thames, beneath Albert Bridge near Chelsea Embankment.  Built in 1841 Cadogan Pier has been Chelsea’s only...

Outside the Houses of Parliament during the second reading of the bill, Parliament Square, London, UK on 13th March 2023

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Hundreds of people gather to demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament whilst MPs hold the second reading of the ‘Illegal Migration Bill’, a...

Underwater, Førdefjord, north of Bergen, Norway in February 2023 – by Jay Richardson

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Myself and my co-editor (at The Sonification) went to cover a story about a mining company that has permits to start an open pit project in a rural...

Bacău, Romania at 10am on 27th December 2022 – by Cosmin Sandu

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“A soundscape recorded on December 27, 2022 at around 10 a.m. in Bacău. It immortalises ‘Alaiul datinilor’ 56th edition, a special day when p...

Thunderstorm, the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica on 22nd May 2022 – by Ted White

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Walking in the snow, Vancouver, Canada on 25th February 2023 at 11.30pm – by Martin Zaltz Austwick

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sounding stairs, Kaunas, Lithuania on 19th January 2023 – by Marta Medvešek

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I was fascinated by these sounding stairs on the entrance / exit of a park in Kaunas, Lithuania. I heard the sound from afar, and thought it was ...

Applause after the set – before the encore, Princess Theatre, Brisbane, Australia on 17th October 2022 – by Michelle Ransom-Hughes

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I was way up in a crows nest style ‘box’ at the back of the mezzanine in the Princess Theatre for Aldous Harding’s concert. I recorded the cr...

Last leaves of Autumn, on a road in suburban Pittsburgh, USA, 26th October 2022 – by Dennis Funk

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“A really windy night in the days just before Halloween swept what was left from the old silver maple trees in the neighbourhood. As the final few f...

Department of Education, Westminster, London, UK on 15th February 2023 – by Tash Walker

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I went to Brianna Ghey’s vigil last night outside the Department of Education. It was a very emotional and affecting time, with people standing t...

Plymouth nighttime, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, USA on 31st August 2022 – by Jon Moskowitz

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Plymouth Nighttime — Recorded August 31, 2022 in Plymouth, MA. We were staying at a house on a bluff overlooking Cape Cod Bay. At night you could...

Orthodox Christmas service, Catholic Church of St. Johns, Vilnius, Lithuania on 7th January 2023 – by Vaida Pilibaitytė

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“On January 7th I went to an unusual Orthodox Christmas service at the Catholic Church of St. Johns in Vilnius where the service was led by a chapl...

Thawing ice, Tammisalo canal, Helsinki, Finland on 4th February 2023 – by Miia Laine

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“The February full moon had just come up and I was on a stunning Saturday afternoon walk around sunset, the sky was a beautiful red. I stopped by th...

Goose night, Eskdalemuir, Scotland, UK on 24th January 2023 – by Geoff McQueen

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“It gets really dark in Eskdalemuir. In winter it is sometimes so dark and foggy that you can literally see nothing. Once or twice a winter I step o...

Crows, Vancouver, Canada on 27th January 2023 at 4pm – by Martin Zaltz Austwick

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Walking down the street and a shitload of crows tipped up. #crowzone”

Tuning the organ, Peterborough Cathedral, UK on 24th October 2022 – by Paul Ridout

15 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“We had walked into Peterborough Cathedral at lunchtime on 24th October 2022 and it took us a while to work out that the sound we were listening to ...

A short shower in Battle Woods, Sussex, UK on 21st December 2022 – by Jorge Stride

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Geese on snow, Springfield Park, London, UK on 16th December 2022 – by Eleanor McDowall

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Geese pad softly over the top of a snowy hill (while I walk heavy-footed behind them).”

Expressing with a pump, accompanied by Top Chef on a glitching internet connection, Chicago, USA at the end of April 2022 – by Sarah Geis

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A Tree full of Birds, Christmas Day in Essex, UK in 2022 – by Siddharth Khajuria

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Sound of 2022

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A slow weave of some of the past year’s Field Recordings, from a clock repair shop in January to snow falling in December. Clock repair shop, London...

Trumpeter Swans, Sauvie Island Wildlife Area Portland, Oregon, USA on 28th January 2022 – by Jason Hovatter

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Crunching ice and snow, London, UK in the early morning on 14th December 2022 – by Caspar Salmon

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“The snow is not as gleaming and beautiful as on the first day but the CRUNCH underfoot is at its peak!”

Snow falling on the canal, London, UK, near midnight on Sunday 11th December 2022 – by Eleanor McDowall

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Listening to the snow fall on the surface of the water as I walk home. The white blanket underfoot softening the sound of the city.”

Crackling fire and chimes, London, UK on 9th December 2022 – by Eleanor McDowall

10 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bells (church and cow) in the hills of Flüeli-Ranft, Switzerland in the evening of 6th December 2022 – by Charlie Shackleton

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“There are three churches within earshot of the spot where this recording was made, in the Swiss village of Flüeli-Ranft, and their bells overlap b...

Koliada singers rehearsing for the Christmas season, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montreal, Québec, Canada on 30th November 2022 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“A traditional Ukrainian Koliada song – traditionally sung house to house, like a Christmas carol.  This group of Montreal Koliada singers rehea...

Inside the bell tower, All Hallows, Twickenham on the morning of 16th November 2022 – by Alan Hall

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Transmission Tower, Portland, Oregon, USA on 8th February 2022 – by Jason Hovatter

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cabin fireplace, Camp Sherman, Oregon, USA on 15th April 2022 – by Jason Hovatter

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Winter Bees, Flitwick, Bedfordshire, UK in November 2022 – by Julian Higgs

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“We keep a beehive, just the one in our back garden in Flitwick, Bedfordshire. we are about as far from any coast that you can get in the country,...

Woman, life, freedom, Iran solidarity protest in Trafalgar Square, London, UK on 26th November 2022

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/woman-life-freedom

Roaring cascades at Cajón del Azul, El Bolsón, Chubut, Argentina in January 2022 – by Joaquín Conde

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“After 4 hours of walking in the forest, some friends and I reached Cajón del Azul where the ice-cold waters of Azul River have carved deep into th...

Birds cooing, Berlin, Germany in March 2022 – by Jeff Emtman

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“An enclosure with about a dozen captive pigeons in a park who are fluffing their feathers and flying around with sticks.” Recorded for the Here B...

Westminster Bridge, London, UK on 5th November 2022

05 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/05/thousands-expected-attend-london-rally-demand-general-election-peoples-assembly-cost-living-crisis

Katydids in the moonlight, Bearsville, New York, USA on 20th August 2022 – by Joe Dobkin

05 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I was sitting outside listening to the katydids and the moon.”

Bells on sheep, east of Rome around 7pm on 26th June – by Cosmin Sandu

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I love the randomness they produce and the contrast with the surround and distant car traffic… I recorded it with my zoomh6 – X/Y capsules.” ...

Blackbird hatchling, Melbourne, Australia on 27th October 2022 – by Jaye Kranz

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Garden next door to a festival, Münster, Germany in October 2022 – by Tristan Konrad

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“This one was recorded in my garden in Münster, Germany with a Zoom H1N. 3 times a year there is a huge folk festival called ‘Send’ going on ri...

Heavy rain, North West London, UK in October 2022 – by Alex Micu

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I would like to share with you a field recording from my garden in NW London. It features this garden furniture cover and raindrops tap dancing on ...

Binaural bells, St Pauls Cathedral, London, UK on 19th September 2022 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“St Paul’s cathedral bells ring for the state funeral on 19th September 2022.  A binaural recording made using a matched pair of DPA 4060 microph...

Hogpen Hill Farm, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA on Sunday 16th October 2022 – by Leah Kopperman

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I recorded the attached audio file on Sunday, October 16, at Hogpen Hill Farm in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Hogpen Hill is a 234-acre tree f...

Sukkot celebrations from my window, Brooklyn, New York, USA on 12th October 2022 – by Jess Shane

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I live close to a Chabad-Lubavitch in Brooklyn. Last night, the community was celebrating Sukkot, and I could hear peals of celebration a few block...

Dusk chorus, Ewingar, New South Wales, Australia on 16th October 2022 – by Jaye Kranz

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“A 300 acre farm in Ewingar NSW. The dusk chorus you can hear from the porch”

Enough is Enough National Day of Action, Outside Kings Cross Station, London, UK on 1st October 2022

16 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Healcrest Green, Garfield, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on 11th October 2022 – by Andrea Laurion

15 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I recorded this while reporting a story on an urban farm that’s being turned into a community green space.”  andrealaurion.com

Muffled Bells, Cuddington, Buckinghamshire, UK on 19th September 2022 – by Paul Ridout

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“As a republican I probably shouldn’t have enjoyed this as much as I did – the bells in the village church were being rung this morning with muf...

Night train, Vedia, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina in April 2022 – by Joaquín Conde

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“The sound of a distant night train reaches out to us over the barking dogs and the wind chimes at my parents’ house”

Trafalgar Square, London, UK around 1pm on 10th September 2022

11 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/56908/1/justice-for-chris-kaba-we-need-to-defund-the-police-now-more-than-ever?amp=1

Midnight waves crashing on Overstrand Beach at high tide, Norfolk, UK on 1st August 2021 – by Joe Harvey Whyte

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Binaural recording using DPA 4060 matched pair & Sound Devices Mix Pre 3ii”

Thunderstorm through skylight, London, UK at 11.20pm on 5th September 2022 – by Eleanor McDowall

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Takapou Bay, South Island, New Zealand in August 2022 – by Martin Zaltz Austwick

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cow chorus in the middle of the road, near Te Kao, New Zealand on 30th August 2022 – by Helen Zaltzman

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shingle Shack, Lydd on Sea, on the edge of Dungeness, UK in 2019 – by Grant Wilkinson

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I was recently given the gift of time and space, to blow at my own discretion, in Lydd on Sea, on the edge of Dungeness. I’ve visited half a doze...

Mid-afternoon by the river, near Uxbridge, London, UK on 19th July 2022 – by Andrea Rangecroft

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“When it’s the hottest day ever recorded in the UK (40.2c) and you live in a small metal box, there’s only one thing to do and that’s go to th...

8pm, rural village garden, Suffolk, UK on 19th July 2022 – by Melissa Harrison

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“4 mins of a rural village garden, 29.7 degrees at gone 8pm on the day we broke 40, in the UK’s most water-stressed and lowest-rainfall region, fe...

Sitting in the dark, by the fan, reading and writing emails, London, UK on 19th July 2022 – by Siddharth Khajuria

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pondweed bubbles, Raglan Castle moat, Wales, UK in the afternoon on 16th July 2022 – by Paul Ridout

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“It was a blazingly hot afternoon and the sunshine on the pondweed in the moat was generating bubbles that were popping all around as I sat in a “...

Afternoon rain, wild savanna rainforest on the border between Republic of the Congo and Gabon, 2018 – by George Vlad

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“The patches of trees create small shaded havens for wildlife, but they don’t completely obstruct the soundscape as ancient rainforests will do. Y...

Lake swim at sunrise, the morning after midsummer, Groß Köris, Germany in June 2022 – by Eleanor McDowall

26 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Swam out to watch the sun come up across the water. Bats overhead and roosters crowing in the distance.”

Parsley frogs at night, Lérouville, Lorraine, France on 5th June 2022 – by Colin Hunter

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“The main goal of my trip to Lorraine in the east of France was to record Common Midwife Toads. The location was an old disused quarry just outside ...

July morning on Perent Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Northern Minnesota, USA in 2021 – by Rob Byers

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Most of the BWCA is only accessible by canoe —no motors are allowed — making it a quiet place. I like this recording because there are so many ...

Rain on the sea, Camber Sands, East Sussex, UK on 23rd May 2022 – by Sam Clements and Louise Owen

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Stayed overnight in Camber Sands, East Sussex. Was hoping to go for a morning swim in the sea, but was so cold the best we could manage was paddl...

Hail on glass, Portland, Oregon, USA on 13th April 2022 – by Jason Hovatter

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rock jump cove, near Harlyn and Mother Ivy bay, Cornwall, UK in July 2021 – by Tash Walker

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“This is the sound of the cove before I swam out to the rock and jumped in, it was completely deserted and about 8am in the morning. I wanted to […...

Church bells fading into birdsong, Berlin, Germany in March 2022 – by Jeff Emtman

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Bells on the weekend coming from the church. They give way eventually to birdsong.” Recorded for the Here Be Monsters episode 153: Klänge from B...

Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY, USA in June 2022 – by JT Green

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I’ve got a new field recording for you. It’s of Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn. Quite an electric afternoon for being in the middle of the week. ...

8pm, Herefordshire, UK on 14th May 2022 – by Simon Forster

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Alive with the sound of ducks, ewes & lambs, wood pigeons, a distant lawnmower & surprise appearance from light aircraft passing directly overhead ...