sounds, sensors, stones
First I hear a pair at Newbourne Springs, then one at Orwell Country Park
and finally one at Mill Stream Nature reserve
Three separate places with a fair amount of human and dog interference in less than a week.
The BTO doesn’t seem to agree that it’s a good year countrywide – Nightingale reporting seems lower than the historical average
This has been a good year for nightingales
but I was still surprised to hear one so close to the town, in an area very disturbed by dog-walkers.
My bike ride to work takes me past open fields and for a short stretch over some sandy heathland. I was surprised to hear a nightingale in the distance – I had to stop and listen to the lovely sound
this was recorded using an omni MP3 recorder so it’s not a fantastic species recording, but it captures the moment for me 🙂 The singing males have come all the way from Africa, and they have scouted their territories. They are hoping to call the females down from the sky as they arrive a couple of weeks later. It feels surprisingly early to hear nightingale song at the moment.
