Andrew McCafferty

Birdsong

The recordings below were made with a Telinga Pro 4 PIP parabolic reflector mic setup and an Edirol R1 compact flash recorder.

Bearded Tit

Panurus biamarcus

Recording details: Leighton Moss, 1st January 2010
Managed to catch up with some calling "Beardies" on a very cold New Year's Day on my Christmas hols in Lancaster. (download mp3)

Treecreeper

Certhia familiaris

Recording details: Denny Wood, Beaulieu, Hampshire, 23rd May 2009
(download mp3)

Nightjar

Caprimulgus europaeus

Recording details: Dur Hill Down, Hampshire, 11th August 2009
I managed to find a handy spot not too far from where I live to record Nightjars, although there was a bit of a problem with traffic and aeroplane noise, hopefully not too evident on this recording! (download mp3)

Calandra Lark

Recording details: Santa Marta De Magasca area, Spain, 6th May 2009
(download mp3)

Woodchat Shrike

Lanius Senator

Recording details: Monroy, Extremadura, Spain, 7th May 2009
Notice the Great Tit mimicry in this brief snatch of a Woodchat singing from the top of one of the many Holm Oaks which carpet the dehesa. (download mp3)

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Recording details: Emabalse de Talevan, Extremadura, Spain, 4th May 2009
This was an astonishingly showy bird, which was singing every time I visited this site: this recording was made around dawn (which is refreshingly late in Extremadura in May!) (download mp3)

Woodlark

Recording details: nr Monroy, Extremadura, Spain, 7th May 2009
A hastily-thrust microphone out of a car window accounts for the occasional bumps on this recording, which starts with the bird sitting on a roadside fence, and continues as it climbs into the sky on a song flight. (download mp3)

Song Thrush

Turdus philomelos

Recording details: nr Burley, New Forest, 22nd April 2009
(download mp3)

Siskin

Carduelis spinus

Recording details: Blashford, Hampshire, 19th April 2009
(download mp3)

Whitethroat

Sylvia communis

Recording details: Christchurch Harbour, Dorset, 18th April 2009
(download mp3)

Sandwich Tern

Sterna sandvicensis

Recording details: Christchurch Harbour, Dorset, 18th April 2009
(download mp3)