BBC Sound Effects Library, Volume 15: Natural Atmospheres

Farmstead, late spring, early morning with wren, robin, pheasant, cuckoo, chaffinch, house sparrows, goldfinch, peacock, feral pigeon and

Village, late spring, evening with blackbird, wren, rooks, chaffinch, woodpigeon and distant dog. Cornwall, May ’85

Farmstead, summer, early morning with blackbird, wren, robin, rooks, woodpigeon, feral pigeon, chaffinch, house sparrow, distant peacock

Cultivated land (warm temperature), late spring, midday with bee-eaters, spotless starlings, turtle dove, blue tit, azure-winged magpie, c

Rural atmospheres

Farmstead, summer, night with barn owls, distant tawny owls and distant dog. Devon, June ’81

Broad-leaved woodland, late spring, early morning dawn chorus with cuckoos, garden warbler, and nightingale. Spain, May ’82

Broad-leaved woodland, late spring, early morning (Mediterranean region only) with nightingale, flies, cuckoo, whitethroat, bonelli's warb

Mixed woodland, early spring, early morning neutral with distant hooded crows, buzzard and great tit. Estonia, March ’84

Coniferous woodland, late spring, midday with black kite, tree sparrows, corn bunting, chaffinch, field crickets, bees, flies, and distant

Heather moorland, late spring, early morning with golden plover, skylark, curlew and distant sheep. Some wind. Shetland, May ’76

Heather moorland, late spring, evening with snipe and oystercatchers. Some wind. Shetland, May ’76

Lake, early spring, early morning with mallard, coot, Canada goose and incipient dawn chorus, mallards rising at 0138 and 0408. New forest

Low lying marshy pasture, winter, early morning with lapping water and distant curlews, some wind, Gloucestershire, February ’84

Lake, late spring, night neutral with oystercatcher and arctic terns, some wind. Shetland, May ’76