LONDON WILDLIFE

A collection of recordings, nearly all of land and water birds by xeno canto recordist Stuart Fisher, and which are included here under the collective works provisions of their own Creative Commons 2.5 license (which still applies).

Abbey Wood squirrels Lesnes Abbey Woods
Angry grey squirrel Pinner Nower Hill Pinner
Common Pipistrelle 1 Ladywell Fields
Dark Bush Cricket ultrasound Leg o' Mutton reservoir, Barnes
Daubenton’s bat sonar Leg o' Mutton reservoir, Barnes
Flying ants Rainham Rainham Marshes
Leislers bat sonar Barnes Wildlife Wetland Centre, Barnes
Nunhead foxes Near Nunhead railway station
Soprano Pipistrelle sonar Barnes Wildlife Wetland Centre, Barnes
Soprano Pipistrelle swarm Leg o' Mutton reservoir, Barnes
West Ham fox cubs West Ham cemetery
     
         
                         
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Flying ants
Flying ant

File name: Flying ants Rainham

Classification: Insects

Common name: Flying ants

Scientific name: Lasius niger

Recorded by: IM Rawes

Recording date and time: 7 August 2010, 2pm

Location: Rainham Marshes

Duration: 1:00

Description: The microphone was held close to the entrance to an ants' nest in a crack in a flood defence wall made of earth. Hordes of flying ants were climbing grass stems before flying off.

Technical guff: Stereo. Audio Technica BP4029 mid-side mic and Fostex-FR-2LE digital recorder.

Additional notes: Parametric equalisation applied to remove most sound below 1kHz.