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).

Black-headed Gull Bromley-by-Bow
Canada Goose Walthamstow Reservoirs
Eurasian Coot 1 Welsh Harp Reservoir, Hendon
Eurasian Coot 2 Bow Lock
Eurasian Coot 3 Wanstead Park
Herring Gull Walthamstow Reservoirs
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Bromley-by-Bow
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Walthamstow Reservoirs
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 Bromley-by-Bow
Mute Swan Walthamstow Reservoirs
Red-breasted Goose London Wetland Centre, Barnes
Water Rail Beddington Farm
     
         
                         
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Eurasian Coot
Illustration from British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C.A. Johns.

File name: Eurasian Coot 1

Classification: Water birds

Common name: Eurasian Coot

Scientific name: Fulica atra

Recorded by: IM Rawes

Recording date and time: 25 October 2009, 5.30pm

Location: Welsh Harp Reservoir, Hendon

Duration: 2:00

Description: Calls of adult coots in the reservoir, rising in number and intensity after one coot begins chasing another. Rattling of rushes in the wind, and occasional creaks from a giant hogweed stem.

Technical guff: Stereo. Audio Technica BP 4029 mid/side mic, Fostex FR-2LE digital recorder.

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