A collection of recordings made around London of birds, mammals and insects. Special thanks to xeno canto recordist Stuart Fisher for kindly allowing many of his recordings to be included here.
Blackbird alarm calls | Wanstead Park |
Blackbirds Telegraph Hill | Telegraph Hill |
Blue Tit | Colindale |
Brambling | Bromley-by-Bow |
Carrion Crow 1 | Lesnes Abbey Woods |
Collared Dove | Rainham station |
Common Chaffinch | Bromley-by-Bow |
Common Whitethroat | Wanstead–Ilford |
Dunnock 1 | Wanstead Flats |
Dunnock 2 | Wanstead–Ilford |
Eurasian Blackbird 1 | Bromley-by-Bow |
Eurasian Blackbird 2 | Leytonstone |
Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Wanstead Park |
Eurasian Jay | Wanstead Park |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Beddington Farm |
European Robin 1 | Lesnes Abbey Woods |
European Robin 2 | Bromley-by-Bow |
European Starling | Beddington Farm |
Garden Warbler 1 | Manor Park Cemetery |
Garden Warbler 2 | Manor Park Cemetery |
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 | Beddington Farm |
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 | Bromley-by-Bow |
Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 | Walthamstow Marshes |
Great Tit 1 | Telegraph Hill |
Little Owl | Beddington Farm |
Mistle Thrush | Wanstead Flats |
Ringnecked Parakeet 1 | Lesnes Abbey Woods |
Rock pigeon roost Belvedere | By the Thames, Belvedere |
Skylark | Dartford Marshes |
Song Thrush | Bromley-by-Bow |
Stock Dove | Wanstead Park |
Water Pipit | Beddington Farm |
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Classification: Land birds
Common name: Collared Dove
Scientific name: Streptopelia decaocto
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Recording date and time: 6 September 2009, 6pm
Location: Rainham station
Description: Calls of two collared doves at Rainham station. One calls from on top of an indicator board, the other calls and hops closer along overhead train power-lines. Sounds of wingbeats as one dove tries repeatedly to land on the back of the other to mate.
Technical guff: Stereo. Audio-Technica BP4025 mic and Fostex FR-2LE digital recorder.
Additional notes: None.