This recording was taken on one of the walking paths on Vogelinsel (Bird Island) at the Altmühlsee (Lake) in Germany, which is a nature reserve. The microphone was mounted on a stand. On both sides of the path is water, behind there is a small pond and in front of the mic-direction a big lake. All around this, there are other small islands. Because it was a sunny winter day, there were many people going out for a walk, which you can also hear on the recordings. Besides that, the wind was at some points unexpectedly strong, causing a few noises of the stand. You can also hear a mechanical creaking noise which was not produced by the stand but by reeds moving in the wind. Especially after sunset you can heat a higher intensity of bird sounds. Those sounds are mixed up with far away traffic sounds from the streets and the village nearby.