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. The lake was frozen the day of recording so you can hear cracking and squeaking sounds from the ice throughout. Also, the frozen surface reflected the sounds of the environment leading to a more harsh and brittle landscape. Compared to the previous recording in Jan. 2018 there are far less bird sounds. At the end of the recording you can hear a beaver gnawing on a tree. Those sounds are mixed up with far away traffic sounds from the streets and the village nearby. Unfortunately due to technicall issues, there is a loud crackling and popping noise recorded to channel 4 for the first hour of recording.