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.

Secondary Author: Lucas Schmidt. 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. This time there was one species of bird, goose, that was pretty dominant. Also this time there were lots of helicopters from the US Station near Anbach flying above the island. In contrast of the last recordings, this time the impression of the soundscape after sunset didn't increase but became more quiet and the volume level decreased. Far away traffic sounds from the streets and village nearby those as church bells were also heard.

Secondary Author: Luisa Filip. This recording was taken in a park into which a mountain river flows at a central point. We went away from the river up to the hills to search for a good recording spot with less water noise. On one side the mountain continued to rise, on the other side one looked in to the river valley. Sounds are mainly birds (while a very special bird sound is heard at 15:50), and the water. There were no people. The watersounds of the river unfortunately cover several sounds in nature but within our time frame we had no opportunity to search for a better spot.

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