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 usual recording spot was flooded so the microphone was moved to a new spot about 3m away from the old one. Throughout the recording a variety of birds, ducks, and goose sounds can be heard. Some birds came very close to the microphone. Splashing sounds and ducks swimming near the microphone can be heard. At the end of the recording you can hear a beater gnawing on a tree. Those sounds are mixed up with far away traffic sounds from the streets and the village nearby.