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.

This recording was taken on one of the walking paths on Vogelinsel (=birdisland) at the Altmühlsee (a 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 the Recording was made so you can hear cracking and squeeking sounds from the ice throughout the recording. Also the frozen Surface reflected the Sounds of the environment leading to a more harsh and brittle soundscape. Compared to the previous Recording in January 2018 there are far less bird sounds on this recording. 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 technical problems a loud crackling and popping noise was recorded to channel 4 for the first hour of the recording.

Secondary Authors: Cornelius Pöpel, Carla Banai-Schoneweg.This recording was made in the park Yerba Loca, about 2 hours drive from Santiago. We went with the car as far as possible, then went by foot. The recording was done close to a huge stone. There were bushes and some trees close to the recording spot. There is a river making a lot of sounds. We went far away from the river to keep water sounds and their masking small. One can hear birds as well as the river and cows from far away.

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.

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.

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 recording was made on a small footbridge on Vogelinsel (engl. bird island) at the Altmühlsee (a lake) in Germany, which is a nature reserve. The microphone was mounted on a stand. On both sides of the bridge is water. All around are other small islands. At the time of recording, there were no other people on the islands. It was a relatively cold day, constant wind can be heard. Throughout the recording, there are a large number of different bird calls audible (esp. ducks, herons, geese,...), sometimes also flapping of wings. Those sounds mix with churchbells from the surrounding villages and distant traffic noise.

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. Various different birds are heard, frogs croak, and sometimes one hears water sounds. They could come from fish. One can hear insects flying around the microphone, humans talking far away, music coming from a radio or so is heard as well along with airplanes.

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There are only a few events during this recording. For about 25 minutes there is sprinkler that moves around the scene and at some points the microphone clips from the sprinkler's water. The majority of the recording is wind blowing throughout the scene. At some points the breezes are stronger than at other points, yet wind is consistently present. The microphone either clips or pops a number of times during the recording and all of which have been marked.

This recording predominantly contains the sounds of cicadas, crickets, water droplets and human movement.

This recording is mostly bugs (i.e. crickets and cicadas) and a faint sound of water. There are occasional bird chirps and squeaks as well as what sounds like little water droplets landing near the microphone.

This recording contains a long sample of running water falling from a small creek. A few times in the recording what seems to be a very, very gentle breeze causes the stream to flow differently for a brief moment, otherwise the stream of the creek is consistent throughout the recording. Another sonic characteristic to this recording are a few crickets chirping. The crickets have been noted accordingly.

This file contains human movement around the microphone.

There is not too much happening in this recording. For a few seconds you can hear someone open his canteen and move some things around.

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