Field Recordings

Bees in a London Garden, UK on 30th May 2026 – by Cesar Gimeno Lavin

“In a quiet spring morning dozens of bees were frantically collecting nectar from a flowering blackberry bush. They were vey loud and busy.”

Frogs and beeps, Muhr am See, Germany in May 2026 – by Katz Laszlo

“The first real heat is hitting and the frogs are out, the humans are slowing down & the beeps are beeping.”

Tree music, Trent Country Park, London on 25th May 2026 – by Siddharth Khajuria

“Because of the heat (it was 33 degrees or so), we went to the woods. My son and his friend were making music with sticks and trees. One of their sticks snapped and had to be replaced. Then the replacement snapped, and needed replacing too.”

Dawn chorus with song thrush at Coppins Farm, Alphamstone, U.K. on 10th April 2026 – by Andrew Strangeway

Badger searching for (and eating) peanuts at Coppins Farm, Alphamstone, U.K. in the evening, 6th April 2026 – by Andrew Strangeway

Dawn chorus, Kilfinane, Ireland on 10th May 2026 – by Eleanor McDowall

Grazing horses, Finnisglin, County Galway, Ireland on 6th May 2026 – by Eleanor McDowall

“A horse and foal graze near the roadside by Lough Inagh”

Noise Parade, Kilfinane Noise Band and Mike Williams at the Hearsay Festival, Kilfinane, Ireland on 8th May 2026

“Standing by the side of the road for the Noise Parade as the Kilfinane Noise Band (made up of the Kilfinane National School 3rd-6th classes) march through the streets at Hearsay Festival making joyful chaos – led by audio producer Mike Williams”

Suffolk garden, UK on 25th April 2026 – by Cesar Gimeno Lavin

“Sitting in a garden in rural Suffolk on a lovely Saturday morning. The weather was glorious, the birds and insects were incredibly loud. It felt like a spring explosion!”

Cuckoos in the early morning, Natuurreservaat ‘de Ijzermonding’ on the Belgian coast (from an audio stream for Reveil 13) – by Katherina Lindekens

“One day a year, I turn the quintessential night owl that I am into an early bird and get up before dawn to participate in Reveil . This magical project by Soundcamp broadcasts the sounds of the Dawn Chorus, live streamed by people all over the world. For 24+1 hours, you can hear the earth waking up, as the mix makes a loop around the globe. Every year, I’m profoundly touched by the poetry of this communal listening experience. This year, I streamed from a nature reserve on the Belgian coast: th...

Chairlift, Ftan, Switzerland on 14th August 2025 – by Dennis Gaens

“I recorded it with a set of binaural earphones. On the chairlift is this plastic hood that you can drop down if it rains. It was up though and served as this big reflective shield. That is one of the reasons (I think) you can hear the small brook coming from afar quite early on and when we get there it is louder than it has any right to be.”

Birdsong, an hour after sunrise, Ditchling, UK on 26th April 2026 – by Eleanor McDowall

“Standing in a frosted field watching a couple of rabbits bounce across the grass – geese occasionally fly overhead, you can hear a distant rooster, a tree-ful of crows, some sheep and the steadily waking up nearby road.”

Wind in the trees on a hike in Montreat, North Carolina, USA on 16th April 2026 – by Will Coley

Silia Wood, Powys, Wales on 2nd April 2026 – by Siddharth Khajuria

“Recent lambs, their parents, and a helicopter that drones overhead and goes away again.”

Starling nest in the shed, Eskdalemuir, Scotland on 10th April 2026 – by Geoff McQueen

“I think I scared the parents off yesterday by standing holding my phone atop the stepladder so I had to stick a proper recorder there and leave it to get you this. Shed interior followed by the thump of an arriving parent with food and then chaos. Enjoy!”

The Memory Den, Portland, Oregon, USA in November 2024 – by Paul Stephens-Wood

“The Memory Den is a large warehouse converted to a vintage shopping Mall in the industrial area of Portland, Oregon, USA. Trains hauling a hundred wagons pass along the tracks just meters away from the building. This recording is from inside the Memory Den: a passing train sounds its horn and kids play the basketball shooting machine inside the Mall before dabbling on an old piano. Recorded November 2024”

Model steam organ, Coleford Carnival of Transport, The Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK on 6th April 2026 – by Paul Stephens-Wood

“A recording of a model steam organ playing next to a row of stationary steam engines at the Coleford Carnival of Transport, an annual vintage car fair in The Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Recorded on Easter Monday, 6 April 2026”

Auditory chaos, šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square, Vancouver, Canada on 31st March 2026 – by Helen Zaltzman

“Busker playing something slowish on guitar, while two old men rocked out to their own huge speaker that they’d wheeled in…”

Organ practice in the church next door, Observantenkirche, Münster, Germany in March 2026 – by Tristan Konrad

“I recorded this snippet from the window of my room as I was lying in bed and listening to the Organ being played in the church next door and people walking by.”

Abbot’s Cliff sound mirror, Kent, UK on 24th March 2026 – by Jack Allen

“A concrete structure built 100 years ago to detect the sound of aircraft flying over the channel. Did it work? No! But it still stands despite this, and despite the years and the weather since (today: 30mph winds).”

Sheltered by trees, Kent Downs, UK on 24th March 2026 – by Jack Allen

“Five minutes out of the wind while walking along the Kent coastline.”

Sounds from the bridge above St Johns Station, London, UK on 27th March 2026 – by Cesar Gimeno Lavin

“Captured from the bridge above the station. You can hear trains passing by, coming into the station and going out, as well as people coming and going. A small, busy station full of London life.”

‘Hold On’ at the Resistance Sing In in New York, a collaboration between Resistance Revival Chorus, Songs in the Key of Resistance and Singing Resistance NYC, Riverside Church, NY, USA on 19th March 2026 – by Will Coley

‘Hold On’ was written by Heidi Wilson, in the wake of a tragedy in Walden, Vermont six years ago. In 2026, people have begun to sing this song in cities around the world, most poignantly in Minneapolis – as groups began singing in the face of ICE’s devastating presence. This recording was made by Will Coley at a Resistance Sing In in New York, a collaboration between Resistance Revival Chorus and Singing Resistance NY. Photo by Ginny Suss / Instagram . Listen to Erica Heilman’s Rumble Strip podc...

New York City Resistance Sing In, Riverside Church, NY, USA on 19th March 2026 – by Will Coley

“At the New York City Resistance Sing In on March 19, activists from several groups shared and taught protest songs to a packed Riverside Church. Claire from Singing Resistance Minneapolis brought this song that was written to encourage ICE agents ‘to walk away from the path of violence and take accountability for harm they’ve caused.'”

Scrap metal man, Bream, Forest of Dean, UK in the summer 2025 – by Paul Stephens-Wood

“ere’s a field recording of a scrap metal man who comes round my village; Bream, The Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK. I had been trying to catch his call for months, and when he drove up my lane I only had my phone at hand. It was recorded in the summer of 2025. You can hear his call as he passed my house, then the chatter of sparrows and the hum of bees, and finally his call from a distance.”

Garden fence in the wind, West Maling, UK on 15th March 2026 – by Cesar Gimeno Lavin

“It was a sunny but windy day, with the wind constantly picking up and stopping. The fence kept moving with the wind and banging, along some creaky garden decorations.”

Hedge full of birds, Regent’s Canal towpath, London, UK on 20th March 2026 – by Eleanor McDowall

“The intermittent field recordings series of hedges filled to the brim with birds continues… This is the sound of a mobile phone held inside a hedge that was singing.”

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, London, UK on 9th March 2026 at 3.50am – by Eleanor McDowall

“For the past month I keep being woken up around 4am by (what I think is) an exuberant blackbird. Finding myself awake in the early hours, I’ve been reading about their nighttime singing on birdforum.net (which is honestly delightful). As the seasons change and the light shifts, apparently they can often be heard doing ‘midnight serenades’. Two nights ago I had my recording equipment out for an interview the next day, so when I woke up I went and stood in my flat’s stairwell, listening to the si...

Frozen pool, London, UK on the morning of 4th January 2026 – by Rose de Larrabeiti and Eleanor McDowall

“At the beginning of the year the ponds in the park near where we live froze over. One morning we took a hydrophone to a shallow, frozen reflecting pool – pushing the microphone through a hole in the ice. You can hear tinkling fragments, squeaky creaks and the sound of us taking turns to throw large blocks of ice across the frozen surface. Next to us a little boy was having fun smashing a tree branch into the pool, so we gave him the headphones and told him to make a bit of chaos…”

Bois Blanc Island, Lake Huron, Michigan at 7am in August 2025 – by The New Runes

“This field recording was made at 7:00am on a peaceful August morning on Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, in Lake Huron. Taken from a cozy, rocky shore, it’s marked by the sounds of lapping waves and early morning bird calls. I used the remaining 12 minutes of the field recording as background for the other 3 tracks on my EP, The Island, which can be heard at thenewrunes.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/thenewrunes .”...