Episodes
Field Recordings
A podcast where audio-makers stand silently in fields (or things that could be broadly interpreted as fields).
Episodes
Marking the Autumn Equinox by a stream in Epping Forest, 22nd September 2024 – by Talia Randall
“The autumn equinox fell on Sunday 22nd of Sept 2024 at exactly 1:43 pm. In the northern hemisphere, this is the moment when the sun is exactly above the equator; when day […]
Moon rise with an orchestra rehearsal through an open door, North London, UK on the night of 18th September 2024 – by Eleanor McDowall
“At the top of a hill in North London, as the Harvest Supermoon rises, the sound of an orchestra rehearsing pours into the night through an open door. Buses, children […]
Herons at night, Isle of Mull, Scotland in late summer 2024 – by Paul Ridout
“We stayed on the shore of Loch Scridain and the night air brought with it a slightly disconcerting sound. I eventually established that it was not babies being murdered in the […]
Late August night in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts, USA, 2024 – by Leah Kopperman
Fog at Swallowtail Lighthouse, Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada in July 2024 – by Lu Olkowski
Symphony of sheep bells, near Telti, Sardinia on 10th July 2022 – by Samantha Hodder
“I was travelling with my family on the island of Sardinia. We turned off the highway near Telti, a mountain town outside of Olbia, heading to an Agritourismo for dinner. […]
Hurdles and high jump at the Stade de France, Paris Olympics, France on Wednesday 7th August 2024 – by Alan Hall
Stop the Far Right, Waltham Forest Immigration Bureau, London, UK at 8pm on 7th August 2024
“Hundreds of people gather in solidarity at one of the locations threatened by far right violence last night, as anti-racist groups across the UK respond to a list encouraging attacks […]
Cave, Assos, Kefalonia in the morning, 24th July 2024 – by Alan Hall
“It’s a cave at the foot of the hill at Assos under the old Venetian fortress. There’s a sea entrance (the light in the centre) and a small hole that […]
Fizzing pylon, Chopwell Woodland Park, Gateshead, England, UK in July 2024 – by Tash Walker
“I was on a walk in Chopwell Woodland Park which is on the fringe of Gateshead, and I came across this beautiful pylon. I heard it first fizzing with static […]
Pétanque, Saint-Savin, France on 20th July 2024 – by Siddharth Khajuria
“Full of chaotic bells from an 11th or 12th century Abbey in the town we’re staying in. Listen out for one of the Pétanque players stepping away from the game […]
Northern Line, London Underground, London, UK in April 2024 – by Joe Wilkins
“A journey on the underground. Eight and a half minute field recording. London, April 2024.”
Cowbells, Dolomites, Italy in early July 2024 – by Alex Lewis
“Around the Dolomites in Northeastern Italy, you frequently come across herds of cows. Munching on grass and wagging their heads, their cowbells echo around the mountain valleys like wind chimes or […]
Egg, London, UK on 12th July 2024 – by Harpreet Purewal
“disgusting – shall I put it up? Lol sure. It was so squelchy. Never heard an egg like it.”
After the election, Cours Julien, Marseilles, France just before midnight on Sunday 7th July 2024
“People gather to celebrate in Place Jean Jaurès hours after the Nouveau Front Populaire (an alliance of left wing movements in France) beats both Emmanuel Macron’s centrists and the far […]
Sweet Caroline behind a hedge, Bratch, England, UK on 6th July 2024 – by Helen Zaltzman
“We were in a place called Bratch, talking a walk along a canal towpath. We had a big trivial argument, saw some baby moorhens and nice houseboats, and on the […]
Summer solstice at sunrise, Stonehenge, Salisbury, England on 21st June 2024 – by Yu Leng
“It was recorded on summer solstice 21st of June in Stonehenge last week, where thousands of people gathered there to wait for the sunrise. Loads people brought drums and all kinds […]
Dyke March greets Restore Nature Now March in solidarity as they pass each other in central London, UK on 22nd June 2024 – by Laura Hurley
Bamboo in the wind, Fire Island, New York, USA in June 2024 – by Will Coley
Emergency alert test signal, Bergen, Norway at midday on 12th June 2024 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
“I made this recording recently whilst on tour in Norway. There was a national alarm test (similar to what we had in the UK a while back) and I was […]
Inside of the cabinet under the sink in the laundry room, New York, USA on 10th August 2023 – by Jon Moskowitz
“Don’t know if it qualifies as a field recording–it’s water draining through the pipes after a washing machine spin cycle.”
Goats – protected landscape managers on 5th June, 2024, in Pervalka, Lithuania – by Vaida Pilibaitytė
“In the first week of summer in June 2024, I was out recording some interviews for my radio program on environment at the Curonian Spit National Park. There I visited […]
Humming a very old song on the 171 bus, London, UK at 11.20pm on 30th April 2024 – by Melissa Viney
Donkeys in Dol, Hvar, Croatia on 29th May 2024 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick
Waves on a pebble beach, Hvar, Croatia on 26th May 2024 – by Eleanor McDowall
“Waves fizz and crackle on the shoreline”
Aulus-les-Bains, France on 4th May 2024 – by Tess Davidson
“Recorded on Saturday 4th May 2024 in Aulus-les-Bains, a little village nestled in the French Pyrenees. I was out for a walk around the village watching the soft colours of […]
Gibbon morning chorus, recorded in the car park of Fota House, near Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland in April 2024 – by Damian Drohan
“This is a gibbon morning chorus, recorded in the car park of Fota House, near Cobh, Co. Cork. The car park is seperated from Fota Wildlife Park by a fence. […]
Sea organ in Zadar, Croatia on 17th March 2024 – by Marta Medvešek
“Created by the architect Nikola Bašić in 2005. Everytime I visited the sea organ it was crowded with tourists. This time – although only for a brief moment – I […]
Stone mill milling corn, a village near Otočac, Croatia, on March 17th 2024 – by Marta Medvešek
“When I asked if I may record, the lady said of course – she loves the sound, too, and plays it back from her phone when she’s away from the […]