Calming bird songs in an European Beech forest

A cold morning in a Central European Beech forest. Bird song activity is rather low, but the loud song of a Song Thrush can be heard throughout the recording. Despite its song is very variable, the repetitive elements makes this species an easy one to learn during a forest walk.

The sounds of birds, mammals, amphibians, insects or anything that is human-related are annotated in the spectrogram below and include:

Song Thrush – Singdrossel – Turdus philomelos

Great Tit – Kohlmeise – Parus major

Wood Warbler – Waldlaubsänger – Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Hawfinch – Kernbeißer – Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Common Crane – Kranich – Grus grus

Common Chaffinch – Buchfink – Fringilla coelebs

Eurasian Blackcap – Mönchsgrasmücke – Sylvia atricapilla

Great Spotted Woodpecker – Buntspecht – Dendrocopos major

Willow Warbler – Fitis – Phylloscopus trochilus

Eurasian Jay – Eichelhäher – Garrulus glandarius

Blue Tit – Blaumeise – Cyanistes caeruleus

Marsh Tit – Sumpfmeise – Poecile palustris

Roe Deer – Europäisches Reh – Capreolus capreolus