This meadow soundscape is dominated by the continuous songs of Eurasian Skylarks and the loud calls three wader species: Black-tailed Godwit, Northern Lapwing and Eurasian Curlew. Waders are ground-nesting birds and were once widespread in Central Europe’s grasslands. Due to intense land use and transformation of their habitats they disappeared in many parts, so that this soundscape must be regarded as rare. Furthermore, predation of eggs and chicks cause additional loss, but waders are able to defend their breeding site by mobbing using reckless flight attacks and loud calls. This soundscape also documents such an attack of a Common Buzzard.
The sounds of birds, mammals, amphibians, insects or anything that is human-related are annotated in the spectrogram below and include:
Black-tailed Godwit – Uferschnepfe – Limosa limosa
Eurasian Skylark – Feldlerche – Alauda arvensis
Eurasian Curlew – Großer Brachvogel – Numenius arquata
Common Cuckoo – Kuckuck – Cuculus canorus
Wood Dove – Ringeltaube – Columba palumbus
Yellow Wagtail – Schafstelze – Motacilla flava
Meadow Pipit – Wiesenpieper – Anthus pratensis
Red-backed Shrike – Neuntöter – Lanius collurio
Greylag Goose – Graugans – Anser anser
White-tailed Eagle – Seeadler – Haliaeetus albicilla
Common Pheasant – Fasan – Phasianus colchicus
Common Crane – Kranich – Grus grus
Northern Lapwing – Kiebitz – Vanellus vanellus
Common Shelduck – Brandgans – Tadorna tadorna
Common Redshank – Rotschenkel – Tringa totanus
Roe Deer – Europäisches Reh – Capreolus capreolus
Common Water Frog – Teichfrosch – Pelophylax kl. esculentus
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