Camera and microphone capture the evening chorus at a small lake in eastern Germany. This lake is full of waterfowl and you can hear displaying Goldeneyes, Eurasian Wigeons and Eurasian Teals. Calling Eurasian Coots, Black-headed Gulls, Greylag Geese and Red-necked Grebes are everywhere. From the reedbeds we listen to the insect-like song of the Savi’s Warbler and the hectic song of Sedge Warbler. Occasionally, Water Rail and Little Crake can be heard. Duetting pairs of Common Cranes defend their territories acoustically against other pairs. Up to three booming Great Bitterns are spread around the lake. A White Wagtail visits the small observation tower for a little song. The vocal activity of most birds decreases with continuing nightfall.
The sounds of birds, mammals, amphibians, insects or anything that is human-related are annotated in the spectrogram below and include:
Sedge Warbler – Schilfrohrsänger – Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common Crane – Kranich – Grus grus
Black-headed Gull – Lachmöwe – Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Savi’s Warbler – Rohrschwirl – Locustella luscinioides
Blue Tit – Blaumeise – Cyanistes caeruleus
Yellowhammer – Goldammer – Emberiza citrinella
Greylag Goose – Graugans – Anser anser
Reed Bunting – Rohrammer – Emberiza schoeniclus
Song Thrush – Singdrossel – Turdus philomelos
Little Crake – Kleines Sumpfhuhn – Porzana parva
Eurasian Coot – Blässhuhn – Fulica atra
Mute Swan – Höckerschwan – Cygnus olor
Great Bittern – Rohrdommel – Botaurus stellaris
Goldeneye – Schellente – Bucephala clangula
Eurasian Teal – Krickente – Anas crecca
Common Chiffchaff – Zilpzalp -Phylloscopus collybita
Eurasian Wigeon – Pfeifente – Anas penelope
White-tailed Eagle – Seeadler – Haliaeetus albicilla
Great Reed Warbler – Drosselrohrsänger – Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Common Blackbird – Amsel – Turdus merula
Gadwall – Schnatterente – Mareca strepera
Water Rail – Wasserralle – Rallus aquaticus
White Wagtail – Bachstelze – Motacilla alba
Red-necked Grebe – Rothalstaucher – Podiceps grisegena
Yellow Wagtail – Schafstelze – Motacilla flava
Grey Heron – Graureiher – Ardea cinerea
Roe Deer – Europäisches Reh – Capreolus capreolus
Hymenoptera sp. – Hautflügler sp. – Hymenoptera sp.
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