Nightingale song

[Clive_S]

We were lucky enough to have a nightingale singing in the garden for a single day recently. Sadly, it looks like it was just passing through, but I did manage to get a decent long recording of it's wonderful song, so here's a tiny snippet!


http://www.goldswift.co.uk/sound/nightingale sample mono 8000.wav

or:

http://www.goldswift.co.uk/sound/nightingale sample mono 8000.mp3

Sorry, the links got chopped up, to save cutting and pasting I've converted it to this:

http://tinyurl.com/fg25k

[Wild-Woman]

Wow. That was a lucky recording. Could I hear a cuckoo in the background too? I heard my very first nightingales last Saturday on a guided walk on an RSPB reserve. Wonderful.ww

[pheonix]

nice one!
just out of interest how are you recording these calls? what 'gear' do you use?

[jerryh]

Hi Clive,
Sounds like you were nice and close!

Jerry

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

Nice one, I heard a Nightingale for the first time ever on monday they are quite scarce in our neck of the woods. They sound like they should be in some exotic country, not here

[Clive_S]

Originally Posted by pheonix

nice one!
just out of interest how are you recording these calls? what 'gear' do you use?

Hi,

I use a Sony minidisc in non-compressed mode, and an 18" parabolic reflector/microphone. I managed to get really close to this one - and yes there's a cuckoo in there too! I've done a tiny bit of noise reduction to this snippet to reduce a slight traffic hum.

Clive

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Clive_S

Hi,

I use a Sony minidisc in non-compressed mode, and an 18" parabolic reflector/microphone. I managed to get really close to this one - and yes there's a cuckoo in there too! I've done a tiny bit of noise reduction to this snippet to reduce a slight traffic hum.

Clive

Hi Clive, why don't you put this into our Sound section in the gallery? Mp3 is just fine..

[jerryh]

Originally Posted by Clive_S

Hi,

I use a Sony minidisc in non-compressed mode, and an 18" parabolic reflector/microphone. I managed to get really close to this one - and yes there's a cuckoo in there too! I've done a tiny bit of noise reduction to this snippet to reduce a slight traffic hum.

Clive

Clive,
Did you buy or make the reflector - I'd like to get one, but the prices I've seen are pretty high

Thanks,
Jerry

[Clive_S]

Originally Posted by jerryh

Clive,
Did you buy or make the reflector - I'd like to get one, but the prices I've seen are pretty high

Thanks,
Jerry

Hi Jerry,
I was given two about 15yrs ago by a friend who had bought them on impulse and then never used them! (Jammy - huh!) There are links on the web for making them though - another friend has made one out of glassfibre following these - have a quick google.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...parabolic+dish

This threw up quite a few ideas including:
http://www.netstumbler.org/showthread.php?t=15029
http://freespace.virgin.net/ljmayes....r/parabola.htm
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I'll take a look at the gallery too!

[jerryh]

Originally Posted by Clive_S

... have a quick google.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...parabolic+dish

Thanks, Clive - a good selection of ideas there.

Out with the sticky-backed plastic (for those of you old enough to remember...)

Jerry