Sounds of nature

[shenk1]

With all the noise around natural sounds still have the ability to cut through it all and put a smile back on your face.
For me you can't beat skylarks in the fields (or even blackbirds at 4.30am like this morning) to make me think of happy things
What sounds make others smile or even drive you mad

[aeshna5]

There are so many sounds I love in nature: from insects such as crickets/grasshoppers (+cicadas in the tropics), Red Deer in rut, the raucous cacophony of Marsh Frogs (+Tree Frogs on the continent), Herring Gulls in full throttle, the sound of the machair with drumming Snipe, Lapwing + other waders, obviously a full songbird chorus, churring Nightjar- I could go on!

Also the inanimate sounds like crashing waves, thunder claps, etc.

[RobSutton]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

There are so many sounds I love in nature: from insects such as crickets/grasshoppers (+cicadas in the tropics), Red Deer in rut, the raucous cacophony of Marsh Frogs (+Tree Frogs on the continent), Herring Gulls in full throttle, the sound of the machair with drumming Snipe, Lapwing + other waders, obviously a full songbird chorus, churring Nightjar- I could go on!

Also the inanimate sounds like crashing waves, thunder claps, etc.

I'd certainly agree with the machair but would add corncrake to the list. Buried away in the Sounds part of the Images section is a recording I made of the magical sound of the machair:

Machair - corncrakes plus - Wild About Britain Pics

..... but unfortunately they don't seem to play anymore

I have never heard March Frogs but would love to, and I would add Mistle Thrush belting it out ridiculously early in January, Curlew displaying over their breeding sites and the bubbling call of Cuckoo - a much more intimate sound than their standard cuckoo call.

[ChrisJB]

If I'm in the garden, singing blackbirds and screaming swifts. If I'm in the hills, curlews, golden plovers and maybe a buzzard mewing.

Regards, Chris