Soundscapes

01 Summer Beach 4:49
This soundscape visits a shingle beach in Summer. It is a dry and still day. Seagulls can be heard, as well as other people enjoying themselves on the beach. There is a short section of splashing in the water.

02 Beach Rain Shelter 4:12
This soundscape takes place on a rainy Autumn day, inside a beach shelter near waves breaking on the shore. Dripping can be heard around the shelter. There are passers-by, sometimes walking their pets.

03 Beach Café 7:24
This soundscape takes place on a beach near a café. People are eating and talking, and people can be heard walking past, enjoying themselves. Occasionally there are seagulls. It is Autumn and the waves are calm.

04 Hillside Lake 6:01
This soundscape takes place near a hillside lake in Summer. Crickets and other insects can be heard alongside the lapping at the shore. There are some trees nearby. Branches and grass can be heard moving in the breeze. Few human sounds can be heard.

05 Woodland Bird Calls 3:10
This soundscape takes place on the edge of an ancient wood, in Spring. Different kinds of bird calls can be heard. It is a still day. Few human sounds can be heard.

06 River Woodland Birds 3:10
This soundscape takes place in the centre of an ancient wood by the banks of a river, in Spring. Different kinds of bird calls can be heard. One bird repeats its call. It is a still day. Few human sounds can be heard. 

07 Rural Night Birds 2:33
This soundscape visits a rural area, where people are camping. It is nearly dawn in Summer. At the start, the sounds of a tent can be heard, and a campfire is lit. Night birds can be heard. Few human sounds can be heard.

08 Rural Dawn Birds 4:40
This soundscape takes place on a farm, where people are camping. It is Summer at dawn. Different kinds of birds call, and sometimes farm animals make noises in the distance. In the middle of the soundscape, a tent zip can be heard and a passing rain shower.. There are few human sounds.

09 Garden Birds 5:44
This soundscape take place in a cottage garden on the edge of a wood. It is a Summer morning. Occasionally young children playing can be heard, and traffic passes by on a nearby lane and futher away. There are many kinds of bird calls , as well as the sounds of an occasional squirrel and passing insect. A nearby corrugated roof is creaking in the morning sun.

10 Coastal Walk  7:47
This soundscape comprises several coastal scenes including a walk along a river,  a rockpool coastline, different types of windswept beach sounds, the rattling of boat rigging in the wind, before returning to a calm river on the wooded outskirts of the bay. Different kinds of birds call sporadically, and more consistently in the river sections. There are few human sounds.