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RSPB
The RSPB is the country's largest nature conservation charity, inspiring everyone to give nature a home. Together with our partners, we protect threatened birds and wildlife so our towns, coast and countryside will teem with life once again. We also play a leading role in a worldwide partnership of nature conservation organisations.
Which animal makes this night-time noise? #BigWildSleepout
Recorded by iSpiny - www.xeno-canto.org
Which animal makes this night-time noise? #BigWildSleepout
Recorded by Eddy Scheinpflug - www.xeno-canto.org
Which animal makes this night-time noise? #BigWildSleepout
Recorded by johnlavine333 - www.freesound.org
Which creature makes this night-time noise? #BigWildSleepout
Recorded by icuttv - www.freesound.org
Which animal makes this night-time noise? #BigWildSleepout
Recorded by justkiddink - www.freesound.org
This wonderful soundscape, created by Oli Hurst, is one of the runners-up in our Wildlife Explorers competition, WildSound. Here's what inspired Oli's entry:
From sounds of the Devon waves; trickling of streams, two blackbirds calling to each other, to a large variety of birds early in the morning.... These are the sounds of nature.
This imaginative audio comes from one of the runners-up, Molly Snow, in our Wildlife Explorers competition, WildSound. Here's what inspired Molly to create these sounds:
I went walking in a forest on a really rainy day. Me and my sister Immy had lots of fun squelching in mud and jumping in puddles!
Here is the wonderful winning entry, by Ellie Tapley, for our Wildlife Explorers competition, WildSound. Here's some more information about what inspired Ellie, written by her parents:
Our daughter Ellie decided she wanted to do this. Based on her favourite book (We're going on a bear hunt by Micheal Rosen and Helen Oxenbury) we went off to the beach on holiday to record the sounds on a very windy day. She called it 'We're going on a beach hunt'. She wanted to show the sounds you get when you run onto the beach and into the sea. You can hear her running through dunes (marram grass and sand), over the crispy washed up seaweed and sticks, over the pebbles/ stones, across the wet sand and into the sea where she jumps over the waves. She did this all in one take and I was so proud of her listening and understanding how nature makes wonderful noises . The sound I think just reflects what the beach is all about. Also how sound therapy through nature can transport us all to a place we recognise well, can lose ourselves in and usually have fond memories of. She said 'with grass its goes swishy swishy, with the sand it goes all through your toes, the sticks they go crunch crunch, the pebbles all bang together, the water trickles, the wind whooshes and the waves crash'.
This fantastic audio, by Alex White, is one of the runners-up in our Wildlife Explorers competition, WildSound. Here's what inspired Alex's entry:
It was a clear and cold evening, in the distance I could hear a firework display. Three Tawny owls around my garden were trying to compete for territory against the sound of the fireworks exploding.
Celebrating 30 years of white tailed eagles on Mull Jamie Wyver
This year we’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of white tailed eagles on the Scottish island of Mull. Twenty pairs of white tailed eagles now nest here, including the first ever couple, Norwegian birds now in their early 30s.
I was lucky enough to visit the island earlier this year and watch these impressive birds myself, as part of a press trip.
Dave Sexton, our Mull Officer, was our host and one of the places he took us was the Mull Eagle hide — a friendly little project set up by the RSPB, Forestry Commission Scotland, the Mull and Iona Community Trust and Police Scotland. Here you can look out at the nest of TV stars, eagles Fingal and Iona. As we watched the eagles I asked Dave to tell me a little about their history on the island .
It's Sing it Sunday quiz time! Can you guess which bird is singing in this clip? #homesfornature
It's Sing it Sunday quiz time! Can you guess which bird is singing in this clip? #homesfornature
It's Sing it Sunday quiz time! Can you guess which bird is singing in this clip? #homesfornature
It's Sing it Sunday quiz time! Can you guess which bird is singing in this clip? #homesfornature
It's Sing it Sunday quiz time! Can you guess which bird is singing in this clip? #homesfornature
It's Big Wild Sleepout this week (16-22 June 2014)! Listen to Miranda Krestovnikoff reading the story of Bumblebee and the Night Shift from The RSPB Bumper Book of Wildlife Stories.
It's Big Wild Sleepout this week (16-22 June 2014)! Listen to Zoe Ball reading the story of the Blackbird and the Ants from The RSPB Bumper Book of Wildlife Stories
It's Big Wild Sleepout this week (16-22 June 2014)! Listen to Emilia Fox reading the story of All Change from The RSPB Bumper Book of Wildlife Stories.
It's Big Wild Sleepout this week (16-22 June 2014)! Listen to Alison Steadman reading the story Outfoxed from The RSPB Bumper Book of Wildlife Stories
It's Big Wild Sleepout this week (16-22 June 2014)! Listen to Mike Dilger reading the story of The Cricket who Landed in Trouble from The RSPB Bumper Book of Wildlife Stories.
It's Big Wild Sleepout this week (16-22 June 2014)! Listen to Bill Oddie reading the story of The Stoat who Gloated from The RSPB Bumper Book of Wildlife Stories.
It's Big Wild Sleepout this week (16-22 June 2014)! Listen to Iolo Williams reading the story of The Adventurous Little Blue Tit from The RSPB Bumper Book of Wildlife Stories.
Another chance to test your birdsong knowledge! Do you know which bird is singing? #birdwatch
The RSPB runs an annual poetry competion, WildVerse in conjunction with Fun Kids and PURE radio. Listen to one of our over 8's runners up - Urban Mission by Patrick McKrell, read by Kalvin of Woolenwick School, Stevenage.
The RSPB runs an annual poetry competion, WildVerse in conjunction with Fun Kids and PURE radio. Listen to our over 8's overall winner - The Kingfisher by Ian MacArthney. Read by Harry of Woolenwick School, Stevenage.
The RSPB runs an annual poetry competion, WildVerse in conjunction with Fun Kids and PURE radio. Listen to one of our under 8's runners up - The Compton Buzzard by Rosa Duveen. Read by Rachael of Woolenwick School, Stevenage.
The RSPB runs an annual poetry competion, WildVerse, in conjunction with Fun Kids and PURE radio. Listen to one of our over 8's runners up - Phil the Pheasant by Olivia Andrews, read by Joseph of Woolenwick School, Stevenage.
The RSPB runs an annual poetry competion, WildVerse in conjunction with Fun Kids and PURE radio. Listen to our under 8's overall winner - Not an Otter Spotter by Thomas Pemberton, read by Colette of Woolenwick School, Stevenage.
The RSPB runs an annual poetry competion, WildVerse in conjunction with Fun Kids and PURE radio. Listen to our under 8's runners up - My Autumn Friend by Joseph Hunt, read by Piper of Woolenwick School, Stevenage.
The RSPB runs an annual poetry competion, WildVerse, in conjunction with Fun Kids and PURE radio. Listen to one of our over 8's runners up - The Miniature World by Ellen Voice, read by Natasha of Woolenwick School, Stevenage.
The RSPB runs an annual poetry competion, WildVerse in conjunction with Fun Kids and PURE radio. Listen to one of our under 8's runners up - Lockerbie Woods by Alasdair Thomson, read by Lucas and Millie of Woolenwick School, Stevenage.
The RSPB runs an annual poetry competion, WildVerse, in conjunction with Fun Kids and PURE radio. Listen to one of our over 8's runners up - Flames of Green Epipactis Sancta by Aidan Tulloch, read by Jack of Woolenwick School.
The RSPB runs an annual poetry competion, WildVerse in conjunction with Fun Kids and PURE radio. Listen to one of our under 8's runners up - Barden Lake by Lizzie MacKevicius, read by Faridah of Woolenwick School, Stevenage.