September 20, 2023 • 30 mins
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The HomeSounds project began working with the National Trust in the autumn of 2022 through its Riverlands project and has installed two live-streaming microphones at their Felbrigg and Blickling Estates. Running Alongside these installations are a series of educational activities encouraging people to become more active in their environmental listening. The first of these is working with a small group of young people from Sidestrand School here in North Norfolk.
In these sessions we play listening games, explore on foot, learn about the wildlife of the area, and tune in to their acoustic habitats through listening and audio field recording. This show is the first of two parts in which we visit Felbrigg Hall. In part 1 we are listening for the recently arriving migrant birds; the Chiff Chaff and Blackcap. In part 2 we learn about some work taking place at Felbrigg to improve the Scarrowbeck Stream that flows through the estate . This work intends to create new habitats for wildlife by restoring the streams natural flow.
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The HomeSounds project began working with the National Trust in the autumn of 2022 through its Riverlands project and has installed two live-streaming microphones at their Felbrigg and Blickling Estates. Running Alongside these installations are a series of educational activities encouraging people to become more active in their environmental listening. The first of these is working with a small group of young people from Sidestrand School here in North Norfolk.
In these sessions we play listening games, explore on foot, learn about the wildlife of the area, and tune in to their acoustic habitats through listening and audio field recording. This show is the first of two parts in which we visit Felbrigg Hall. In part 1 we are listening for the recently arriving migrant birds; the Chiff Chaff and Blackcap. In part 2 we learn about some work taking place at Felbrigg to improve the Scarrowbeck Stream that flows through the estate . This work intends to create new habitats for wildlife by restoring the streams natural flow.
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(00:27):
Welcome home, everybody, and welcometo the fifth Home Sound Show. My
name is Martin and I'm a fieldrecordist and teacher. I'm the creator of
the Home Sounds Project and your cohost for the show along with Rob.
Hello everybody. My name is Roband I'm an educator and naturalist. I
work for the National Trust at SheringhamPark in Norfolk as part of their Children
(00:49):
and Young People Hub. The HomeSound Show invites everyone to become active environmental
listeners. Each month we visit adifferent location in Norfolk seeking out seasonal natural
sound, focusing on a different theme. We're also working with a local school
to explore these sounds together and shareour experiences of listening. The Home Sounds
Project began working with the National Trustin the autumn of twenty twenty two through
(01:12):
its riverlouds project and has installed twolive streaming microphones at their Felbrig and Blicking
States. Running alongside these installations area series of educational activities encouraging people to
become more active in their environmental listening. The first of these is working with
a small group of young people fromSideground School here in North Norfolk. In
(01:37):
these sessions, we play listening games, explore on foot, learn about the
wiloff of the area, and tuneinto their acoustic habitats through listening and audio
field recording. This show is thefirst of two parts in which we visit
Felbrick Hall. In part one,we are listening for the recently arriving migrant
birds, the chiffchaff and the blackcap. In part two, we learn
(01:57):
about some work taking place at Felburgto improve the Scarabex Stream that flows through
the estate. This work intends tocreate new habitats for wildlife by restoring the
stream's natural flow. Why how fromthe wide man right? Okay, so
we are we're here to at Felbriggagain for the next installment in our project
(02:27):
recording sounds and listening to nature.And we can think the hall behind us
looking splendid today in the sunshine,isn't it? Wow? Yeah? And
so what I want to think abouttoday is we've got a couple of things
today. Really. Firstly, followingon from last time, we're gonna listen
to some birds again. And thebirds we're gonna listen to or listen out
(02:51):
for today are two small birds.They've only just arrived back on migration from
Africa, and they are little birds, but they've got big voices, which
is why they make good subjects forsound recording and for listening. And they're
two warblers. The first one isa pretty nonscript looking bird. It needs
(03:19):
to be breathing today that he's rightgoing straight off the seat. So anyway,
the first bird nonscript looking, butit's got a distinctive, distinctive sound,
and it's a chiff chaff, chiffchaff, and it is a bird
that makes basically sings its own name. Wow. So we'll listen out for
that one, Jiff Jeff. Andwe should hear plenty of those, because
(03:44):
they've they arrived in the march andthey're setting up their territories off the sing
now. And the second bird,also warbler, a bit more distinctive,
and you probably tell what it lookslike. Its name. It's called a
black cap. So it's got kierana correct, Yes, it's got a
black cap. The male's got ablack cap, the female's got a brown
cap. Actually hard to see.But they've also got a good song,
(04:10):
and in fact, the black capsong is like one of the top songs
of all the songbirds. Yeah,so you're saying, if if a famous
singer came here and there's got thatsong, it's kind of like, what's
your what's your favorite singer? Thenfavorite singer? Who's your favorite singer?
(04:30):
Bob Dylan. That's not coming froma sixteen year old queen Queen. Okay,
fair enough, Queen. We'll gowith Queen Harry Martin. Okay,
okay, not heard of them,but yeah, why did you never heard
of them? Eighties? Anyway,they're a top top singer, and it's
(04:57):
kind of like experimental jazz is whatthe Black Cap goes with. Very fluty,
loud for the small size of thebird. And yeah, I think
some little bit of feedback they mightturn up real eye man, so let's
turn it down slightly. That's allright. Yeah, so there are the
two birds were looking for. Theyjust ride back from Africa. The black
(05:19):
Caps in particular are they've only reallystarted singing the last week or so,
so they're fresh from fresh returning,and so we'd only look around the lake.
We should hear both of us.The other thing we're going to do
slightly different is we're currently doing somework down at the lake to restore some
(05:39):
habitat down there, and what ishappening is basically a bit where there's a
stream flows out of the lake.There's been a canal like a long straight
channel of a long while, andwhat we're going to try and do is
turn it back to something more natural, and in that way some natural habitat
might be restored. But I'm nota talking about that. We're going to
(06:00):
go and talk about for the expertsabout that. So that's the other part
of what we're going to do.Right, let's leave before we get run
over. This month we go insearch of two small migrant birds that have
recently returned to our shores, thechiff chaff and the black cap. Both
birds are long distance travelers, spendingtheir summer in Britain to breed before returning
(06:24):
to southern Europe and North Africa forthe winter. Chiffchaff and black cap are
both warblers, a large family ofroughly sparrow sized insect eaters. They are
lively birds and constantly on the go, flitting from perch to perch with twitchy
wings or flicking tails. Despite theiractive nature, they're difficult to see,
as they often spend long periods concealedin dense vegetation. However, in springtime
(06:46):
their presence is betrayed by their distinctivesongs. Chiffchaff is the smaller of the
two, an unobtrusive, olive brownbird that weighs in under ten grams,
equivalent to a ballpoint pen or acouple of shit of a full paper.
Chiff Chaffs also usually have dark legsand a faint, pale eyestripe, features
that can be used to visually distinguishthem from the very similar willow warbler.
(07:10):
For certainty, you need to listento them sing, and this bird is
easily told by its onomatter peak.Chiffchaff song writing its name to its song
is not confined to English. Chiffchaffis zilp zapp in German and chiffchaff in
Dutch. Chiffchaffs arrive back in theUK from around mid March and from the
(08:09):
end of the month. They areeasy to locate in suitable habitat by their
increasingly insistent calls. They favour deciduouswooden and scrub, but can also be
present in reed beds, parks andgardens. Chiffchaff's nest close to the ground
and lay a clutch of between fourto six eggs. The low nesting position
makes the nest vulnerable to predation,and chiffchaffs generally attempt two broods before returning
(08:31):
south. From a decline in thenineteen seventies, chiffchaff numbers have stabilized and
are now increasing in the UK,with their distribution pushing northwards and larger numbers
choosing to spend the winter here too, probably adapting to milder conditions where insects
can be found year round. Blackcap is similar to chiffchaff in terms of
(08:52):
body shape, but is a sturdierbird, weighing approximately twice as much,
and in addition to insects, supplementsits diet with berries and seeds. Rather
gray and overall appearance with a palethroat. The black CAP's obvious feature is
its eponymous black pate on the male. The female sports are similar sized red
brown cap similar to chiffchaff's. Blackcaps are often skulking birds, favouring dense
(09:15):
undergrowth. Deciduous woodland, scrubland,gardens and parks are all suitable habitat.
Black caps tend to arrive back inthe UK later than chiffchaff, returning in
April and announcing their presence from aroundthe middle of the month. It is
the black CAP's song which really setsit apart as one of our finest songsters,
with its wonderful, fluty voice givingit the moniker of Northern Nightingale.
(09:37):
To my mind, the black Caphas vocal similarities with another wonderful singer,
the song Thrush, in the clarityand the power of its voice. However,
where the song Crush is classically trained, the black Cap is all improvised
jazz, a rich and varied warblecapped by impossible flourishes of fluting notes.
Some scratchy chatter is also in therepertoire, and they occasionally mimic the sounds
(09:58):
of other buds too very movie namemedium name medium I mean. The only
(11:07):
confusion species is garden warbler, whichis similar, although more hurried and less
melodic, lacking the final flutiness.Black Caps are generally easier to see than
garden warblers, so patients will oftenpay off to confirm a questionable identification.
In addition to its song, blackcaps have a distinctive tongue clicking alarm call,
(11:28):
with the sound reminiscent of two stonesbeing knocked together. In population terms,
black caps are also doing well,with a nearly fourfold rise in the
UK population from a low point inthe late nineteen sixties. Again, this
is likely helped by milder winters,with a distribution increasingly pushing north, though
the highest densities are found in theLowlands. This is another bird that has
(11:48):
started to forego the dangers of along migration to spend winter time in Britain.
Interestingly, these individuals are often birdsthat have bred in Central Europe and
have established a new lateral migration shouldto escape the harsh winter there. Having
(12:11):
a little bit of player on itis okay because that different some of the
wobbles how we need they're small somean, they're linking in one golf so
we're thinking obviously lines that live inthe To be honest, it wouldn't even
make like a I cannot pay fora lot. I mean, it wouldn't
(12:35):
a hug. But they're very small. That big but yeah, he could
eat I think bluted size. That'sa really all the way fround a month,
a few you know, they're puttingnon stop, just a few a
few weeks. That's the quaver onthe way but yeah, that's good.
(13:07):
I don't know, that could beinteresting. I've kind of just try and
spot them in my Binochios are disguises, Harry. If you want to be
a spy, you need to getsome SWI gotten some spy binoculars as special.
(13:28):
Where the heck am I you're inthe middle of a bier with Harry.
I think you might be looking throughthe wrong end of the there,
Harry, everything everything is looking furtheraway. They're not working making our way
across the fields. Our attention wasdrawn to a fast moving flock of small
(13:50):
birds darting around a gorse bush.Yeah, we've got some some linux in
that gorse bush with a little flockof birds. Yeah. Yeah, So
they're sitting in the the gorse isthe is the bush with the yellow flowers.
(14:13):
There loads of gorse around, andthere's quite a big the big flock
of little birds just tweeting as theyfly our linets. And that's another song
bird renowned for their song. Infact, back in the day people used
to keep them as a cage songbird, you know, like a canary essentially.
(14:35):
And there's the there's the song,my old man that follow the van.
Do you know that song. I'mlike, you know, can you
can you sing it? Old manfollow the van and really dally on their
way. Off went the van withthe old man in it. I followed
(14:58):
on with the old lin it.There we go the cop li It was
the male line. That was thesong bird. So that's their moving house
or whatever in the song. Andthe woman, the wife, is following
along when she's got a bird ina cage, bird in a cage.
So that's the so that they don'tthey don't kept the songbirds anymore. It's
(15:22):
a wild bird. But yeah,it's flock of linits fucking about and when
they sing, they've got a lovelysort of twittering song. Yeah, that's
like, yeah, you're the muckygot the binoculars. The males got sort
(16:56):
of dry head and a sort ofpinkish Yeah. I love the gorse and
they kind of a nesting gorse bushes. Actually in the winter time they stay
(17:21):
here and they're not migratory, sothey stay in the winter time, but
they tend to flock together. Sothis is probably the sort of the back
end of a winter flop. Yeah, they're running the top of the top
of that bush over there, soyeah, if anyone we're trying to get
(17:45):
some some recordings of them, wemight get a bit closer. So remember
we know what to do with justpress the red button basically, but as
Martin said, think twice before youpress the button. I think you know,
is this worth recording? And ifyou think yeah, well then I
press the button. Maybe obviously allof Harry. We've got Harry the album.
(18:11):
Yeah, music of the Now,Right, we keep going, Okay,
h we heard this last time out? Actually didn't we remember? You
don't remember you were here? Thesky only a bit monocuous for this one.
(18:37):
Can anyone remember this bird? Weheard it? They were they were
singing last month as well. No, no, it was the skyline.
They start singing, they go reallyreally either keep singing and just keep going
(19:00):
up and so I don't think therethat one. Look it's going to be
pretty for it. And they groundtheir stinking Yeah, there was a oh
yeah, that was like one ahm hmmm. It's a loud actually yeah,
(19:23):
they're so they nest on the groundthe skylights, so they've willed nest
on this sort of stuff. Sothey're they're one of the buds that's declined
since with lots of there's no lessplaces to come through the nest that I've
been disturbed with the change changes inagriculture. You don't mark areas off here
(19:45):
for them, no, because it'snot it's not plowed, so they look
that through. But they they're prettygood at sort of you know, they
just nest sort of touched in thebehind, the tucked in the grass sort
of thing. So I kind ofplace that's a bit out of the way,
but it's where it's where they changedthe agricultural regimes that they're actually plowing
(20:07):
in the summertime and whatever. That'sthe issue. But you can leave these
plots for skylarks. They do tendto nest in them, so there's there's
things and the things that can cando to preserve mm hmmm h yeah.
So they can just fly up andsing them then come back down to the
ground. So they'll be marketing outtheir territories at the moment. And I
(20:32):
suspect that lineits are going to benesting in this in here. I would
think it's good nesting nesting area forthe linit here they are closed up.
Yeah. Yeah. We circle aroundthe lake at Falbrig listening for chiff chaffs
(20:53):
of black caps. Both were singingdistantly, but were elusive as we try
to get in close record their songs. Their calls were also hidden them mast
plenty of other birds singing and calling. Mhm, it's all right, come
come through. Do you do youhear it? Doesn't? That's just just
(21:17):
then m m's goin? Is thatone? No, it's done it.
I just heard it. It hasn'thasn't called for a not that that's a
that's got what's that with the Yeah, that would be a great tip.
(21:48):
H m m there's a chip chapjack. So we've got the wren.
(22:10):
Keep jap keep. It's a bitdistant. Actually in this direction we'll hear
it. Better to be closer toit. I think I want a choice.
M yeh huh. I say thosetrees we're looking at you get it.
(22:41):
I'm almost flying away. Okay,yeah it was a joe there.
Yeah m hm okay, So Ican still hear the wren going away singing.
H two backstad. But you haven'tgot the chiff saba. Wow,
(23:41):
they make that many cool vot lambons. After some close encounters with chiff chaffs,
we're headed for some scrubby bushes thatwere the perfect habitat a black cap,
(24:03):
really complicated, fluty, fluty sound. It's it's a little way on.
It's a perfect habitat for it hereit's we go. It's sort of
scrubby habitat. And they often singsome sort of deep in the undergrowth so
you don't see them. And thesong is a really complicated jazzy always changing
(24:26):
some strutchy bits, lots of flutybits as well, and quite fast.
Season you hear something back, reallycomplicated kind of people, isn't that's something
(25:00):
else? That's a that's a nuthatch. Actually the black copy is closer and
so it's got difficult this Tommy becausehe's got you know, there's probably a
six berds at the same time.So the B B B that's a nuthatch
actually higher up the tree. Butthe black captain this bush somewhere in the
(25:22):
stop at for nail. It's almostit's sort of really kind of all over
way. Yeah, that's a nuttatchcalling we're the whistle. And that's a
that's a black cat. Yeah,the black cat he had a bit closer
(25:51):
to that's t This is the blackcat. That's sort of Jazzy much to
see it sweet. Yeah, that'sa black cat not actually again, would
(26:25):
a cried Jack bad? That's acry I like that well, but I
hate the fat I hate the backof a c mm hm. You've been
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listening to Thanks go to the NationalTrust and the staff and kids of Sidestrand's
School. If you'd like to keeplistening, look for the Riverlands Show on
Populam Radio, which broadcasts the soundsof Falbrig and Blickling every Wednesday evening at
ten p m. Or you canvisit www dot homesounds dot org for more
(28:33):
opportunities to actively listen. We'll beback again next month with the second part
of this series, in which wepay a visit to the site of the
development works at Scarabek Stream, talkto Ursula from the Norfolk Rivers Trust about
how and why they are making thesechanges, and listen to the sounds of
the stream both above and below thewater line. Welcome home, everybody,
(29:00):
the Anxiet Pride, The s
Welcome home, everybody, and welcometo the fifth Home Sound Show. My
name is Martin and I'm a fieldrecordist and teacher. I'm the creator of
the Home Sounds Project and your cohost for the show along with Rob.
Hello everybody. My name is Roband I'm an educator and naturalist. I
work for the National Trust at SheringhamPark in Norfolk as part of their Children
(00:49):
and Young People Hub. The HomeSound Show invites everyone to become active environmental
listeners. Each month we visit adifferent location in Norfolk seeking out seasonal natural
sound, focusing on a different theme. We're also working with a local school
to explore these sounds together and shareour experiences of listening. The Home Sounds
Project began working with the National Trustin the autumn of twenty twenty two through
(01:12):
its riverlouds project and has installed twolive streaming microphones at their Felbrig and Blicking
States. Running alongside these installations area series of educational activities encouraging people to
become more active in their environmental listening. The first of these is working with
a small group of young people fromSideground School here in North Norfolk. In
(01:37):
these sessions, we play listening games, explore on foot, learn about the
wiloff of the area, and tuneinto their acoustic habitats through listening and audio
field recording. This show is thefirst of two parts in which we visit
Felbrick Hall. In part one,we are listening for the recently arriving migrant
birds, the chiffchaff and the blackcap. In part two, we learn
(01:57):
about some work taking place at Felburgto improve the Scarabex Stream that flows through
the estate. This work intends tocreate new habitats for wildlife by restoring the
stream's natural flow. Why how fromthe wide man right? Okay, so
we are we're here to at Felbriggagain for the next installment in our project
(02:27):
recording sounds and listening to nature.And we can think the hall behind us
looking splendid today in the sunshine,isn't it? Wow? Yeah? And
so what I want to think abouttoday is we've got a couple of things
today. Really. Firstly, followingon from last time, we're gonna listen
to some birds again. And thebirds we're gonna listen to or listen out
(02:51):
for today are two small birds.They've only just arrived back on migration from
Africa, and they are little birds, but they've got big voices, which
is why they make good subjects forsound recording and for listening. And they're
two warblers. The first one isa pretty nonscript looking bird. It needs
(03:19):
to be breathing today that he's rightgoing straight off the seat. So anyway,
the first bird nonscript looking, butit's got a distinctive, distinctive sound,
and it's a chiff chaff, chiffchaff, and it is a bird
that makes basically sings its own name. Wow. So we'll listen out for
that one, Jiff Jeff. Andwe should hear plenty of those, because
(03:44):
they've they arrived in the march andthey're setting up their territories off the sing
now. And the second bird,also warbler, a bit more distinctive,
and you probably tell what it lookslike. Its name. It's called a
black cap. So it's got kierana correct, Yes, it's got a
black cap. The male's got ablack cap, the female's got a brown
cap. Actually hard to see.But they've also got a good song,
(04:10):
and in fact, the black capsong is like one of the top songs
of all the songbirds. Yeah,so you're saying, if if a famous
singer came here and there's got thatsong, it's kind of like, what's
your what's your favorite singer? Thenfavorite singer? Who's your favorite singer?
(04:30):
Bob Dylan. That's not coming froma sixteen year old queen Queen. Okay,
fair enough, Queen. We'll gowith Queen Harry Martin. Okay,
okay, not heard of them,but yeah, why did you never heard
of them? Eighties? Anyway,they're a top top singer, and it's
(04:57):
kind of like experimental jazz is whatthe Black Cap goes with. Very fluty,
loud for the small size of thebird. And yeah, I think
some little bit of feedback they mightturn up real eye man, so let's
turn it down slightly. That's allright. Yeah, so there are the
two birds were looking for. Theyjust ride back from Africa. The black
(05:19):
Caps in particular are they've only reallystarted singing the last week or so,
so they're fresh from fresh returning,and so we'd only look around the lake.
We should hear both of us.The other thing we're going to do
slightly different is we're currently doing somework down at the lake to restore some
(05:39):
habitat down there, and what ishappening is basically a bit where there's a
stream flows out of the lake.There's been a canal like a long straight
channel of a long while, andwhat we're going to try and do is
turn it back to something more natural, and in that way some natural habitat
might be restored. But I'm nota talking about that. We're going to
(06:00):
go and talk about for the expertsabout that. So that's the other part
of what we're going to do.Right, let's leave before we get run
over. This month we go insearch of two small migrant birds that have
recently returned to our shores, thechiff chaff and the black cap. Both
birds are long distance travelers, spendingtheir summer in Britain to breed before returning
(06:24):
to southern Europe and North Africa forthe winter. Chiffchaff and black cap are
both warblers, a large family ofroughly sparrow sized insect eaters. They are
lively birds and constantly on the go, flitting from perch to perch with twitchy
wings or flicking tails. Despite theiractive nature, they're difficult to see,
as they often spend long periods concealedin dense vegetation. However, in springtime
(06:46):
their presence is betrayed by their distinctivesongs. Chiffchaff is the smaller of the
two, an unobtrusive, olive brownbird that weighs in under ten grams,
equivalent to a ballpoint pen or acouple of shit of a full paper.
Chiff Chaffs also usually have dark legsand a faint, pale eyestripe, features
that can be used to visually distinguishthem from the very similar willow warbler.
(07:10):
For certainty, you need to listento them sing, and this bird is
easily told by its onomatter peak.Chiffchaff song writing its name to its song
is not confined to English. Chiffchaffis zilp zapp in German and chiffchaff in
Dutch. Chiffchaffs arrive back in theUK from around mid March and from the
(08:09):
end of the month. They areeasy to locate in suitable habitat by their
increasingly insistent calls. They favour deciduouswooden and scrub, but can also be
present in reed beds, parks andgardens. Chiffchaff's nest close to the ground
and lay a clutch of between fourto six eggs. The low nesting position
makes the nest vulnerable to predation,and chiffchaffs generally attempt two broods before returning
(08:31):
south. From a decline in thenineteen seventies, chiffchaff numbers have stabilized and
are now increasing in the UK,with their distribution pushing northwards and larger numbers
choosing to spend the winter here too, probably adapting to milder conditions where insects
can be found year round. Blackcap is similar to chiffchaff in terms of
(08:52):
body shape, but is a sturdierbird, weighing approximately twice as much,
and in addition to insects, supplementsits diet with berries and seeds. Rather
gray and overall appearance with a palethroat. The black CAP's obvious feature is
its eponymous black pate on the male. The female sports are similar sized red
brown cap similar to chiffchaff's. Blackcaps are often skulking birds, favouring dense
(09:15):
undergrowth. Deciduous woodland, scrubland,gardens and parks are all suitable habitat.
Black caps tend to arrive back inthe UK later than chiffchaff, returning in
April and announcing their presence from aroundthe middle of the month. It is
the black CAP's song which really setsit apart as one of our finest songsters,
with its wonderful, fluty voice givingit the moniker of Northern Nightingale.
(09:37):
To my mind, the black Caphas vocal similarities with another wonderful singer,
the song Thrush, in the clarityand the power of its voice. However,
where the song Crush is classically trained, the black Cap is all improvised
jazz, a rich and varied warblecapped by impossible flourishes of fluting notes.
Some scratchy chatter is also in therepertoire, and they occasionally mimic the sounds
(09:58):
of other buds too very movie namemedium name medium I mean. The only
(11:07):
confusion species is garden warbler, whichis similar, although more hurried and less
melodic, lacking the final flutiness.Black Caps are generally easier to see than
garden warblers, so patients will oftenpay off to confirm a questionable identification.
In addition to its song, blackcaps have a distinctive tongue clicking alarm call,
(11:28):
with the sound reminiscent of two stonesbeing knocked together. In population terms,
black caps are also doing well,with a nearly fourfold rise in the
UK population from a low point inthe late nineteen sixties. Again, this
is likely helped by milder winters,with a distribution increasingly pushing north, though
the highest densities are found in theLowlands. This is another bird that has
(11:48):
started to forego the dangers of along migration to spend winter time in Britain.
Interestingly, these individuals are often birdsthat have bred in Central Europe and
have established a new lateral migration shouldto escape the harsh winter there. Having
(12:11):
a little bit of player on itis okay because that different some of the
wobbles how we need they're small somean, they're linking in one golf so
we're thinking obviously lines that live inthe To be honest, it wouldn't even
make like a I cannot pay fora lot. I mean, it wouldn't
(12:35):
a hug. But they're very small. That big but yeah, he could
eat I think bluted size. That'sa really all the way fround a month,
a few you know, they're puttingnon stop, just a few a
few weeks. That's the quaver onthe way but yeah, that's good.
(13:07):
I don't know, that could beinteresting. I've kind of just try and
spot them in my Binochios are disguises, Harry. If you want to be
a spy, you need to getsome SWI gotten some spy binoculars as special.
(13:28):
Where the heck am I you're inthe middle of a bier with Harry.
I think you might be looking throughthe wrong end of the there,
Harry, everything everything is looking furtheraway. They're not working making our way
across the fields. Our attention wasdrawn to a fast moving flock of small
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birds darting around a gorse bush.Yeah, we've got some some linux in
that gorse bush with a little flockof birds. Yeah. Yeah, So
they're sitting in the the gorse isthe is the bush with the yellow flowers.
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There loads of gorse around, andthere's quite a big the big flock
of little birds just tweeting as theyfly our linets. And that's another song
bird renowned for their song. Infact, back in the day people used
to keep them as a cage songbird, you know, like a canary essentially.
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And there's the there's the song,my old man that follow the van.
Do you know that song. I'mlike, you know, can you
can you sing it? Old manfollow the van and really dally on their
way. Off went the van withthe old man in it. I followed
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on with the old lin it.There we go the cop li It was
the male line. That was thesong bird. So that's their moving house
or whatever in the song. Andthe woman, the wife, is following
along when she's got a bird ina cage, bird in a cage.
So that's the so that they don'tthey don't kept the songbirds anymore. It's
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a wild bird. But yeah,it's flock of linits fucking about and when
they sing, they've got a lovelysort of twittering song. Yeah, that's
like, yeah, you're the muckygot the binoculars. The males got sort
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of dry head and a sort ofpinkish Yeah. I love the gorse and
they kind of a nesting gorse bushes. Actually in the winter time they stay
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here and they're not migratory, sothey stay in the winter time, but
they tend to flock together. Sothis is probably the sort of the back
end of a winter flop. Yeah, they're running the top of the top
of that bush over there, soyeah, if anyone we're trying to get
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some some recordings of them, wemight get a bit closer. So remember
we know what to do with justpress the red button basically, but as
Martin said, think twice before youpress the button. I think you know,
is this worth recording? And ifyou think yeah, well then I
press the button. Maybe obviously allof Harry. We've got Harry the album.
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Yeah, music of the Now,Right, we keep going, Okay,
h we heard this last time out? Actually didn't we remember? You
don't remember you were here? Thesky only a bit monocuous for this one.
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Can anyone remember this bird? Weheard it? They were they were
singing last month as well. No, no, it was the skyline.
They start singing, they go reallyreally either keep singing and just keep going
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up and so I don't think therethat one. Look it's going to be
pretty for it. And they groundtheir stinking Yeah, there was a oh
yeah, that was like one ahm hmmm. It's a loud actually yeah,
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they're so they nest on the groundthe skylights, so they've willed nest
on this sort of stuff. Sothey're they're one of the buds that's declined
since with lots of there's no lessplaces to come through the nest that I've
been disturbed with the change changes inagriculture. You don't mark areas off here
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for them, no, because it'snot it's not plowed, so they look
that through. But they they're prettygood at sort of you know, they
just nest sort of touched in thebehind, the tucked in the grass sort
of thing. So I kind ofplace that's a bit out of the way,
but it's where it's where they changedthe agricultural regimes that they're actually plowing
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in the summertime and whatever. That'sthe issue. But you can leave these
plots for skylarks. They do tendto nest in them, so there's there's
things and the things that can cando to preserve mm hmmm h yeah.
So they can just fly up andsing them then come back down to the
ground. So they'll be marketing outtheir territories at the moment. And I
(20:32):
suspect that lineits are going to benesting in this in here. I would
think it's good nesting nesting area forthe linit here they are closed up.
Yeah. Yeah. We circle aroundthe lake at Falbrig listening for chiff chaffs
(20:53):
of black caps. Both were singingdistantly, but were elusive as we try
to get in close record their songs. Their calls were also hidden them mast
plenty of other birds singing and calling. Mhm, it's all right, come
come through. Do you do youhear it? Doesn't? That's just just
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then m m's goin? Is thatone? No, it's done it.
I just heard it. It hasn'thasn't called for a not that that's a
that's got what's that with the Yeah, that would be a great tip.
(21:48):
H m m there's a chip chapjack. So we've got the wren.
(22:10):
Keep jap keep. It's a bitdistant. Actually in this direction we'll hear
it. Better to be closer toit. I think I want a choice.
M yeh huh. I say thosetrees we're looking at you get it.
(22:41):
I'm almost flying away. Okay,yeah it was a joe there.
Yeah m hm okay, So Ican still hear the wren going away singing.
H two backstad. But you haven'tgot the chiff saba. Wow,
(23:41):
they make that many cool vot lambons. After some close encounters with chiff chaffs,
we're headed for some scrubby bushes thatwere the perfect habitat a black cap,
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really complicated, fluty, fluty sound. It's it's a little way on.
It's a perfect habitat for it hereit's we go. It's sort of
scrubby habitat. And they often singsome sort of deep in the undergrowth so
you don't see them. And thesong is a really complicated jazzy always changing
(24:26):
some strutchy bits, lots of flutybits as well, and quite fast.
Season you hear something back, reallycomplicated kind of people, isn't that's something
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else? That's a that's a nuthatch. Actually the black copy is closer and
so it's got difficult this Tommy becausehe's got you know, there's probably a
six berds at the same time.So the B B B that's a nuthatch
actually higher up the tree. Butthe black captain this bush somewhere in the
(25:22):
stop at for nail. It's almostit's sort of really kind of all over
way. Yeah, that's a nuttatchcalling we're the whistle. And that's a
that's a black cat. Yeah,the black cat he had a bit closer
(25:51):
to that's t This is the blackcat. That's sort of Jazzy much to
see it sweet. Yeah, that'sa black cat not actually again, would
(26:25):
a cried Jack bad? That's acry I like that well, but I
hate the fat I hate the backof a c mm hm. You've been
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listening to Thanks go to the NationalTrust and the staff and kids of Sidestrand's
School. If you'd like to keeplistening, look for the Riverlands Show on
Populam Radio, which broadcasts the soundsof Falbrig and Blickling every Wednesday evening at
ten p m. Or you canvisit www dot homesounds dot org for more
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opportunities to actively listen. We'll beback again next month with the second part
of this series, in which wepay a visit to the site of the
development works at Scarabek Stream, talkto Ursula from the Norfolk Rivers Trust about
how and why they are making thesechanges, and listen to the sounds of
the stream both above and below thewater line. Welcome home, everybody,
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