Listen to nature: explore home and farm sounds
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| African Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus | |
| "Alex" in conversation with keeper, recorded by Martin Kurzik, USA. | |
| Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| cagebirds singing German folk tunes, recorded by Jurgen Nicolai, Hessen, Germany. | |
| Cattle | |
| bullocks mooing, recorded by William Pedley, 21 April 1973, Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Cockerel | |
| crowing, recorded by Richard Ranft, June 1989, Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. | |
| Domestic cat | |
| greeting and purr, recorded by Phil Riddett, 16 January 1996, Kent, England. | |
| Domestic Pigs | |
| grunts and snorts, recorded by Richard Ranft, Blackdown, West Sussex, England. | |
| Foxhounds | |
| howls, recorded by John Paterson, Hampshire, England. | |
| House Sparrow Passer domesticus | |
| calls, recorded by Eric & May Nobles, 24 July 1992, Upper Tanat Valley, Montgomeryshire, Wales. | |
| Sheep | |
| recorded by Eric & May Nobles, 20 May 1989, Aberdaron, Wales. | |
| Silkworms Bombyx mori | |
| recorded by Eiji Ohya, 1 October 2004, Morioka, Japan. | |
| Sparkie Williams Melopsittacus undulatus | |
| talking, recorded in England. | |
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