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| African Hoopoe Upupa africana | |
| song, recorded by David Watts, 27 November 1974, near Craddock, Cape Province, South Africa. | |
| Algerian Nuthatch Sitta ledanti | |
| song from "African Birds CD", vol 1, recorded by Nick Gardner, 10 September 1991, Djebel Babor, Algeria. | |
| Badger Meles meles | |
| moving through field, recorded by William Pedley, 19 September 1980, Akeley, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Barred Owl Strix varia | |
| 'who cooks for you' song, recorded by Tom Cosburn, Corkscrew Swamp, Florida, USA. | |
| Bianchi's Warbler Seicercus valentini | |
| song, recorded by Per Alström, 3 June 1994, Jie Jin, Emei Shan, China. | |
| Blackbird Turdus merula | |
| afternoon song, recorded by Eric & May Nobles, 9 June 1990, Tamat Valley, Llangynog, Wales. | |
| Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, I June 1988, Northwood Hill RSPB reserve, Kent, England. | |
| Black-capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus | |
| calls, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 16 June 1995, Algonquin, Ontario, Canada. | |
| Blue Tit Parus caeruleus | |
| song, recorded by William Pedley, 21 April 1968, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Blyth's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides claudiae | |
| song, recorded by Per Alström, 28 May 1994, Xiang Feng Si, Emei Shan, China. | |
| Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| song, recorded by A. Rex Ashby, 10 April 1988, New Forest, Hampshire, England. | |
| Carrion Crow Corvus corone | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 4 April 1976, Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 17 June 1989, Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. | |
| Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 22 April 1986, Leckhampstead Wood, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | |
| song, recorded by William Thorpe, 1954, England. | |
| Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | |
| Kaspar Hauser chaffinch (raised in acoustic isolation), recorded by William Thorpe, 7 May 1956, England. | |
| Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita | |
| song, recorded by William Pedley, 5 May 1982, Springhead, Dorset, England. | |
| Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita | |
| song, recorded by Keith F. Betton, 21 May 1977, Bushy Park, Middlesex, England. | |
| Chinese Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis | |
| song, recorded by Per Alström, 1993, Panquengou, Shanxi, China. | |
| Chinese Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis | |
| calls, recorded by Per Alström, 1993, Panquengou, Shanxi, China. | |
| Coal Tit Parus ater | |
| song, recorded by William Pedley, 13 April 1972, Wicken Wood, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto | |
| song and alighting calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 11 May 1972, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Common Buzzard Buteo buteo | |
| calls of alarm at nest, recorded by Rod Jervis, 5 May 1980, Godolphin Woods, Cornwall, England. | |
| Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra | |
| community singing, recorded by Simon Elliott, 4 November 1990, Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England. | |
| Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus | |
| sonar calls at 45 kHz (time expanded x 10), recorded by Nancy Vaughan, 9 June 1993, Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England. | |
| Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata | |
| song, recorded by Paul Holt, 10 February 1993, Nainital, India. | |
| Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 5 June 1964, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas | |
| song, recorded by Phil Riddett, 25 June 1990, Elk Island National Park Longitude 112 55'W, Latitude 53 45'N, Alberta, Canada. | |
| Dawn chorus | |
| from "Dawn Chorus" CD, recorded by Phil Riddett, 13 June 1998, Burwash Common, East Sussex, England. | |
| Dawn chorus | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, Naini Tal, Himalayas, India. | |
| Edible Dormouse Glis glis | |
| recorded by Reg Genever, July 1963, Hazelborough Forest, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | |
| song and 'gowking' from two males, bubbling calls from distant female, from "British Bird Sounds on CD", recorded by A. Rex Ashby, 22 May 1985, New Forest, Hampshire, England. | |
| Fallow Deer Dama dama | |
| from "Wild Britain" CD. Pig-like grunts at night from rutting Fallow Deer bucks, recorded by Richard Margoschis, 27 October 1975, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England. | |
| Fieldfare Turdus pilaris | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 8 December 1974, Leckhampstead Wood, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| song, recorded by David Watts, 31 January 1980, Mkusi Game Park (32 14'E, 27 39'S), Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. | |
| Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus | |
| song, recorded by Victor Lewis, 13 April 1976, Wendover Woods, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Flying Fox Pteropus sp | |
| screeches, recorded by John B. Fisher, 3 October 1983, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Gansu Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus kansuensis | |
| song, recorded by Per Alström, 8 June 1994, Xiang Shan, Lanzhou, China. | |
| Garden Warbler Sylvia borin | |
| song, recorded by Rod Jervis, 10 June 1979, Wiggonholt, Sussex, England. | |
| Giant Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus | |
| calls, recorded by David Watts, 19 June 1984, east of Naboomspruit, Transvaal, South Africa. | |
| Goldcrest Regulus regulus japonensis | |
| song, recorded by Martin Packert, 14 June 1996, National Forest of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. | |
| Goldcrest Regulus regulus | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 14 February 1993, Fernhurst, West Sussex, England. | |
| Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus | |
| song, recorded by Ron Kettle, 12 May 1991, How Hill, Norfolk, England. | |
| Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii | |
| song, recorded by Per Alström, 19 May 1997, Lava (2040 m), Kalimpong district, West Bengal, India. | |
| Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | |
| song, recorded by Eric & May Nobles, 29 July 1992, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire, Wales. | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker Picoides major | |
| drumming, recorded by William Pedley, 9 April 1978, Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, England. | |
| Great Tit Parus major | |
| seee calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 10 January 1988, Brook Wood near Bromley, Kent, England. | |
| Great Tit Parus major | |
| mobbing calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 6 June 1965, Gloucestershire, England. | |
| Great Tit Parus major | |
| song, recorded by William Pedley, 17 May 1986, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, England. | |
| Great Tit Parus major | |
| song, from "Songs of Garden Birds" CD, recorded by William Pedley, 2 March 1974, Leckhampstead Wood, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Green Woodpecker Picus viridis | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 1 April 1973, Cosgrove Broads, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis | |
| recorded by Reg Tassell, October 1971, Devon, England. | |
| Guira Cuckoo Guira guira | |
| alarm calls, recorded by Jake Willis, 14 July 1999, Casco, Caazapa department, Paraguay. | |
| Gunning's Robin Erithacus gunningi | |
| song, recorded by Anthony Walker, 7 January 1972, Dondo, Mozambique. | |
| Hispanic Coal Tit Parus ater | |
| calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 21 May 1987, Parque Nacional Sierra de Cazorla, Jaen, Spain. | |
| Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus | |
| 30 birds, recorded by Ron Kettle, 16 August 1992, Pantanal, Brazil. | |
| Jackdaw Corvus monedula | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 4 May 1980, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Jay Garrulus glandarius | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 16 October 1977, Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, England. | |
| Koala Phascolarctos cinereus | |
| calls, recorded by John B. Fisher, 6 March 1984, Grampian Mountains, Victoria, Australia. | |
| Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 3 May 1992, Charle Wood, Bedfordshire, England. | |
| Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguiniae | |
| calls, recorded by John N. Hutchinson, 29 September 1979, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia. | |
| Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus | |
| song, recorded by Per Alström, 3 June 1994, Jie Jin, Emei Shan, China. | |
| Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus | |
| song, recorded by Per Alström, 3 June 1994, Jie Jin, Emei Shan, China. | |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Picoides minor | |
| drumming, recorded by William Pedley, 8 May 1983, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, England. | |
| Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata | |
| song, recorded by Ben Coffey, 25 March 1973, Assam, India. | |
| Little Owl Athene noctua | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 20 January 1970, Surrey, England. | |
| Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 14 February 1993, Lynchmere, West Sussex, England. | |
| Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura | |
| song, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 7 July 2002, Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada. | |
| Nightingale Erithacus megarhynchos | |
| from "British Bird Sounds on CD". Song, recorded by Douglas Bower, June 1973, Hampshire, England. | |
| Nightingale Erithacus megarhynchos | |
| from "Record Made by a Captive Nightingale" by Carl Reich, on the Gramophone label, 1910. The first published recording of a bird, recorded in Germany. | |
| Nightingale Erithacus megarhynchos | |
| calls, recorded by Philip Radford, 11 June 1970, near Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England. | |
| Nightingale Erithacus megarhynchos | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 16 May 1987, Montseny, Catalonia, Spain. | |
| Nightingale Erithacus megarhynchos | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 27 May 1988, Northwood Hill RSPB reserve, Kent, England. | |
| Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| song, recorded by A. Rex Ashby, 10 June 1984, near Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. | |
| Noctule bat Nyctalus noctula | |
| sonar calls heard through a heterodyne detector, recorded by Richard Ranft, 3 June 1986, Brook Wood, Kent, England. | |
| Noctule bat Nyctalus noctula | |
| sonar calls heard at one quarter frequency , recorded by Richard Ranft, 3 June 1986, Brook Wood, Kent, England. | |
| Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis | |
| song, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 13 February 1981, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. | |
| Nuthatch Sitta europaea | |
| calls, recorded by Rod Jervis, 4 April 1982, Bignor Park, Sussex, England. | |
| Ochre-flanked Tapaculo Eugralla paradoxa | |
| calls, recorded by Tom Gullick, 1 December 1998, Naheulbuta National Park, southern Chile, Chile. | |
| Osprey Pandion haliaetus | |
| heartbeat, recorded by Simon Elliott, 21 June 1999, Highland, Scotland. | |
| Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus | |
| song, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 9 June 2001, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. | |
| Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus | |
| calls, recorded by David Fisher, 4 February 2000, Malindi, E Kenya. | |
| Pheasant Phasianus colchicus | |
| roosting calls and whirring wings, recorded by Rod Jervis, 8 December 1979, South Stoke, Sussex, England. | |
| Pheasant Phasianus colchicus | |
| crowing, recorded by Victor Lewis, 21 April 1974, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Pheasant Phasianus colchicus | |
| roosting calls and whirring wings, recorded by William Pedley, 11 May 1973, Wicken Wood, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis | |
| recorded by Vicki Powys, 20 July 1993, Lawn Hill National Park, Queensland, Australia. | |
| Pied Wagtail Motacilla cinerea | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 4 April 1974, near Newton Blossomville, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus | |
| calls, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 31 May 2001, Bachus Woods, Ontario, Canada. | |
| Pine cones | |
| splitting open in heat, recorded by Kyle Turner, 9 August 1998, Foret de St. Nicolas, nr Chinon, Loire, France. | |
| Red Fox Vulpes vulpes | |
| calls at night, recorded by Richard Margoschis, 16 January 1972, Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, England. | |
| Red Fox Vulpes vulpes | |
| Barking in distance, recorded by William Pedley, 26 December 1983, Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus | |
| song, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 4 June 2000, Mansfield, Ontario, Canada. | |
| Redpoll Acanthis flammea | |
| song during display flight, recorded by William Pedley, 11 July 1975, Salthouse Heath, Norfolk, England. | |
| River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis | |
| song, recorded by Phil Riddett, 10 May 2003, Bükkzsérc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary. | |
| Robin Erithacus rubecula | |
| 'seee' call, recorded by Philip Rudkin, 25 May 1980, Shortwood, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Robin Erithacus rubecula | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 14 February 1993, Fernhurst, West Sussex, England. | |
| Robin Erithacus rubecula | |
| 'tic' call, recorded by William Pedley, 14 October 1973, Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, England. | |
| Rook Corvus frugilegus | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 4 April 1978, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri | |
| calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 17 January 1988, Bromley, Kent, England. | |
| Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus | |
| drumming, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 6 June 2003, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. | |
| Scarlet-throated Tanager Compsothraupis loricata | |
| song, recorded by Tom Gullick, 11 February 1996, Lagoa Grande, Pernambuco, Brazil. | |
| Siskin Carduelis spinus | |
| song, recorded by John B. Fisher, 3 April 1973, Frensham Common, Surrey, England. | |
| Song Thrush Turdus philomelos | |
| song, recorded by Rod Jervis, 15 May 1979, St Hilary, Cornwall, England. | |
| Song Thrush Turdus philomelos | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 9 July 1979, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus | |
| sonar calls at 55kHz (time-expanded recording x10 ), recorded by Nancy Vaughan, 24 May 1993, Bristol, England. | |
| Spanish Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus | |
| song, recorded by Dave Willis, 1 May 1999, Portland, Dorset, England. | |
| Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 28 June 1967, Chobham, Surrey, England. | |
| Stock Dove Columba oenas | |
| song, recorded by William Pedley, 6 March 1977, Clifton Spinney, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Swallow Hirundo rustica | |
| song, recorded by William Pedley, 8 June 1991, Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. | |
| Tawny Owl Strix aluco | |
| recorded by Ron Kettle, 18 June 1988, Cannon Hill Common, London, England. | |
| Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 19 April 1992, Rendlesham, Suffolk, England. | |
| Tree pipit Anthus trivialis | |
| song of a bird raised by a Chaffinch, recorded by William Thorpe, 30 May 1956, England. | |
| Treecreeper Certhia familiaris | |
| calls, recorded by Michael Strand, 8 May 1994, South England, England. | |
| Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus | |
| song, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 26 May 2003, Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada. | |
| White-tailed Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus davisoni disturbans | |
| song, recorded by Per Alström, 28 May 1994, Xiang Feng Si, Emei Shan, China. | |
| Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| song, recorded by Michael Strand, 3 May 1995, Old Winchester Hill, Hampshire, England. | |
| Wolf Canis lupus | |
| howling, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 23rd September 1995, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada. | |
| Wolves Canis lupus | |
| howling, recorded by Richard Ranft, Toronto Zoo, Canada. | |
| Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
| song, recorded by Victor Lewis, 13 May 1981, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Woodcock Scolopax rusticola | |
| roding song, recorded by William Pedley, 31 May 1972, Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Woodland dawn chorus | |
| Wren, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Carrion Crow in chorus at 0535 hours, recorded by William Pedley, 17 June 1973, Wicken Wood, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Woodpigeon Columba palumbus | |
| song, recorded by William Pedley, 1977, Leckhampstead Wood, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Woodpigeon Columba palumbus | |
| wingbeats, recorded by William Pedley, 26 October 1975, Clifton Spinney, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Wren Trogoldytes troglodytes | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, Pinner, Middlesex, England. | |
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