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| "Sea Cliffs" with Kittiwakes and Fulmars | |
| from "Wild Britain" CD, recorded by Richard Margoschis, 9 May 1990, Bempton, North Yorkshire, England. | |
| Australasian Bush | |
| recorded by John N. Hutchinson, 6 November 1975, Balingup, Western Australia, Australia. | |
| Bharatpur Dawn | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. | |
| Bushland Dawn Chorus | |
| recorded by John N. Hutchinson, 31 October 1975, Wrights Bridge, Blackwood River W.A, Australia. | |
| Cape Dawn soundscape at 0445 hours | |
| recorded by David Watts, 12 December 1979, Outeniqua Mountains (ca 22 37'E, ca 33 54'S), Cape Province, South Africa. | |
| Danum Valley atmosphere | |
| recorded by Charles Rowney, July 1986, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. | |
| Dawn chorus | |
| recorded by David Watts, 27 November 1984, Royal National Amphitheatre, near Tendele Camp, Natal, South Africa. | |
| Dawn chorus | |
| from "Dawn Chorus" CD, recorded by Phil Riddett, 13 June 1998, Burwash Common, East Sussex, England. | |
| Dawn chorus | |
| recorded by Reg Kersley, March 1972, Dusun Game Reserve, Malaysia. | |
| Dawn Chorus | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 25 May 1998, Ebernoe Common, West Sussex, England. | |
| Dawn chorus | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, Naini Tal, Himalayas, India. | |
| Dusk in an oriental rainforest | |
| recorded by Reg Kersley, February 1973, Taman Nagara National Park, Malaysia. | |
| Estuary atmosphere | |
| recorded by Richard Margoschis, 25 September 1991, Burnham Overy, Norfolk, England. | |
| Evening atmosphere | |
| recorded by Katie Hampson, 5 August 1998, Coorg, Lackunda Estate, Karnataka, India. | |
| Extract from Rainforest Requiem | |
| frogs, insects and owls accompany the mournful cadence of a Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) by the Amazon river, recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1988, Amacayacu National Park, Amazonas, Colombia. | |
| Forest dawn chorus | |
| recorded by TC White, 9 September 1979, Mt Tambomine, Queensland, Australia. | |
| Meadow soundscape with grasshoppers | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 19 June 1989, Ennerdale, Cumbria, England. | |
| Pine cones | |
| splitting open in heat, recorded by Kyle Turner, 9 August 1998, Foret de St. Nicholas, nr Chinon, Loire, France. | |
| Rainfall | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1988, Amacayacu National Park, Amazonas, Colombia. | |
| Rainforest Soundscape | |
| recorded by John N. Hutchinson, 30 April 1980, Green Mountains, Queensland, Australia. | |
| Rough sea with heavy surf on large sandy beach after storm | |
| recorded by Paul Duck, 28 February 1996, Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, England. | |
| Rough sea, waves rushing through a narrow gully | |
| recorded by Paul Duck, 1 March 1996, Kynance Cove, Cornwall, England. | |
| Thunderstorm | |
| recorded by Eric & May Nobles, 6 July 1989, Tanat Valley, Montgomeryshire, Wales. | |
| Tropical savannah soundscape | |
| recorded by Robert Stjernstedt, 7 September 1966, Arusha, Tanzania. | |
| Water dripping in a subterranean cavern | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 20 May 1997, limestone caves, Dordogne, France. | |
| Wind | |
| recorded by Eric & May Nobles, 1 May 1989, Aberdaron, Braich-y-Pwll, Lleyn, Wales. | |
| Woodland dawn chorus | |
| Wren, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Carrion Crow in chorus at 0535 hours, recorded by William Pedley, 17 June 1973, Wicken Wood, Northamptonshire, England. | |
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