Wild Lives

Seventeen suggested identifications this morning—and the house martins are still here.

An accidentally extended recording produced 27 identifications—with a few that need a very large question mark.

Twenty-two birds heard or spotted around the smallholding this morning, from wrens and willow warblers to one of our resident buzzards.

Two recordings, two very different soundscapes—and the house martins are still here.

A half-hour morning recording picked up 19 species—and begins a new record of who is living on and passing through the land.