Pages

▼

Tuesday 14 April 2020

One Morning Early

Even the dark cloud of Covid19 has an unexpected bright lining of silvery, early-morning birdsong, without the intrusive distraction of early morning traffic rumbling along the distant A10. You don't normally notice the sound of the road but the unforgiving ear of my little sound recorder registers everything. This is just under three minutes of the half-hour or so that I recorded....
(don't bother to watch the picture -it doesn't change!)

 There's a Blackbird singing away manfully and tunefully behind the incisive chirps of Blue Tits and Great Tits. A Pheasant shouts "Go back!" and a cockerel crows in the distance. Magpies and Crows can be heard passing overhead. Wood Pigeons coo "take two cows Taffy" and sometimes I think I can a Robin in the background. There may be others too; I know there was a Jay and a Wren on the longer recording.

 Anyway that gives you an insight on what sort of things I get up to if I wake up at 5 o'clock in the morning, though scrupulous editing has saved you from the sounds emanating from the bathroom.
Take care.
at

21 comments:

  1. Sandi14 April 2020 at 12:54

    Beautiful! :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. David M. Gascoigne,14 April 2020 at 13:01

    Great job, John. i enjoyed this thoroughly, sans la toilette I might add!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Rose14 April 2020 at 14:22

    I enjoyed this..I heard the pheasant!

    ReplyDelete
  4. The Weaver of Grass14 April 2020 at 15:37

    That great tit may not be very big but he is determined to be heard with his tee-cha, tee-cha. Lovely John.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Marie Smith14 April 2020 at 15:58

    Such a relaxing piece. It helps to stop and listen! Thank you!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Edna B14 April 2020 at 16:17

    This is sooooo worth getting up at five o'clock to hear. I love listening to the birds singing and chirping. You stay safe and have a wonderful day, hugs, Edna B.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Anita14 April 2020 at 17:04

    Ohh i love this little tit singing!Every morning walking hom from work this little birds greets me on my way!they are so pretty and Your video is beautiful

    Bt w I read Your intro where you say you work With Young ones With difficulties I totally agree.I work With People on the other side of life..criminals, whores, drugaddicted,,murders..well you name it..-i think it is great )We are all humans and have to be taken care of when sick just like all others..
    ok Have a Nice day overthere :))

    Anita

    ReplyDelete
  8. Anonymous14 April 2020 at 17:46

    That was so wonderful to listen to. I loved it. What a symphony of bird songs you have there. A truly beautiful way to greet the rising sun of the day.

    ReplyDelete
  9. RedPat14 April 2020 at 18:06

    That was beautiful to hear! There is less traffic here but I still hear it most of the time - it is hard to avoid in a big city.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Bill14 April 2020 at 19:17

    What a wonderful recording, John. It incredible the pleasant sounds we can hear in the morning if we just listen. A nice way to begin your day.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Elephant's Child14 April 2020 at 19:26

    Early morning birdsong is a delight to hear isn't it? Very few of our birds are precisely musical, but I still welcome (mostly) their songs.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Marleen14 April 2020 at 19:55

    Isn’t that lovely! Getting up early is worth it John.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Tara14 April 2020 at 20:02

    Thank goodness for scrupulous editing! Quite an array of bird song going on there. If I close my eyes I can image being there.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Billy Blue Eyes14 April 2020 at 21:26

    Now that is a coincidence on recording, I was woken around 4:30 this morning by the sound of a bird singing, listening on I heard more. Round 5:30 I got up to make breakfast a little early and went outside to listen to the chorus. It was quite loud and not what I would normally hear in the morning. Usually it is drowned out by the noise of airplanes, Trains and cars. The odd thing was a little later a plane flew over lower that normal as if going to Brize Norton, we all went to look at the strange occurrence. For once I missed getting a photo.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Granny Sue14 April 2020 at 22:03

    They were just talking about this on NPR, John--people seem to think the birds are singing louder these days. Too funny. I enjoyed your recording, very different birdsong from what we have here. both are beautiful.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Susan Heather15 April 2020 at 01:48

    Thank you John - that took me back quite a few decades.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Susan Kane15 April 2020 at 02:57

    Delightful sound to hear waking up. We hear bird songs on our patio and watch them fight for birdseed.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Rosie15 April 2020 at 08:27

    How beautiful and restful too. I woke up to the sound of wood pigeons this morning and I heard a great tit chittering like that yesterday:)

    ReplyDelete
  19. PerthDailyPhoto15 April 2020 at 16:31

    Love love looooove this John. My favourite way to wake up in the morning. Gosh that's quite a variety you have there! Definitely one of life's simple pleasures 💙

    ReplyDelete
  20. Jenny15 April 2020 at 16:59

    The bird songs are lovely. We have a woodpecker who likes to tap on our metal roof. Fortunately this one doesn't start before 6am. Other years, the tapping has started around 5am.

    ReplyDelete
  21. Hilary Melton-Butcher18 April 2020 at 14:01

    Thanks John - all I needed was the last sentence ... as the clock bells ring out here! Wonderful recording you've made - love it (the first bit!!). Take care - Hilary

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I'll try to answer any questions via a comment or e-mail within the next day or two (no hard questions, please!).