Alan Dalton

Wild Bird Acoustics

Science EN ↓ 56 episodes

Step into the living soundscape of Scandinavia with Wild Bird Acoustics — a deeply immersive birding podcast hosted by birder, naturalist, and sound recorder Alan Dalton. Recorded across the forests, wetlands, coastlines, and wild spaces of Sweden, this podcast invites listeners to slow down, listen carefully, and reconnect with nature through authentic bird sound recordings and atmospheric natural audio. Each episode blends rich field recordings of birdsong, calls, and ambient wilderness soundscapes with thoughtful reflections, identification tips, behavioural insights, and stories from the f...

Author

Alan Dalton

Category

Science

Podcast website

blogbirder.blogspot.com

Latest episode

Jul 1, 2026

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Episodes

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? 01.02.2024

In this episode of Wild Bird Acoustics we move into the Spring season, a time when birds are beginning to flood back into Sweden. The landscape is gradually filled with the sounds of newly returned species, which begin to set up their territories in preparation for the breeding season to come.  This episode is filled with some lovely audio for listeners, so sit back and relax and enjoy the sounds...

The Reedbed Specialists; Late May at Hjälstaviken 24.01.2024

In this bonus episode, I take you out to the reedbeds at the southern end of Hjälstaviken Reserve here in Sweden. This incredible site is one of the premier birding reserves in Uppland, Sweden. It offers a wide variety of species, many of which are to be found in the wonderful reedbed habitat that fringes this freshwater lake. Join me, for a day trip to the site in Late May, when many birds are ac...

Looking ahead, a doorstep singer and a trip to the Swedish Archipelago 16.01.2024

In this, the fourth episode in the Wild Bird Acoustics opening season, I have a some wonderful audio to share with the listener's. I first take you through a random selection of my recordings, with species from several locations, over the seasons. In this sound magazine, I decided to draw from a wider range of recordings, some late in the year, in order to give an overview of what will be for...

Turning a New Leaf; Early Spring field recording in Sweden. 08.01.2024

The third episode here at wild bird Acoustic's, with three distinct sections for listener's interests. In the first, an older sound magazine of mine, from way back in the mists of time, will take you into the realm of early spring. This sound magazine contains some wonderful audio, taken from several locations, recorded mainly during the month of March. This is a time when resident bird...

Winter Recording in Sweden 01.01.2024

Having decided to launch the podcast on New Year's Day, it seemed only fitting it should be themed on winter field recording. Here in Sweden, the landscape is harsh and cold in the depths of winter, but for the field recorder, this can be a rewarding time to venture out into the cold. Sub zero tempertures mean that crystal clear recordings can be made, with the wonderful sounds of freezing ic...

Winter Recording and the Dark Arts 01.01.2024

This episode continues with the theme of winter field recording here in Sweden. Join me to experience the joys of the winter landscape here in Sweden, with two sections to enjoy from the field being published for the first time.  Finally, there will be an  introduction to recording nocturnally migrating birds at night. This later introduction to NocMig recording, as it is commonly known, will prel...

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