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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 field. Whether you are a seasoned birder refining your ear, a beginner learning to identify species by sound, or simply someone seeking calm and restoration through natural audio, Wild Bird Acoustics offers a unique and rewarding listening experience.
Expect intimate encounters. From the haunting display of Black-throated Diver across pristine lakes, to the rhythmic drumming of woodpeckers deep in expansive Swedish forests, to the wider calm of the dawn chorus. The podcast explores both common and elusive Scandinavian species, helping listeners gradually build confidence in identifying birds by ear, whilst delving into the amazing world of bird vocalizations.
But this is more than a birding podcast.
The carefully captured environmental audio carries a powerful ASMR qualities, gentle wind through birch trees, rain on woodland foliage, distant cranes calling at dawn, waves along Baltic shorelines, and the layered textures of untouched habitats. I hope listeners will find the recordings profoundly calming. Birdsong audio for mental wellbeing, stress relief, mindfulness, sleep, relaxation, study, or quiet reflection. In a noisy world, I hope that Wild Bird Acoustics will create space to breathe and simply listen...
Welcome to Wild Bird Acoustics!
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An Interview with Dave Boyle; The Seabirds of Chatham Island; Part 1
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May 01, 2026 |
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An Interview with Dave Boyle; The Seabirds of Chatham Island; Part 2
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May 01, 2026 |
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Nedre Kärret; Voices from a Forest Wetland; The Tyresta Files #4
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Summer Field Recording at Västerbotten; The Hällögern Files #2
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Where Meadows Breathe and Woodlands Sing; The Sandemar Files #2
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Whispers over the Water; The Tyresta Files #3
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Microphones in the Moss; The Tyresta Files #2
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Songs from the Solstice; The Hällögern Files #1
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Beneath the Blossoms; The Sandemar Files #1
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Early Spring in Primeval Swedish Forest; The Tyresta Files #1
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Spring Notes from Ågesta Dawn; The NocMig Files
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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The Vocalizations of Eurasian Jay; The VisMig Files #1
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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July in Northern Sweden; Nocturnal Recording at Sandemar Reserve
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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The Long Black Veil; Uncovering the Secret World of Tengmalm's Owl
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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An Interview with Bo Söderström
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Autumn Leaves; Soundscapes from the Far North
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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Whispers from the North; Autumnal Soundscapes from Hällögern
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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The Fruits of 2024; The Sound Identification of migrating Buntings
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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The Hällögern Diaries; The Best of 2024
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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The Sound Identification of Migrant Eurasian Skylark and Woodlark; The Echoes of May
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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The VisMig Files; Summer Soundscapes from Västerbotten
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Winter Recording in Stockholm City; Autumn Recording in Västerbotten.
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May 16, 2025 |
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An Interview with Magnus Robb
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May 01, 2025 |
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Nocturnal Migration at Landsort; A Song for Spring
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Northern Wheatear Mimicry; Early Spring Soundscapes from Sandemar Reserve
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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An Interview with Teet Sirotkin
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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The Call of Coastal Woodlands
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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The Sound Identification of Hawfinch; Echoes from the Woodlands
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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The Sultans of Spring
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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The Quest for Black Gold
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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The Calls of Northern Bullfinch; Nocturnal Recording at Bro Reserve
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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The Identification of Autumn Pipits by Sound
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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It's a Wrap; The Season Finale
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Golden Brown; The Sounds of Autumn
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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A Taste of Autumn; By Night and Day
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Early Summer in Sweden; Binaural Recording in Västerbotten
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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The Magic of Midsummer
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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The Sounds of Summer; July in the Far North
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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The Night Singers
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Late Spring at Sandemar Reserve;
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May 16, 2024 |
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The Joy of Late Spring; The VisMig Files #1
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May 01, 2024 |
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Spring Symphony; An Introduction to VisMig
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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The Liquid Strophes of late Spring
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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An Interview with Dean McDonnell
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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The Quest for Common Pochard
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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An Interview with Terry Townshend
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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The Reedbed Specialists; Late May at Hjälstaviken
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Looking ahead, a doorstep singer and a trip to the Swedish Archipelago
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Turning a New Leaf; Early Spring field recording in Sweden.
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Winter Recording in Sweden
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Winter Recording and the Dark Arts
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Jan 01, 2024 |