Wild Bird Acoustics

By Alan Dalton

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Episodes: 52

Description

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!


Episode Date
An Interview with Dave Boyle; The Seabirds of Chatham Island; Part 1
May 01, 2026
An Interview with Dave Boyle; The Seabirds of Chatham Island; Part 2
May 01, 2026
Nedre Kärret; Voices from a Forest Wetland; The Tyresta Files #4
Apr 16, 2026
Summer Field Recording at Västerbotten; The Hällögern Files #2
Apr 01, 2026
Where Meadows Breathe and Woodlands Sing; The Sandemar Files #2
Mar 16, 2026
Whispers over the Water; The Tyresta Files #3
Mar 01, 2026
Microphones in the Moss; The Tyresta Files #2
Feb 16, 2026
Songs from the Solstice; The Hällögern Files #1
Feb 01, 2026
Beneath the Blossoms; The Sandemar Files #1
Jan 16, 2026
Early Spring in Primeval Swedish Forest; The Tyresta Files #1
Jan 01, 2026
Spring Notes from Ågesta Dawn; The NocMig Files
Jan 01, 2026
The Vocalizations of Eurasian Jay; The VisMig Files #1
Jan 01, 2026
July in Northern Sweden; Nocturnal Recording at Sandemar Reserve
Oct 01, 2025
The Long Black Veil; Uncovering the Secret World of Tengmalm's Owl
Sep 16, 2025
An Interview with Bo Söderström
Sep 01, 2025
Autumn Leaves; Soundscapes from the Far North
Aug 16, 2025
Whispers from the North; Autumnal Soundscapes from Hällögern
Aug 01, 2025
The Fruits of 2024; The Sound Identification of migrating Buntings
Jul 16, 2025
The Hällögern Diaries; The Best of 2024
Jul 01, 2025
The Sound Identification of Migrant Eurasian Skylark and Woodlark; The Echoes of May
Jun 16, 2025
The VisMig Files; Summer Soundscapes from Västerbotten
Jun 01, 2025
Winter Recording in Stockholm City; Autumn Recording in Västerbotten.
May 16, 2025
An Interview with Magnus Robb
May 01, 2025
Nocturnal Migration at Landsort; A Song for Spring
Apr 16, 2025
Northern Wheatear Mimicry; Early Spring Soundscapes from Sandemar Reserve
Apr 01, 2025
An Interview with Teet Sirotkin
Mar 16, 2025
The Call of Coastal Woodlands
Mar 01, 2025
The Sound Identification of Hawfinch; Echoes from the Woodlands
Feb 16, 2025
The Sultans of Spring
Feb 01, 2025
The Quest for Black Gold
Jan 16, 2025
The Calls of Northern Bullfinch; Nocturnal Recording at Bro Reserve
Jan 01, 2025
The Identification of Autumn Pipits by Sound
Jan 01, 2025
It's a Wrap; The Season Finale
Sep 01, 2024
Golden Brown; The Sounds of Autumn
Aug 16, 2024
A Taste of Autumn; By Night and Day
Aug 01, 2024
Early Summer in Sweden; Binaural Recording in Västerbotten
Jul 16, 2024
The Magic of Midsummer
Jul 01, 2024
The Sounds of Summer; July in the Far North
Jun 16, 2024
The Night Singers
Jun 01, 2024
Late Spring at Sandemar Reserve;
May 16, 2024
The Joy of Late Spring; The VisMig Files #1
May 01, 2024
Spring Symphony; An Introduction to VisMig
Apr 16, 2024
The Liquid Strophes of late Spring
Apr 01, 2024
An Interview with Dean McDonnell
Mar 16, 2024
The Quest for Common Pochard
Mar 01, 2024
An Interview with Terry Townshend
Feb 16, 2024
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
Feb 01, 2024
The Reedbed Specialists; Late May at Hjälstaviken
Jan 24, 2024
Looking ahead, a doorstep singer and a trip to the Swedish Archipelago
Jan 16, 2024
Turning a New Leaf; Early Spring field recording in Sweden.
Jan 08, 2024
Winter Recording in Sweden
Jan 01, 2024
Winter Recording and the Dark Arts
Jan 01, 2024