For the third year running the polar jet stream has meandered southwards and brought snow and freezing weather to the whole of the UK. This has led to large numbers of winter migrants being pushed into Devon and Cornwall as they move south-west in search of warmer weather. Almost every tree around our house has several Redwings perched in the branches, and our garden bird list has a new addition, with two Meadow Pipits dropping in to forage for insects and snack on the bird food we put out.
A rather larger group of Meadow Pipits is the subject of this recording, made on the morning of the winter solstice in a field just outside Dawlish. You can also hear the flight calls or Redwing and Fieldfare, the distant drumming of a Great-spotted Woodpecker, and the croak of a Raven.
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/8278322″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ]Recorded with 2 x AT4022 microphones in a partially baffled boundary array and a Tascam HD-P2 recorder.
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