About Author: Tom

Website: http://www.pterodaktyl.co.uk
Description: Photographer, sound recordist and 3d modeller.

Posts by Tom

0September 28, 2009
Long-winged Coneheads

Are these crickets hard to hear? I don’t think so, but everyone else does…
0August 11, 2009
Great Green Bush-crickets

The evening song of the UK’s largest bush-cricket…
0August 5, 2009
Foghorn

A misty night in Lyme Bay…
1July 12, 2009
Tornado

Not the weather event, but the first main-line steam locomotive built in Britain for 48 years…
9May 20, 2009
Whitethroat

Summer migrants on the dunes at Dawlish Warren…
0May 18, 2009
Nightingales

Battling weather and traffic noise to get a recording of the UK’s most famous songbird…
0April 25, 2009
Willow Warbler

Testing out a new shotgun microphone at Dawlish Warren…
6March 21, 2009
Dawlish Warren Pond

Early morning by the pond at Dawlish Warren…
22February 21, 2009
Building a stereo microphone array for nature recording

Do-it-yourself wind and shock protection for RØDE NT1As…

Archives
What I'm Doing...
- New disks in and Windows 7 finally up and running. I wasn't expecting floppy disks to feature anywhere in the process, but I was wrong... 2010-08-03
- Windows 7 Ultimate has arrived... just waiting for the hard disks now. 2010-08-03
- Hard drive died. Finally time to say adiós to Win XP after 8 years and take the plunge with Windows 7 - going to take some getting used to! 2010-08-02
- Great weekend in Somerset Levels - Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Brown Hare, close encounter with a Bittern! Thanks @nodster for birthday tweet :-) 2010-07-11
- More updates...
Recent Comments
- Paul: I could easily have believed the mute swan grunting to be human dissatisfaction with the rain Glad my friends know a lot more about nature than I do
  on The Somerset Levels
- Ben Vallack: Excellent recording!
  on Nightjar
- Terence: Hello Tom, I very much enjoyed listening to your recordings. Since you got the new AT4022s, are these now your primary nature recording microphones and have the NT1As been delegated to the bottom shelf? Also, will you post a picture...
  on New toys
- Paul: Reckon you can send faxes with tweeting like that!
  on New toys
- Paul: hadn’t seen sound cloud player before, very nice!
  on Morning at Dawlish Warren
Gear Links
- Lowepro
- Portabrace
Sound Recording Links
Wildlife Links
- Engrailed
http://soundcloud.com/pterodaktyl