Long-winged Coneheads
Long-winged Conehead
(Conocephalus discolor)
I've been hearing these crickets calling since August, but it was only the other day that I managed to get a look at one and actually identify the species.
I can hear the call very clearly, even over background noise like traffic, but all the people I've pointed it out to have had to listen for several minutes before they "tune in" to the sound. I'd be interested to hear how easily people can pick it out when they listen to the recording...
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Recorded at Dawlish Warren NNR with an Olympus LS-10, using the built-in microphones with Rycote Mini Windjammers.
Great Green Bush-crickets
These Great Green Bush-crickets (Tettigonia viridissima) were calling in bramble scrub at Dawlish Warren NNR just after sunset on a warm August evening.
They're very hard to track down as there are so many singing at once that it's almost impossible to zero in on one individual. When you do get up close to one the volume of the call is incredible.
Recorded with the built-in microphones on an Olympus LS-10. No post-processing needed, the crickets were loud enough to down out almost all the background noise!
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Foghorn
Last night was damp and foggy, and a ship anchored off the coast was sounding its horn - the first time I've ever heard this from the house.
Recorded with a Sennheiser K6/ME66 microphone and an Olympus LS-10 recorder. Filtered in Cubase LE to remove noise and boost low frequencies.
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