Skylark in city pasture 208 PM 170312_1105

Skylark in ambient recording.
The Skylark has a beautiful melody song. This song is made by the male for the female.

He starts from the ground and then goes higher and higher, sometimes up to 100 meters, into the air while singing. For minutes he stays there singing high in the air for his beloved before descending again and landing next to her. Isn't that sweet? Do you do the same for your beloved?

Unfortunately, the skylark is doing very poorly in our country. Since 1960 the numbers decreased by 95%. This makes this species one of the biggest victims of intensive agriculture and the overgrowth of the dunes.

We really need to do something about the nitrogen deposition otherwise the beautiful sound recordings here will soon be over. But yes, politics is not quick and inscrutable.

"Photo by DAVID ILIFF"

This area is given back to nature last year. Also it is an inundation area for the rivers around the city of 's-Hertogenbosch. Behind me a local polder road, a shortcut between village Vught and Vlijmen.
I wonder if the birds will come back. The way to find out is to record here for many years during all seasons and compare.

Date/time: March 12th Sunday 2017, start 2:08 pm

Weather: 13c, clear sky, wind ESE 3-4bft, 1014 hPa, hum 34%. Mic pointed N

Location; Gement Polder / Vlijmens Ven, corner of Ruidigerdreef and Grobbendonkse and Korthuizerloop , Van Gogh nationaal park, Vught - ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch), Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. Geotag 51.68529 5.22632

Gear chain: Sennheiser mkh30/50 MS, in Rycote cyclone small, windjammer > Sound Devices 302 >Tascam dr-100 Mk2. Decoded Mid-side to STEREO

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