253 Quiet night sky - Looe in Cornwall (sleep safe)
Quiet sky. This is how one sounds. Above Looe, on the Cornish coast. Thousands of cubic miles of empty air. No planes. No cars. No lorries to throw up their noise as they haul loads along dark country...
16 Jan 20251h 1min
252 Late July breezes through the old churchyard
This barmy afternoon in Holme-Next-The-Sea has gained a stiff undulating wind. It hurries past the sheep in the paddock next to St Mary's church. Whisps through banks of unmown grasses, sifting up the...
8 Jan 202544min
251 Looking out on Portland Harbour
Portland. Southeast 4 or 5 increasing 7 or 8 veering South 4 or 5 later. Occasional showers. Good, becoming moderate. The Shipping Forecast marks its centenary on the BBC today. Happy birthday fro...
1 Jan 202531min
250 Moorland trees in mid-winter gales (sleep safe after owl)
For Christmas Eve we're sharing this nocturnal hour of sound landscape time captured by the Lento box in the high peaks of Derbyshire. Bare leafless trees, sighing together, in strong undulating mid-w...
24 Dec 20241h 1min
249 Night stream at West Quantoxhead (sleep safe after 17 mins)
With the stream to our right, we headed down from the exposed uplands of West Quantoxhead and into a shallow valley. Sky whitish grey. Air still. It smelled of rich late Autumn undergrowth, and faintl...
17 Dec 20241h 1min
248 Late morning air on Kilve beach
Kilve beach is edged by sheer cliffs and is made of rocks. Mostly small ones the size of oranges, up to medium sized ones the size of sofa cushions. To cross over them is unstable and you have to move...
11 Dec 202430min
247 Natural white noise from the firs of Kielder Forest
This is segment II from a 6-hour sound capture we took earlier this year at Kielder Forest in Northumberland. Recorded in spring, the environment is rich with birdsong, mainly willow warblers whose so...
3 Dec 202447min
246 Edgeland time by the Hythe Sound Mirror (sleep safe)
Turn right off the towpath beside the Military Canal, cross the footbridge, locate the stile that leads onto the hill, then follow the rough footpath up into some impressive edgeland. It's rough. Gras...
25 Nov 202437min
