Great spotted woodpecker drumming sounds at dawn in woodland.
One of the iconic sounds of spring in Europe is the loud drumming of woodpeckers on tree trunks. Males advertise their territories by rapidly hitting dead trees with their beaks. Other creatures would get brain damage from this activity, but woodpeckers are adapted to this and don't seem to mind. Great spotted woodpeckers (and other woodpeckers for that matter) also use this technique when probing tree trunks for grubs and other insects that live under the bark, and when making a tree cavity for nesting.
On a recent trip to the English countryside I found a nice little grove in thick woodland. While it was close to farmland, it seemed quiet during the weekend so I set up a few overnight drop rigs that managed to capture this recording. It's not 100% free of other sounds but it captures the essence of the dawn chorus in UK woodlands very nicely. The woodpecker was drumming fairly close so it's quite prominent in the mix, while man-made sound is minimal. The only processing I did is rolling off some of the low end from farm machinery which did not sound very nice.
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