Song and call identification of the first Green Warbler for the Netherlands

Song and call identification of the first Green...

By Roy Slaterus On Monday 24 June 2019 around 12:30, I returned to my home in the Netherlands after a pleasant morning of fieldwork near Lochem, Gelderland. While my son Julian...

Call identification of Europe’s first Paddyfield Pipit

Call identification of Europe’s first Paddyfiel...

The first I heard about the mystery pipit at Sennen, Cornwall, England, was when James Lidster alerted me to a recording by Toby Phelps, after which I received a slightly...

Magnus Robb wins Silver Fox award

Magnus Robb wins Silver Fox award

It was announced today that Magnus Robb has won the prestigious Wildlife Sound Recording Society’s Silver Fox 2017 award. “In 2016 I traveled to Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island, Nunavut,...

Sound Approach Win The BTO Marsh Award for Innovative Ornithology

Sound Approach Win The BTO Marsh Award for Inno...

The Sound Approach has been awarded the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Marsh Award for innovative Ornithology. The award has been presented to the team for their valuable contribution to...

The newly described taxon Strix omanensis is to be recognised as a species by BirdLife

The newly described taxon Strix omanensis is to...

Back in October 2013 we were pleased to announce that Magnus Robb and the rest our Sound Approach team had discovered a new species owl to science, the Omani Owl strix...

Sound Approach Team Discover New Species of Owl to Science

Sound Approach Team Discover New Species of Owl...

A species of owl – completely new to science has been discovered in a remote mountain range in Oman. The bird is being named the Omani Owl, and details of its...

Rediscovery of Brown Fish Owl in the Western Palearctic

Rediscovery of Brown Fish Owl in the Western Pa...

In early June 2009, Arnoud van den Berg and Cecilia Bosman travelled overland by car to Turkey for The Sound Approach with the aim to get sound recordings of some...

Petrels Night and Day wins Birdwatch award

Petrels Night and Day wins Birdwatch award

This second book from The Sound Approach was nominated for Bird Book of the Year 2008 by Birdwatch Magazine. We’re now pleased to announce that we won! Thanks to all...