Wildlife Sounds Britain and Ireland

Name: Wildlife Sounds Britain and Ireland
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ISBN: 9780007209064

ISBN-10: 0007209061

ISBN-13: 9780007209064

Edition: 2006

Authors: Geoff Sample

List price: $32.95

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Have you ever wondered what animal is making that noise in your garden? Or what a pine marten sounds like in the wild?Wildlife Sounds, by expert Geoff Sample, features a CD containing all the major songs and calls of Britain. The CD is accompanied by an informative companion book that allows you to match a song or call with a species with the greatest of ease. Covering everything from common seals and otters to grasshoppers and frogs, this book also looks at the different sounds that animals may make according to the situations they are in e.g. under threat or at play.

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Publication date: 4/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Size: 5.75" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



CD Contents


Preface


General discussion


Using this guide


Why sound?


What's the message?


The nature of sound


Frequency and pitch


Infrasound and ultrasound


Bat detectors


Modulating the signal


Sound transmission


Reverberation and echoes


Scientific research


Recording wildlife


Descriptions


Marine Crustaceans


Insects


Spiders


Fish


Amphibians


Reptiles


Mammals


Birds


References & bibliography


Index