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Animals

These clips capture noises from a range of animals: pets and wildlife; domestic or exotic breeds. Can you identify all the animals featured without reading the descriptions?

  • All Saints Church, Ulting, 2016

    All Saints Church, Ulting, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Scene_832s_Ulting_Church.mp3
  • Beach at The Naze, 2016

    Beach at The Naze, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/R09_0485_Naze_waves.mp3
  • Chelmsford Cattle Market Reopening, 1950s

    Chelmsford Cattle Market Reopening, 1950s

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SA-24-1280-1-Side-1.mp3
  • Copped Hall Bees, 2020

    Copped Hall Bees, 2020

    https://www.essexsounds.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CH-Bees-2-18-Apr-2020.mp3
  • Cows, Stanfords, 2016

    Cows, Stanfords, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Scene_986_Cows_pen.mp3
  • Dawn chorus in Hockley Woods, A, 2016

    Dawn chorus in Hockley Woods, A, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Scene_998_DawnC_2.mp3
  • Forest noise, Highwoods Country Park, 2016

    Forest noise, Highwoods Country Park, 2016

  • Great Green Bush-crickets, Jaywick, 2016

    Great Green Bush-crickets, Jaywick, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/R09_0469_Bush-crickets.mp3
  • Horse drawn hearse, Stanford-le-Hope, 2016

    Horse drawn hearse, Stanford-le-Hope, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/R09_0535_horse_drawn_hearse.mp3
  • In a clearing, Highwoods, 2016

    In a clearing, Highwoods, 2016

  • Maldon Hunt Part 2, 2016

    Maldon Hunt Part 2, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Scene_803_Maldon_Hunt_2.mp3
  • Maldon, St.Mary's Church bells B, 2016

    Maldon, St.Mary's Church bells B, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Scene_800_St.Marys_Maldon_B.mp3
  • Meet Turbo, Tex, Tyson and Tia - Essex Police’s youngest recruits, 2014

    Meet Turbo, Tex, Tyson and Tia - Essex Police’s youngest recruits, 2014

  • River in Highwoods Country Park, 2016

    River in Highwoods Country Park, 2016

  • Sheep auction, Stanfords, 2016

    Sheep auction, Stanfords, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Scene_991_Sheep_auction.mp3
  • Sitting on a bench outside Harwich Town Station, 2016

    Sitting on a bench outside Harwich Town Station, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/R09_0483_Harwich_Station.mp3
  • Sorting and weighing sheep, Stanfords, 2016

    Sorting and weighing sheep, Stanfords, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Scene_984_Weighing_Sheep_pens.mp3
  • Southend-on-Sea fog horns, 2013

    Southend-on-Sea fog horns, 2013

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Zhong-Hai-MP3.mp3
  • The sound of a tiny stream in a large space, 2015

    The sound of a tiny stream in a large space, 2015

  • Tractor on Farm, Great Chesterford, 1962

    Tractor on Farm, Great Chesterford, 1962

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/06-AudioTrack-06.mp3
  • Wild Leigh, crickets, 2018

    Wild Leigh, crickets, 2018

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Wild-Leigh-crickets2.mp3
  • Wild Leigh, Fox, 2018

    Wild Leigh, Fox, 2018

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Barking-fox-2.mp3
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