Soomaa - The Sounds of Forests, Bogs and River Floodplains

by Andrus Kannel

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Soomaa - The Sounds of Forests, Bogs and River Floodplains, One Hour Forest Soundscape From Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia, The European Pied Flycatcher and Cuckoos, Crystal clear spring morning in Soomaa National Park, Estonia. May 23, 2021, Waiting For The Cranes. Matsalu National Park, Estonia On September 15, 2018, Forest Full Of Cuckoos. Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia. May 29, 2020, River soundscape with Great Reed Warbler. Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia. May 28, 2021, Alam-Pedja soundscapes in an abandoned farmhouse (Nature recordings), and 3 more. , and , .

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1.	Peaceful Bog Landscape with Gentle Sounds of Life. Kuresoo, Soomaa National Park 10:50	info	buy track
2.	Raudna River Meadow, with River Warbler and Corn Crake 28:58	info	buy track
3.	Tree Pipit (Anthus Trivialis) Song, in Kuresoo Bog 12:47	info	buy track
4.	Red Breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula Parva) Song, in Kuuraniidu Spruce Forest 06:36	info	buy track
5.	A Morning Full of Birdsong in the Yard of the Oksa Barn 10:06	info	buy track
6.	Soundscape of the River Lemmjõgi 10:38	info	buy track
7.	An Early Morning Soundscape of Kuuraniidu's Old Forest 14:54	info	buy track
8.	Black Woodbecker drumming, in the Old Forest of Kuuraniidu 08:09	info	buy track
9.	Crystal Clear Spring Morning in the Soomaa National Park 10:03	info	buy track
10.	Swallows in the Oksa’s Barn 06:20	info	buy track
11.	Wood Warbler Sings, in the Forest Next to Kuresoo Bog 10:30	info	buy track
12.	How the Wind and the Cranes Sing on the Banks of the Tõramaa River 02:05	info	buy track
13.	Crickets and Wind in the Läti Meadow 06:26	info	buy track
14.	Crickets, in the Coming Night from the Öördi Bog Forest 15:33	info	buy track
15.	Bullfiches Feeding in the Crown of the Large Maple Tree on a Cold Winter Day 05:31	info	buy track
16.	Soomaa Album Preview 16:56	info	buy track

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The Soomaa National Park protects the bogs, floodplains, forests, habitats of protected species and cultural heritage of the southwestern part of interim Estonia. The largely flat terrain of the national park that differs only in the south is the former bottom of the lake formed from the continental shelf between the glacier and the Sakala Upland.

The typical landscape feature of the national park is bog plains, separated by rivers flowing in their natural bed. The local natural phenomenon of Soomaa is floods that are known as the fifth season of Soomaa and can cover 17,500 hectares.

The total area of the national park is 39,884 ha, of which 51% are bogs, 5% are floodplain grassland, 0.5% is cultivated farmland and the rest is different forests.

Descriptive text is taken from the page: kaitsealad.ee/en/protected-areas/soomaa-national-park

I began recording sounds in Soomaa in 2017. Back then, an international flight route crossed over Soomaa and made sound recording very challenging. That’s why I put Soomaa aside and focused on creating my first album recorded in the Alam-Pedja nature reserve, which was finished in 2018 and is also available on Bandcamp. As air traffic, due to various social changes in the world, has become much less frequent over Estonia, I resumed recording in Soomaa in 2021. Therefore, the album completed for Soomaa’s 30th anniversary year consists of sound recordings made in 2017, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Equipment:
Tascam Dr-100 MK III and Zoom F3 digital recorder
An Azden microphone pre-amplifier/mixer
Two sets of phantom powered, Primo Microphones with EM172 capsules: 24 or 32 bit 48kHz.

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released July 18, 2023

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