Slightly but minimally edited.

In the harbor. More than 10 razorbill fishing.

In the harbor. More than 10 razorbill fishing.

two together

Calls from a copulating pair.

Group of 3 birds interacting.

They only called when they surfaced with multiple birds at the same time.

7 birds foraging in the fjord

7 birds foraging in the fjord

Recorded during authorized visit for ringing Common Murre and Razorbill at one of the biggest rookeries in the Baltic Sea

from:"Some Skomer sounds", 2004, Rombout de Wijs. In 1982 and 1983 I was a research assistant on Skomer Island for counting, observing and ringing seabirds. In my spare time I made many pictures and also recoded sounds of several birds. The main purpose was to document the state of island life at that time, also enabling me to relive my stay (to some extent) in later years. Sound recordings were made with rather primitive means, two simple microphones mounted in the "focal point" of a plastic umbrella (used as a reflector), a Sony TCS-310 stereo cassette recorder and simple headphones. Only recently I decided to make them better available and therefore digitized them. From 3.5 hours of sounds I extracted this selection for audio cd.

Telinga stereo, Mixpre3 II birds feeding and calling as they surfaced.

Recorded during authorized visit for ringing Common Murre and Razorbill at one of the biggest rookeries in the Baltic Sea

Recorded during authorized visit for ringing Common Murre and Razorbill at one of the biggest rookeries in the Baltic Sea

Recorded during authorized visit for ringing Common Murre and Razorbill at one of the biggest rookeries in the Baltic Sea

Recorded during authorized visit for ringing Common Murre and Razorbill at one of the biggest rookeries in the Baltic Sea

Recorded during authorized visit for ringing Common Murre and Razorbill at one of the biggest rookeries in the Baltic Sea