BBC Nature

Nature and animal recordings from the iconic BBC Sound Effects Archive.

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Featured sounds

Tree Felling. Two Axes Striking One Trunk Within Rainforest. Laboured & Deep Cutting Strikes. Wamba, Equateur Region, Zaire

Wood · Impact

Tree Felling. Axe Strikes On Tree With Falling Wood Chips. Background Sounds Of Insects. N.B. Exact Date & Location Of This Recording Is Unknown. Guyana, S. America

Wood · Impact

Tree Felling. Axe Strikes On Tree With Falling Wood Chips. B/G Sounds Of Insects. N.B. Exact Date & Location Of This Recording Is Unknown. Guyana, S America

Wood · Impact

Sea Eagles. Wingbeats From White Tailed & Steller's Sea Eagles. Some Calls From Crows. Off The Coast Of Hokkaido Island, Japan

Wings · Bird

Rhinoceros Auklet. CU Wingbeats, Hermit Thrush In B/G. St Lazaria, Alaska, U.S.A

Wings · Bird

Overview

The BBC Nature Archives Sound Effects Library offers an amazingly diverse array of nature and animal sound effects from around the world - recorded by BBC's top sound engineers and field recordists from the late 1960ʼs on.

Explore natural sonic beauty that crosses borders and spans the globe with sound effects including apes from Borneo, ice cracking in Alaska, killer whales from Norway, baboons from Ethiopia and thousands more. This library also includes thousands of bird sounds from Costa Rican vultures to Canadian sparrows, French bee eaters, and South Georgian macaroni penguins.