"It is still almost completely dark in the old beech forest on the coast of the Baltic Sea. A cool wind is blowing through the branches; one can hear the faint thunder of the Baltic Sea. The forest blackbird starts to sing its beautiful morning song, hesitantly at first, then getting louder and louder ..."
Walter Tilgner's latest CD (recorded with the help of dummy-head stereo microphones which reproduce the blackbird’s song and other sounds so naturally that it's as if you yourself were sitting at the spot where the recording was being made) is dedicated to the bird that is - to judge by the human standards of melody, harmony, and rhythm - the most musical songbird in central Europe.

For further information on Walter Tilgner, please visit his website: www.natur-tilgner.de

Woodland Blackbirds sing in an old beechwood by the Bodden near Stralsund on the Baltic coast of Germany:
3 and 4 May 2000 together with Tawny Owl and Robin, Reed Bunting and Grasshopper Warbler, Wren and Cuckoo
29 April 2000 together with Lesser Whitethroat and Blue Tit