Sound Effects Library

BBC Nature

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

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Asian Lion Lowgr 14177

Animals · Wild

0:34

Asian Lion. Low Growls From Lion During Mating. Also Some Higher Pitched Calls. B/G Calls From Birds. Gir Forest, Gir National Park, Gujarat, India

Animals · Wild

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Antarctic Fur Seal 10171

Animals · Aquatic

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Antarctic Fur Seal. Pup Growling And Calling. Followed By Pup And Female Calls. Right Whale Bay, South Georgia

Animals · Aquatic

1:49

Bees CUbuzzingf 32027

Animals · Insect

1:49

Bees. CU Buzzing From 'Dune' Bees, Landing In Soft Sand To Dig Pits Then Hovering Over Them. Short Toed (Red Capped) Larks In B/G. Wind Over Dune. Shifting Sands, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Animals · Insect

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Acadian Flycatcher

Birds · Songbird

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Acadian Flycatcher. MCU Song, Other Birds In Distance, Wind In Trees & Distant Stream. Bent Creek, Blue Ridge Mts, N Carolina, U.S.A

Birds · Songbird

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American Kestrel 59109

Birds · Songbird

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American Kestrel. MCU Flight Calls. Wind In Trees And Evening Crickets In B/G. Location:Lake Mattamuskeet, North Carolina, U.S.A

Birds · Songbird

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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.