Listening offers a powerful awareness of what is happening in the environment around us.

Acoustic ecologist, Andrew Skeoch, will begin by guiding you into identifying species by ear and recognising the behavioural associations of various repertoire, allowing you to hear the 'stories of the bush'.

From this foundation, he will explore the dawn chorus as an avian communication network, a phenomena found among songbirds the world over. Why have birds evolved this extraordinary behaviour, and what is its purpose?

This will lead us into listening more deeply, to consider ecosystem relationships that generate the essential conditions for life.

Finally, Andrew will present sonic evidence of nature's resilience, from his recordings of an ecosystem severely impacted in the 2019 Black Summer bushfires.

Andrew’s presentations are an immersive weaving of evocative recordings, fascinating spectrogram analysis and original ideas. You’ll hear the natural environment around you in a whole new way.

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Andrew Skeoch is a professional wildlife sound recordist, acoustic ecologist and author of ‘Deep Listening to Nature’.

Over the last thirty years, he has documented the sounds of environments around the planet, and through his label 'Listening Earth', published over one hundred recordings allowing listeners to immerse themselves in wild soundscapes from around the world.

His recordings have been heard in documentaries, installations and feature films such as Peter Gabriel's soundtrack to 'Rabbit Proof Fence’.

He has given presentations to audiences ranging from local community and naturalist groups to university students. He’s appeared at festivals such as WOMADelaide’s Planet Talks, written for The Conversation, and presented radio features, keynote addresses and a TEDx talk.

He is the president of the Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group, and on the board of the Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology.