Membership to the Wildlife Sound Recording Society

Membership to the Society is open to all, young and old, whether or not you actively record wildlife sounds.

Membership benifits:

• A Sound Magazine, produced each quarter, containing many recordings of outstanding quality made by members from around the world. Guidance on recording techniques and comparisons of equipment are often included.

• The opportunity to join fellow members at field meetings and technical workshops. These benefit the novice as well as the experienced recordist. Field meetings are held each spring and winter in areas chosen for their sound recording potential, and are an opportunity to learn, record, experiment and exchange ideas with other Society members. Technical Workshops are held every two or three years to give practical assistance in the use of equipment, and techniques to record and analyse natural sounds. Young recordists are particularly welcome and the Society is very interested in helping groups of young people associated with other organisations.

• A high quality Journal, Wildlife Sound, is issued twice a year, containing articles on natural history, the nature, analysis and applications of wildlife sound, and equipment and techniques for wildlife sound recording – and much, much more.

• An informative website with a members section and interactive forum for those answers to questions you always wanted to ask.

• Newsletters containing regular updates on forthcoming events and activities.

• Competitions where members can enter recordings in several classes. The winning entries in each class are played on Members’ Day.

• Our Members’ Day. This includes the formality of the AGM and is a well-supported social occasion. It gives a further opportunity to obtain advice, share experiences and buy and sell members’ equipment. We are a society renowned for its welcome to new members. We strive to help all who request assistance to enable them to obtain maximum pleasure and benefit from the recording, or the study of, natural sounds. Beginners and partially sighted or unsighted individuals are especially welcome.

Join us - you’ll be glad you did.

WSRS Membership Information

Click below if you would like to renew your WSRS Subscription online (you will need to login) For new applications,  click on the button below to subscribe online, or fill in the application form below.

* If you click this tab you WILL NOT receive a copy of the Journal by post but you will have on-line access to it through the Members’ area of the website.

**Students, please note that to gain the concessionary rate you will need to send a copy/ Photocopy of your Student Union Card to the Hon. Membership Secretary, please use the online form to get instructions on how to go about this. You will not receive a copy of the Journal by post but you will have on-line access to it through the Members’ area of the website

Payments by cheque should be in pounds sterling, drawn against a bank having clearing arrangements with a UK clearing bank. All other cheques should include an additional sum of £6 to cover bank handling charges.

Request for information

You can download an application form in PDF format or apply online by filling out the form.

Alternatively, if you are unable to download the form or you would like further information on the Wildlife Sound Recording Society to be sent to you, please contact, the Hon Membership Secretary. Information will then be sent to you by post in a few days.

Join the Wildlife Sound Recording Society Online

The Society is mindful of the Data Protection Act and acts responsibly to comply with this and all other legislation which may affect the operation of the Society from time to time. Personal information you release to the Society will only be used internally by the Society and will not be passed on to third parties with the following exceptions.

• For data management reasons, data may be stored remotely using a secure on-line system
• e-mail addresses are released to our third-party web services provider solely for the purpose of distributing WSRS correspondence to members electronically.
• Your postal address so that WSRS correspondence can be sent to you if you are an off-line member,
• Your postal address so that the journal, “Wildlife Sound”, can be sent to youif you are entitled to receive a physical copy.