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What can you hear right now?

137 replies

ItsPickleRick · 30/05/2026 16:59

I made one of these threads a few months ago and really enjoyed reading everyone’s posts so I thought I’d do another.

I’ll go first.

The faint hum of traffic on the nearby road.
Birds tweeting.
The fish tank pump.
One of my neighbours chatting to the delivery driver bringing her shopping.
Myself, eating peanut M&Ms 😳

OP posts:
Ipsevenenabibas · 30/05/2026 17:00

Birds nothing else.

Glitchymn1 · 30/05/2026 17:01

Birds. Wind moving through trees. Husband using the air fryer lol

Shylo · 30/05/2026 17:03

Birds
a plane
a passing car
my teen quacking about what’s for dinner 🤣

Megsdaughter · 30/05/2026 17:03

The fan whirring.
The two pigeons nesting in the honeysuckle by my patio.
Silence.
Thank God as the teenager 4 doors away had been playing his music at deafening levels. His Mum must have come back from shopping as it suddenly went off.

JumpingRabbit · 30/05/2026 17:05

Someone’s yapping fucking dog!! 😡

My slushie machine
The pond fountain
Next doors toddler giggling

FeliciaFancybottom · 30/05/2026 17:05

Birds.
The wind rustling the leaves.
My cat's water fountain.

PistachioTiramisu · 30/05/2026 17:06

My dog eating her treat of a few crisps (low salt/fat)
Traffic a couple of roads away
Police/ambulance siren
My new parasol squeaking in the breeze as DH hasn't fitted it properly into the base!
Pigeons cooing on the roof

SwedishEdith · 30/05/2026 17:06

Wood pigeons and magpies.
Vague sound of planes overhead.
Very distant traffic.

YorkiesForAll · 30/05/2026 17:06

My dog panting after playing ball in the garden. My teen playing on his DS after a busy afternoon- just tapping no game noise thankfully!

Cornishmumofone · 30/05/2026 17:07

My neighbour’s incessant DIY and his loud radio 😭

Fgfgfg · 30/05/2026 17:08

Traffic
DP has radio 4 on in another room
Cat is washing and making a disgusting slurpy noise right next to me
Magpie shouting about something a few doors down

CoffeeChocolateWine · 30/05/2026 17:08

I can hear…
Football match coverage on the TV
DH and DS talking about the football
DD rummaging through a box of Lego
Humming of cars on the road outside

Jamesblonde2 · 30/05/2026 17:09

Only birds.

BoredZelda · 30/05/2026 17:09

Tinnitus.

StarCourt · 30/05/2026 17:10

The air cooler next to me

lincoln75 · 30/05/2026 17:10

The sea in the distance and my music on alexa

SuitcaseAndSecrets · 30/05/2026 17:10

My fan.
The Cure playing on my Alexa.

ItsPickleRick · 30/05/2026 17:10

Love these (except the noisy neighbours/dog yapping)!

I’m nosy, so I really enjoy getting little peeks into other peoples lives 😂

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Crazymadchickenlady · 30/05/2026 17:10

Cat purring as she lies on me
daughter mowing the lawn
traffic
birds
my chickens pecking and clucking around me
wind in the trees

MaidMiriam · 30/05/2026 17:11

Faint traffic hum
Birds
Guinea pigs arguing

susiedaisy1912 · 30/05/2026 17:11

Birds
bees in the hedge
someone intermittently using a saw cutter to cut wood

FettleOfKish · 30/05/2026 17:11

Birds, some foliage rustling in the breeze, a bee, DS and DH playing with cars indoors, the occasional A319 passing overhead (we’re on a flight path).

Wishihadanalgorithm · 30/05/2026 17:12

Sat in my garden I can hear: bees buzzing in my “Hotlips” plants; splashing from the kids’ paddling pools next door and behind us; children from those gardens; the traffic on the motorway about one and a half miles away and low voices. Oh and the dog barking as my DD and friend are playing with them.

SnowflakeSmasher86 · 30/05/2026 17:12

My fan - thank goodness!
A Robin chirping
Stephen Mangan presenting Portrait Artist of the Year
DS trimming the overgrown garden
My coffee machine turning itself off as I’ve just made a - somewhat late - latte!

TitanicWasAGreatMovie · 30/05/2026 17:12

Some football match on the telly...