Credits
Tadpole Island is built from real maps, real heights of the land and real recordings of birds. These are the people and places they came from.
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Maps and land
- The distant valley, its hedges, fields and roofs: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). OpenStreetMap copyright · ODbL
- The shape of the valley sides and Old Sarum hill: Produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union: EU-DEM layers. Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
- The island’s ground and the heights of its trees: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0
Birds and other sounds
The birdsong, the mallard and the swans are real recordings shared on Freesound. Thank you to everyone who recorded them.
Shared under CC BY 4.0
- Blackcap: “blackcap singing in the windy forest” by Garuda1982, CC BY 4.0
- Cuckoo: “Cuckoo.wav” by inchadney, CC BY 4.0
- Cetti’s warbler: “Cetti's Warbler CLEAN 655PM 200417_0337.wav” by klankbeeld, CC BY 4.0
- Kingfisher: “Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 2027PM 220621_0426.wav” by klankbeeld, CC BY 4.0
- Great spotted woodpecker (calls): “call Great Spotted Woodpecker CLEAN 200529_0181.wav” by klankbeeld, CC BY 4.0
- Sparrowhawk (young birds calling): “Birds of Prey: a young Eurasian Sparrowhawk's begging calls” by MichiJung, CC BY 4.0
- Skylark: “Eurasian Skylark” by iainmccurdy, CC BY 4.0
- Tawny owl (hoot and “ke-wick”): “A Parliament Of Tawny Owls.wav” by Benboncan, CC BY 4.0
- Wren (alarm call): “Eurasian Wren alarm call.wav” by klankbeeld, CC BY 4.0
- Mallard: “20180221_mallard.wav” by dobroide, CC BY 4.0
- Mute swans flying over: “swans fly by” by klankbeeld, CC BY 4.0
Each recording was shortened to a short clip, gently cleaned of background hiss and evened out in loudness.
Given to everyone (CC0), with thanks
- Blackbird: “Blackbird (isolated)” by richwise, CC0 1.0
- Song thrush: “Song Thrush.wav” by Artemis_R_Swann, CC0 1.0
- Robin: “robin song” by Andrew.soundscape, CC0 1.0
- Wren: “Wren song close” by Sacha.Julien, CC0 1.0
- Chiffchaff: “Chiff Chaff.wav” by Artemis_R_Swann, CC0 1.0
- Woodpigeon: “pigeon.wav” by squashy555, CC0 1.0
- Great tit: “Great tit” by roelofmellema, CC0 1.0
- Chaffinch: “Chaffinch.wav” by straget, CC0 1.0
- Great spotted woodpecker (drumming): “Great Spotted Woodpecker” by naturenotesuk, CC0 1.0
- Reed warbler: “Reed Warbler” by naturenotesuk, CC0 1.0
- Moorhen: “Moorhen Poule d'eau - 20240907 Toulouse” by Sadiquecat, CC0 1.0
Software
- three.js: The 3D drawing library. Copyright © 2010-2026 three.js authors. MIT licence
- meshoptimizer: Unpacks the compressed 3D models. Copyright © 2016-2026 Arseny Kapoulkine. MIT licence
Everything else on the island, its plants, animals, pictures and words, was made for Tadpole Island.
Tadpole Island is made by Chalkstream Digital.