This is a good idea for an article (that's another way of saying I wish I'd thought of it!)
This week's Country Life has done a feature on the rural noises we love and hate. You can even listen to them.
I'll have a think about my favourite and least-liked ones. In the meantime, I notice the frontispiece in this week's mag, Miss Rosie de Pelet, is the "younger daughter of Comte and Comtesse Michael de Pelet". Anyone know what the hell a Comte or a Comtesse is?