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Birds, Wind and Chores, recorded from the casement window

2 Henley Ln, Henley Common, Church Stretton, Shropshire SY6 6RS, UK

A field recording by Felicity Ford made in Loughton, United Kingdom on 2 March 2016, in the evening. Soundscape: wind, birdsong & dawn chorus and night soundscapes.

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Birds, Wind and Chores, recorded from the casement window
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Recordist's notes

This is a recording made from the casement windows of an old Victorian cottage in which I was staying in order to record the sounds of the domestic interior of a period property. It was quite cold and dark and I was ill when I was there. But when I was organising my things for the final night of my stay, I noticed the amazing bird sounds from the window of the bedroom on the very top floor. It was an incredible sound - the starlings passing, the wind howling, even the blurry and annoying sounds of the traffic and planes on nearby roads... I wanted to record it. There is a lot of wind in the recording and I could have had the levels a little higher to get a better noise/signal ratio, but the starlings passing over at around 5-6 minutes in are amazing. You can hear me going out to the coal bunker as well, and filling the enamel water jug. Recorded with FOSTEX FR-2LE using Naiant X-X omni-directionals.

Written by Felicity Ford on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Loughton is a town of about 33,346 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 2 field recordings from here.

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