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Green woodpecker, buzzards, traffic

Hlavní město Praha, Praha, Česko

A 3-minute field recording by Peter Cusack made in Braník, Czechia on 9 April 2022, in the morning. Soundscape: wind, birdsong & dawn chorus and forests.

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Green woodpecker, buzzards, traffic
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Recordist's notes

The hillside above Braník is woodland with tall trees and paths for jogging and dog walking. A reasonable variety of birds live there - woodpeckers, buzzards, nuthatches - their songs and calls mixing with the constant sound of traffic from the valley below. Planes roar overhead as they come in to land at Prague airport. This soundscape is very weather dependent. Wind direction particularly has a large effect on loudness of traffic noise and its mix with the woodland sounds. On this track a green woodpecker laughs, a chiffchaff, distant robin, buzzards and nuthatches are heard. Right at the end a local train blows its whistle before leaving Braník station.

Written by Peter Cusack on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Braník is a town of about 17,777 people in Prague, Czechia. OttoAnna lists 32 field recordings from here.

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