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The nightingale's perspective

Berlin, Deutschland

A 10-minute field recording by Peter Cusack made in Pankow, Germany on 2 June 2022, in the morning. Soundscape: rivers, streams & waterfalls, birdsong & dawn chorus and church bells.

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The nightingale's perspective
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Recordist's notes

Recorded from an audio stream left overnight at this location. The mics were hidden in a thick bramble bush. The recording starts as a nice morning atmosphere with distance bell. A lesser whitethroat and blackbird are singing. The nightingale sings very close by (would not happen if the recordist was personally present). It seems as if we are listening from his perspective. Around 7min30 dogs and (human) dog walkers pass by chatting. Again I get the rather odd impression that I'm hearing what the nightingale is hearing. He does pause slightly, maybe just checking, before singing again.

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

About the place

Pankow is a town of about 65,375 people in State of Berlin, Germany. OttoAnna lists 44 field recordings from here.

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