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Recordist's notes
Listening for 48 minutes in the forest exactly 10 miles due North of my house, for a friend's project, writing about what I heard as I sat there. The long rhythm of planes passing, the bustle of pheasants, the density of the air on a damp spring day with sunlight in the woods.
About the place
Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Warburg Nature Reserve, Swyncombe, Oxfordshire, UK - 10 miles North of my home” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0