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Recordist's notes
This recording was taken on a raised embankment that used to be part of an iron age hill fort, so I was almost level with the tree canopy. As well as the birds you can hear the drone of traffic on the road in the nearby gorge, and at around 2 mins some people jog past on the path to the left. (rec. zoom H4n)
About the place
Bristol is a city of about 479,024 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 40 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.
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Sources & credits
- “Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve, Bristol, UK - Birdcalls after the rain” by RorySmith – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0