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Recordist's notes
There was a huge barn on the campsite where we were staying, and it was full of birds including swallows and swifts and blackbirds and wood pigeons (I think). The big resonant barn amplified their songs in such a lovely way that I wanted to document it. EDIROL R-09 left on top of an old boiler for 35 minutes - this is an excerpt of a much longer recording.
Context
This recording was made away from larger towns, about 49 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.
Equipment mentioned: Roland / Edirol R-05 & R-09. Compact Roland/Edirol recorders that were popular for early sound-map contributions.
Recorded nearby
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Sources & credits
- “Scottish Borders, UK - Birds singing in the barn” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0