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Recordist's notes
Bitterns and rain drops ... bitterns booming ... the rain has stopped though droplets still fall from the trees ... bird calls and song from ... bitterns ... reed warblers ... reed bunting ... little grebe ... crow ... coot ... water rail ... gadwall ... cuckoo ... wood pigeon ... Canada geese ... to name a few ... open lavalier mics clipped to a T bar fastened to a fishing bank stick ... one blip in the mix ... and background noise ...
About the place
Mendip is a city of about 110,000 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 17 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
Rain ... on reed beds ... bird hide ... and a cetti's warbler
Mendip, United Kingdom
Reedbeds ... sedge and reed warbler singing
Mendip, United Kingdom
Distant booming bittern soundscape
Mendip, United Kingdom
Oldwood,birdwing
Mendip, United Kingdom
A pair of wrens feed their young
Mendip, United Kingdom
Quarrelling Coots and Booming Bitterns
Mendip, United Kingdom
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Sources & credits
- “Meare, UK - bitterns ... and rain drops ...” by david m – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0