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Covid soundscape

Dumfries and Galloway, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom

A 57-minute field recording by david m made in Dumfries, United Kingdom on 30 January 2022, in the dawn. Soundscape: birdsong & dawn chorus.

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Covid soundscape
57:19CC BY 3.0by david mInternet Archive
57:19
Spectrogram of Covid soundscape
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Recordist's notes

covid soundscape ... dummy head with in ear binaural luhd mics to olympus ls 14 ... folly pond ... bird calls from ... rook ... jackdaw ... crow ... wigeon ... whooper ... mute swans ... barnacle ... canada ... pink-footed geese ... teal ... mallard ... wren ... chaffinch ... pheasant ... unattended extended time edited recording ... background noise ...

Written by david m on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Dumfries is a town of about 46,500 people in Scotland, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 17 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Binaural microphones. Microphones worn in the ears (or in a dummy head) that capture sound as a listener hears it – best experienced on headphones.

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