Dawn

Recorded overnight on the 5-6th June as an experiment by hanging the microphone rig out of the dormer window facing east towards the back garden. The mics are flat against the roof tiles which seems to enhance the stereo separation and maybe even a certain amount of boundary effect. The fox at the beginning has an echo I have not heard before, probably from the side of the Malvern Hills. The many jets are because of an international flight line a few miles south in Gloucestershire and is unusually busy possibly because of relaxed Covid restrictions in the UK. The cuckoo is the first I have heard for a few years. The ducks are 14 chicks, now almost fledged and ready to fly on our pond. This is the second year Mallard have nested here. This section of the overnight recording starts at 4.05am and on this day 77 years ago my Uncle Hubert was preparing to go ashore at Arromanches. I wonder what sounds he would have heard. MixPre 6 II with 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8020s in a home made wind cover using a woollen scarf and some faux fur as a second layer. They are set at 180 degrees with the capsules 250mm apart. 32bit at 48khz.