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Recordist's notes
Recorded from the stream. A tram moans in the valley below. Wind gust rustle the dry leaves and traffic noise grows. A longer close train rumbles and rattles past. It’s bass frequencies are quite heavy. Robins and great tits continue to sing and woodpeckers (probably great spotted woodpeckers) have started drumming on two different trees – higher and lower pitched. At dawn most birds sing but there is an order to when each species starts. Woodpeckers seem to be later than others. Listening over time this woodland has a reasonable diversity of birds. But the constant traffic creates a sonic fog that makes them difficult to hear. I wonder if this effects how they hear each other.
About the place
Braník is a town of about 17,777 people in Prague, Czechia. OttoAnna lists 32 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
A stormy night. Wind and rain on crackly leaves
Braník, Czechia
Dawn, first light, first birds
Braník, Czechia
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in september!
Braník, Czechia
Braník woodland above the station
Braník, Czechia
Green woodpecker, buzzards, traffic
Braník, Czechia
Moaning trams complain at the tight curve
Braník, Czechia
More by Peter Cusack
Singing Fountain, Prague Castle
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Sound inside the rail plus a displaying hoverfly
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Symphony of Groans, Spreepark abandonned fun fair
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Water pumps
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Walking over a dead village, Opencast atmosphere
Jüchen, Germany
Whistling windgenerator
Grevenbroich, Germany
More rain recordings
The first spring Dejvice storm
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The city, the country & me: in front of café w
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Church Bell/Pub/Rain Prestwich
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Orrtorget, Sollefteå, Rain dripping down through manhole cover
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Storgatan/Kungsgatan, Sollefteå, Street crossing
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Vianden, evening bells and fountain
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Sources & credits
- “Braník woodland, a stormy night, rain and wind, Nad Údolím 56, 147 00 Praha 4, Czechia - Dawn birds, woodpeckers and a heavy train” by Peter Cusack – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0