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Fishing Harbour ambience

Unnamed Road, 8000 Faro, Portugal

A field recording by gleesonalan made in Olhão, Portugal on 27 August 2014, in the afternoon. Soundscape: sea & waves, birdsong & dawn chorus and harbours, ports & boats.

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Recordist's notes

Recording at Culatra fishing harbour. Culatra is a small island near the towns of Olhão and Faro. Recording features talking, an aeroplane overhead, fishing preparing equipment, seagulls, boats rocking, small waves lapping. File - Wav, 48kHz, 24bit Recorder - Zoom H4N. Microphones - pair of Uši Pro by LOM

Written by gleesonalan on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Olhão is a town of about 29,239 people in Faro, Portugal. OttoAnna lists 2 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n and LOM microphones (Uši). One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.

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