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Hydrophones on the riverbed

East Devon District, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom, European Union

A 31-minute field recording by Paul Whitty made in Exeter, United Kingdom on 31 January 2013, in the morning. Soundscape: rivers, streams & waterfalls and farms & farm animals.

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Hydrophones on the riverbed
31:20CC BY-ND 3.0by Paul WhittyInternet Archive
31:20

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Recordist's notes

This recording was made with two Aquarian Audio hydrophones in the River Exe while it was in flood. The field that i cast the hydrophones into the river from is called first marsh and is part of Fortescue Farm. The recording is part of a project examining the soundscape of five fields South of the farm. The project is called - somewhere a field.

Written by Paul Whitty on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Exeter is a city of about 130,709 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 44 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Hydrophones. Underwater microphones used for whales, fish, ice and the hidden sounds of rivers and ponds.

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