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Listening to the wind through the tall grass

Tendring District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom

A 10-minute field recording by Paul Whitty made in Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom on 9 April 2013, in the afternoon. Soundscape: wind, rivers, streams & waterfalls and birdsong & dawn chorus.

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Listening to the wind through the tall grass
9:58CC BY-ND 3.0by Paul WhittyInternet Archive
9:58

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Recordist's notes

Sitting next to a line of reeds topping the embankment above the creek. There's a constant crackling as the dry stems brush against each other and the drone of the wind through the long grass just below towards the creek - occasionally enhanced by the distant sound of a passing aeroplane slowly shifting in pitch as it passes. There is a bird scarer in the distance and hammering from the boatyard at St.Osyth. Birdsong articulates the distance between the reeds and the mudflats- waders, gulls and geese in the distance with warblers and skylarks hidden nearby amongst the reeds. Recorded with an AT BP-4029 and a Roland R-26.

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

About the place

Clacton-on-Sea is a town of about 50,548 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 10 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Roland R-26. A six-channel recorder with both directional and omni microphones.

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