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Midnight Ambience Across The Severn Valley

Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

A 21-minute field recording by David Pitt made in Great Malvern, United Kingdom on 28 January 2026, in the night. Soundscape: wind, night soundscapes and streets & traffic.

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Midnight Ambience Across The Severn Valley
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Recordist's notes

The mics are hanging outside against the kitchen window. The humming sounds are from the fridge and freezer inside the kitchen. The owls are vocal all around and some quite distant as are the traffic sounds, about a mile away. At 6.01" a fox calls just once and at 9.38" stupidly I push a chair making a scraping noise. The rest is the texture of audio from midnight. MixPre 6 II with 2 Sennheiser MKH 8020s at 32bit x 48khz converted to stereo Mp3 at 320kbs with some very low frequency cut up to 80hz.

Written by David Pitt on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Great Malvern is a town of about 36,770 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 145 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders and Sennheiser MKH microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.

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