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Recordist's notes
From inside the Spolsener Moor. Microphones were placed 50cm above ground near a swampy pond, pine and birch trees left and right. There is lots of dead grass around, from which a purring sound emerged. It seems to be particularly active when the sun is shining. First I thought it might come from the ground itself, but now I suspect some sort of insect that makes this sound from inside the dead grass. Recorded around mid day, 18°C, sunny and light wind from the south. Nevaton MC59 Omni in a baffled AB Setup, recorded with a Zoom F3.
About the place
Westerstede is a town of about 21,902 people in Lower Saxony, Germany. OttoAnna lists 2 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom F3. A tiny two-input 32-bit float recorder – no gain setting needed.
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Sources & credits
- “Uplengen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland - Purring Moor / Pine / Birch” by daniel.dejong – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0