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Recordist's notes
A great afternoon at Ham Wall with Fran. No industrial noise. This track is a combination of two separate recordings. A homemade SASS (with Primo EM 172 capsules made up by Ian Brady of WSRS) to Olympus LS14 and a mono track from a MK66 to a FR2LE. A good pint afterwards at the Railway Inn served by the affable Ray
About the place
Mendip is a city of about 110,000 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 17 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Olympus LS series. Olympus's LS line (LS-10, LS-11, LS-14, LS-100, LS-P4) – small recorders with good built-in mics.
Recorded nearby
Bitterns ... and rain drops
Mendip, United Kingdom
Rain ... on reed beds ... bird hide ... and a cetti's warbler
Mendip, United Kingdom
Reedbeds ... sedge and reed warbler singing
Mendip, United Kingdom
Distant booming bittern soundscape
Mendip, United Kingdom
Oldwood,birdwing
Mendip, United Kingdom
A pair of wrens feed their young
Mendip, United Kingdom
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Oldwood,birdwing
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A pair of wrens feed their young
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Sources & credits
- “Ham Wall, Avalon Marshes - Quarrelling Coots and Booming Bitterns” by Peter Annear – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0