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Recordist's notes
This is the sound in a quiet corner of Port Meadow; one of the many places in Oxford which is extremely rural and where county life meets city life. Horses and cattle graze on the meadow; folk enjoy swimming and boating on the Thames; many people enjoy walking on the green; and large trains pass on the rail line directly next to it. In this recording I was trying to capture something of the ambience of this place; a very simple recording made with EDIROL R-09 in the grass underneath a tree.
About the place
Oxford is a city of about 162,100 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 73 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Roland / Edirol R-05 & R-09. Compact Roland/Edirol recorders that were popular for early sound-map contributions.
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Sources & credits
- “Port Meadow, Oxford, UK - Quiet birds and flies and loud trais and planes on Port Meadow” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0