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Recordings in the Garden - Owls in the back Garden, Malvern Wells, UK

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

A 12-minute field recording by David Pitt made in Great Malvern, United Kingdom on 17 July 2024, in the night. Soundscape: wind, cafés, bars & restaurants and parks & gardens.

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Recordings in the Garden - Owls in the back Garden, Malvern Wells, UK
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Spectrogram of Recordings in the Garden - Owls in the back Garden, Malvern Wells, UK
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Recordist's notes

From an overnight recording owls gather in the birch tree and further afield with some additional wildlife sounds. The microphones were suspended outside the kitchen window. They slipped into a 45 degree angle which seems to have given the audio image an unusual shape. Also I believe the window glass has acted as an efficient reflector of sounds. MixPre 6 II with 2 Sennheiser MKH 8020s in my home made wind shield. 32 bit x 48khz original converted to 320kbps MP3

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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