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Swallows buzz the bell-tower :: Topolò UD, Italy

Grimacco, UTI del Natisone, FVG, Italia

A field recording by abyssence made in Gorizia, Italy on 21 July 2019, in the evening. Soundscape: birdsong & dawn chorus, church bells and mountains.

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Swallows buzz the bell-tower :: Topolò UD, Italy
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Recordist's notes

On several clear summer evenings I witnessed flights of swallows circling the valley and doing hard turns against the wall of the church bell-tower...no doubt in some sort of joyful game or show of stamina...the hard, flat wall of the church returned their cries...

Written by abyssence on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Gorizia is a town of about 34,428 people in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. OttoAnna lists 126 field recordings from here.

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