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Tawny owls and thunderstorm

Unnamed Road, Malton YO17 8TJ, UK

A 31-minute field recording by david m made in Scarborough, United Kingdom on 10 May 2020, in the night. Soundscape: thunderstorms and birdsong & dawn chorus.

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Tawny owls and thunderstorm
31:08CC BY 3.0by david mInternet Archive
31:08
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Recordist's notes

tawny owls calls and approaching thunderstorm ... xlr SASS on tripod to Zoom H5 ... bird calls ... pheasant ... little owl ... red-legged partridge ... there is clipping ... unattended recording ... first real thunderclap at 17:20 ... still don't know why low level rumbles set the pheasants calling ... not one or two ... most of them ... 0

Written by david m on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Scarborough is a town of about 61,749 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 749 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H5. A modular handheld recorder with interchangeable microphone capsules.

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