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Recordist's notes
As I was walking up Kendrick Road of a fine spring evening, I noticed the air was thick with lovely birdsong so I stopped to listen. There is a wide road to the right of where I'm stood here, through which you can hear individual cars and lorries passing sporadically, with pauses in between where the resident birds can be heard singing out their wee hearts. Along with the occasional police siren. Recorded with my trusty Edirol R-09.
About the place
Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 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
- “Morgan Road, Reading, UK - The birds singing between the growls of the cars” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0