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The caged and the free

Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom

A 13-minute field recording by Sophie Standford made in Stowmarket, United Kingdom on 29 April 2022, in the morning. Soundscape: birdsong & dawn chorus and construction & industry.

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The caged and the free
13:18CC BY 3.0by Sophie StandfordInternet Archive
13:18
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Recordist's notes

Fen Lane is a narrow corridor offered to wildlife running tight between the sterile silence of regimented, commercial orchards, and the putrid smell of an industrial poultry unit. Poultry can be heard incessantly over their heated, ventilated housing. In stark contrast, wild birds sing freely among the abandoned hazel coppice and large ivy-clad willow and oaks of the lane. https://sophiestandford.com/

Written by Sophie Standford on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Stowmarket is a town of about 21,028 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 28 field recordings from here.

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