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The Start of the Dawn Chorus and first hour

Unnamed Road, Henley-on-Thames RG9 6BL, UK

A 67-minute field recording by Mike Taylor made in Reading, United Kingdom on 7 May 2018, in the night. Soundscape: birdsong & dawn chorus, forests and streets & traffic.

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The Start of the Dawn Chorus and first hour
1:07:20Public Domain Markby Mike TaylorInternet Archive
1:07:20
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Recordist's notes

We got to the site with a lovely half moon before the chorus had started. There were some Tawny Owls calling, the odd Pheasant, and then the first Robins heralded the beginning. There are Blackbirds, Song Thrushes, Pheasants, Wrens, Chiff-Chaffs, Wood Pigeons, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Whitethroats, Hedge Sparrows, a Muntjack Deer barking, Great Tits, Carrion Crows, a car arriving, two people talking and laughing, and of course several aircraft. Recorded on a Sony M10 with a spaced pair of Primo EM 172 mic capsules.

Written by Mike Taylor on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 field recordings from here.

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