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Recordist's notes
Your common or garden House Sparrows are now having a bit of a hard time in the UK as so many people have decked their gardens, or generally 'tidied-up' too much, thus depriving these loveable little birds of not only their natural food sources but a lovely bit of bare ground to have a dust bath in, to get rid of all those pesky parasites. I have put up 12 nest boxes on the back of my house, either side of a second storey sash window and at the moment 11 are occupied. This recording is made using two lavalier mics (Sony 77bs) into a Sony M10, placed either side of the exterior windowsill, this is not ideal as there is a 'gap' in the stereo image as you will hear,...... I also have very understanding neighbours!
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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Sources & credits
- “Reading, UK - Twelve Sparrow Nestboxes” by mike – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0