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Recordist's notes
This is the sound under the water near a field full of grazing sheep, in Shetland. The recording was made with one of Jez Riley French's hydrophones plugged into a FOSTEX FR-2LE. You can hear the activity of the tide, and some of the scraping noises as the same tide pushes the hydrophone against the rocks. I don't know if the nearby sheep are grown for wool or for meat, but their proximity to the sea was interesting to me, as on mainland Britain I have rarely seen sheep so near to the ocean.
Context
Equipment mentioned: Hydrophones. Underwater microphones used for whales, fish, ice and the hidden sounds of rivers and ponds.
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Sources & credits
- “Shetland Islands, UK, Boddam, Dunrossness - Under the water, just off the rocky shoreline around Boddam, Dunrossness” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0