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Recordist's notes
a sort of gloriously unholy row! I went in for a bit of peaceful reflection and meditation and to hear the famous astronomical clock chime the half hour. The organ was being tuned and furniture and scaffolding were being moved around on trolleys. Not much reflection but plenty of reverberation
About the place
Mendip is a city of about 110,000 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 17 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
Reedbeds ... sedge and reed warbler singing
Mendip, United Kingdom
Bitterns ... and rain drops
Mendip, United Kingdom
Rain ... on reed beds ... bird hide ... and a cetti's warbler
Mendip, United Kingdom
Distant booming bittern soundscape
Mendip, United Kingdom
Quarrelling Coots and Booming Bitterns
Mendip, United Kingdom
Oldwood,birdwing
Mendip, United Kingdom
More by Peter Annear
Merrymeet Bees
Exeter, United Kingdom
Quarrelling Coots and Booming Bitterns
Mendip, United Kingdom
Oldwood,birdwing
Mendip, United Kingdom
A pair of wrens feed their young
Mendip, United Kingdom
Middle Hope Cove - Turning of the tide at Middle Hope
Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Spitaki Mikro Papingo - Birds celebrate the summer solstice along…
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More church bells recordings
Sources & credits
- “59W4+MM Wells Cathedral, UK - Wells Cathedral” by Peter Annear – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0