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Whooper swan soundscape – Dumfries

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Whooper swan soundscape

Dumfries and Galloway, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom

A 63-minute field recording by david m made in Dumfries, United Kingdom on 4 February 2022, in the dawn. Soundscape: birdsong & dawn chorus.

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1:03:12CC BY 3.0by david mInternet Archive

1:03:12

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Recordist's notes

whooper swan soundscape ... dpa 4060s clipped to a bag to zoom f6 ... folly pond ... bird calls from ... teal ... shoveler ... mallard ... oystercatcher ... mute swan ... barnacle geese ... wigeon ... lapwing ... redwing ... dunlin ... curlew ... jackdaw ... wren ... dunnock ... lapwing ... some background noise ... love the occasional whistle from wings as birds fly in ... possibly teal ... bits of reverb from the whoopers call are fascinating ... time edited unattended extended recording ...

About the place

Dumfries is a town of about 46,500 people in Scotland, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 17 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom F6 and DPA microphones. A six-input 32-bit float field recorder popular with sound designers.

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