Hi All
This morning I went along on a walk with other members of my local "Over 60=
s Keep Fit Club". The venue was the RSPB's (Royal Society for the Protecti=
on of Birds) Stour Estuary Nature Reserve. At one point just after we had =
crossed a bridge over the London to Harwich railway line I heard a woodpeck=
er drumming.
I took out the LS-10 and managed to catch some of the sound (perfect demons=
tration of the use of the little Olympus as a "point and shoot" device).
Also caught was the noise of an overflying jet, the passing of an electric =
passenger train heading for Harwich and my wife chattering with other membe=
rs of the group. Curlew, wood pigeon and other birds are also in there.
My first thoughts were that the "non nature" sounds had spoilt the recordin=
g. However, on second thoughts I quite like the result. It is a recording=
of a woodpecker in its natural surroundings, warts an all.
Looking at the clip's wave form it is interesting that the drumming increas=
es in volume as the aircraft and train approach - a normal reaction?
The recording can be heard, and the site seen, at the Radio Aporee site
<http://aporee.org/maps/?lat=3D51.94009814771148&lng=3D1.196608543395996&zo=
om=3D16&type=3Ds&locid=3D3431&title=3DWoodpecker%2C%20Plane%2C%20Train%20-%=
20Ccpperas%20Bay>
The file has also been posted to geocities
<m("btinternet.com/Woodpecker_Plane_TrainII.mp3","//uk.geocities.com/g0sbw");">http:>
The woodpecker was recorded 7 miles West of Felixstowe, one of Europe's lar=
gest container ports and six miles West of the historic port of Harwich. T=
hese ports can be examined by moving/zooming the Radio Aporee map/photo to =
the east of the recording site. Clearly there is no shortage on man genera=
ted activity in the area.
The LS-10's internal mics were used at high sensitivity 10. The as recorde=
d sound was boosted by 3dB and fade in and fade out added before conversion=
to MP3.
Cheers
TomR
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