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spring riverside Maas NL 653 AM 230415_0579

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klankbeeld

April 3rd, 2024

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Soundscapes > Nature
's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands
riverside NL EU 2024 pack2

Saturday morning 6:53 AM at the river Maas in the Netherlands.

What I experience during this long morning here; Cold spring day with rising sun. Grebe flees over the true because he is startled by my presence. On the other side of the river a whistling man with a sheepdog. Hunters shoot hares. In the village of Gewande you can hear a woodpecker.
"Left the river, right the village Gewande in the Netherlands
A farmer drives his tractor to the field.

recording details;
#1:27 fish jumping out of the water
#2:29 Carrion Crows
#2:49 #5:21 #13:28 #15:08 #32:34 Hunters shooting in the distance
#3:13 Greylag Goose
#5:55 Eurasian Green Woodpecker call
#7:10 #37:10 church bells 7AM and half past seven different churches
#9:26 #15:22 far Great Spotted Woodpecker hammering
#11:10 man, letting the dog out, at the other side of the river whistling for a few minutes. Wonderful detail
#21:45 tractor far for 9 minutes
#24:30 coot running over the water
#24:46 50m inland motor freighter ‘Pur San’ passing over the river.

Local traffic and sometimes a high altitude plane.


More here today / More around here during the years

Date/time: April 15th 2023, 6:53 AM. Sunrise 6:41

Weather: 6c, sun, wind ENE 11 km/h, 1010 hPa, humidity 79-83%, visibility 23 km, dew point 2c, UV-index 0.0

Location; river Maas near Fort Blauwesluis, Gewande, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. GPS 51.75322 5.34879

Gear chain: Sennheiser mkh30/50 MS with, in Rycote cyclone small, windjammer > Sound Devices 302 >Tascam dr-100 Mk2. Decoded Mid-side to STEREO. Mic pointed NE 31degree

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bell
bird-song
birds
birdsong
church
early
embankment
field-recording
floodplain
general-noise
morning
river
riverside
shipping
spring
white-noise

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Ogg Vorbis (.ogg)

Duration

42:48.389

File size

61.9 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bitrate

202 kbps

Channels

Stereo

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