sounds, sensors, stones
A lovely little stream near the path to Scorhill stone circle, it was worth a longer recording. Starlings are starting to mass in the Autumn, and they provide some counterpoint to the running water in this binaural recording. Nice not to have to filter anything – straight out of the recorder apart from trimming the timeline and bringing the gain up a little bit.
This is the sound of the flow inside the well-house at Chalice Well. Two springs rise in this area – the Chalice Well and gardens are home to the chalybeate Red Spring, rising from a deep underground source with little variation in flow or temperature over the years and seasons. Only a few tens of yards away is the White Spring, which rises from theg round closer to the surface. There is a definite tone to the flow – the well-head has a pentagonal chamber underneath it and the resonance of this makes a peaceful steady sound.
From a field recordist’s point of view life is made more difficult by the A361 carrying HGVs down Chilkwell Street, but the wellhead is far enough away and loud enough that this doesn’t impair the recording.
Windy recording of the ripples lapping at the mudbanks by the Southwold Footbridge
It was a seriously windy day, good for ripples but not so good for the recording.
I was recording the waves at Southwold pier as darkness started to fall. The air was still enough to give it a go without being taken down by the sea winds.
Suddenly, in the distance I hear the sound of geese, and a massive vee of geese pass overhead, possibly a hundred birds in all
