Fulmars are comical — all the more so if you're a climber and get one of those do a green stinky projectile vomit in your face! Here we eavesdrop on a lot of pairs of fulmars on rock ledges on the sheer cliff walls of this chasm in the granite cliff complex of Gwennap Head, Porthgwarra, Penwith, Cornwall, UK. Once in a while seagulls get agitated and make a commotion as a couple of climbers ascend the sheer rock in some part of this chasm. No idea whether any fulmars let them have it! Other birds we hear include wren, rock pipit, jackdaw, and rock dove or feral pigeon.
The reverberant acoustics are fabulous, and we repeatedly hear the contrast between nearer fulmars that are in line of sight from the recorder, and others that are hidden away. Those latter sound reverberant, especially those further away.
I made this recording on 17 June 2014, and couldn't avoid a fair amount of microphone wind noise, though to my ears it doesn't seem too intrusive. Indeed, it gives a sense of authenticity and actually being out there in the breezy conditions.
Advisory
This really comes to life, and reveals masses of further detail, when listened to with high-grade headphones rather than speakers.
This recording in progress. The arrow points to the light grey furry windshield of the recorder.
Fulmars on rock ledges in Zawn Rinny — photo taken 12 March 2014.
Techie stuff
The recorder was Sony PCM-M10, with Røde DeadKitten furry windshield. It was placed on a Zipshot Mini tripod, which I regard as more 'midi' than 'mini'.
Post-recording processing was to apply EQ in Audacity to correct for the muffling effect of the windshield — and then more recently stereo widening / sharpening-up using the VST plugin A1 Stereo Control (200% widening).
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Type
Flac (.flac)
Duration
66:10.079
File size
322.4 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
