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busy river Waal Netherlands 116 pm 250515_1096

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klankbeeld

May 16th, 2025

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Rossum, Gelderland, Netherlands
riverside NL EU 2025 pack 4

Sunny and windy day in May on the river Waal (150m wide). Sound of waves and shipping. Sound recorded at the end of a basalt wave breaking.

#05:36 #05:51 On the breakwater is a pole with radar reflector that you can hear rattling in the wind from time to time.


#22:00 Inland push-tow Veerhaven X with six cargo barges, passing with 17.3 km/h 9.3 Kn. Coming from right side. 193 x 35 m, 5000Kw .

Birds detected by BirdNET-Analyser (GUI ver. 2.0.0 Model ver. V2.4);
#7:23 #13:04 #14:05 #14:53 #15:06 Eurasian Oystercatcher
#17:09 Greylag Goose

More here today / More Waal river recordings

Date/time: May 29th 15, 1:16 pm

Weather: 19-20c, sun, wind NNE 15-30 km/h, 1020 hPa, humidity 31-50%, visibility 33 km, dew point 7c, cloud ceiling none

Location; floodplain / breakwater, Waaldijk ,Rossum, Gelderland, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. GPS 51.80307 5.34760

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

Original MS-track 96/24 available for motivated pro's and artists.

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atmospheric
background-sound
breakwater
break-wave
embankment
Eurasian-Oystercatcher
Field-recording
floodplain
general-noise
Holland
Netherlands
river
river-bank
river-side
shipping
stone
Waal
waves
white-noise

Type

Flac (.flac)

Duration

46:36.789

File size

244.2 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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dibko

3 months, 2 weeks ago

The audio recording season has begun. Interesting recording, thank you.

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