field polder river ambiance village Lage-Zwaluwe 0923 pm 240801_0874

Evening at river village Lage-Zwaluwe in the Netherlands.

A plane disappears from the audio image. At a distance, several people are talking. #0:56 Little House Martin fly by and the echo of the call is audible against the facade of the house. #2:31 The sheep on the embankment call out of discontent. Many sheep died from the viral disease bluetongue last year. The virus is spread by small insects called midges.

Birds detected by Merlin Bird ID app (ver. 3.6.1 (220 – 2024);
#1:17 #2:02 #2:42 #3:26 #4:42 #4:55 Common Wood-Pigeon
#4:02 #4:06 #4:24 #4:35 #4:43 #4:52 Greylag Goose
#0:08 #0:15 #0:24 #0:31 #0:38 #0:51 #1:00 #1:23 #1:36 #1:36 #1:52 #2:08 #2:29 #2:47 #2:59 #3:32 #4:09 #4:32 #4:40 #4:49 Eurasian Blackbird
#0:05 #3:07 #3:20 #3:26 #3:43 #3:55 #4:47 Canada Goose
#2:34 #3:16 Little Egret
#0:30 #0:45 #0:50 #1:01 #1:21 #2:04 #2:08 #2:13 #2:26 #2:33 Western House Martin

Village Lage-Zwaluwe is 500 m from rivers; Amer, Nieuwe Merwede and Hollands Diep and close to national park Biesbosch. You van hear the inland vessels. In front of the microphones the large polder. Behind me the village street.

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Date/time: August 1 2024, 9:23 pm

Weather: 22-18c, clouds 100%, wind variating between SE N NE, most E 0-7 km/h, 1013 hPa, humidity 93-100%, visibility 8 km – 64 m, dew point 20-17c

Location; Kerkstraat, Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. GPS 51.710961, 4.705501

Gear chain: Sennheiser mkh30/50 MS, in Rycote cyclone small, windjammer > Tascam dr-100 Mk2. Decoded Mid-side to STEREO. Noise flour: 29 dBA (less noise than whispering)

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