Ep.2 - Wheatfen - Will Fitch - 23rd February, 2021

Wheatfen - 23rd February, 2021, Dawn/MorningIn this second episode, Martin Scaiff is joined by Will Fitch, warden of Wheatfen Nature Reserve, a 52 hectare area of open fen, sallow carr and two small broads (shallow lakes) just outside Norwich, and within the UK's Norfolk Broads national park. The HomeSounds project has installed a live-streaming microphone at the reserve to broadcast a part of its acoustic habitat to the world for free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through the fabulous Locus Sonus Soundmap. Together Martin and Will explore the sounds of this unique and vital area of wetland on a warm, fresh, early spring day. They discover an already pretty frantic dawn chorus, have some close encounters of the swan kind, discuss the busy and rich life of Wheatfen, and learn about the ‘Penguin’, a Norfolk wherry (sailing barge) the remains of which rest amongst the fen following an unfortunate encounter with a stray Luftwaffe bomb. This episode includes a number of extended periods of environmental sound captured at Wheatfen.Welcome home everybody.LINKSGoogle Map for today’s sound-walk: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1mD8SRnrLvnlblsjUH85dFjJhkzgSkDgI&usp=sharingHomeSounds: https://www.recastmusiceducation.com/homesoundsWheatfen: https://www.wheatfen.org/Broads National Park: https://www.visitthebroads.co.uk/Locus Sonus Soundmap: https://locusonus.org/soundmap/051/Live-Stream Microphone Link: http://locus.creacast.com:9001/norfolk_broads_wheatfen.ogg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HomeSoundsRMTwitter: https://twitter.com/RecastMusicYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZfwXmc6L_1QPIYKj9evYWgToday we used the following equipment for recording;Sony PCM D100 Audio Recorder - https://pro.sony/en_GB/products/portable-digital-recorders/pcm-d100Zoom H5 Audio Recorder - https://zoomcorp.com/en/gb/handheld-recorders/handheld-recorders/h5/Lom Geophone: https://store.lom.audio/products/geofon?variant=29549909442647Custom Primo EM172 microphones (commentary): https://micbooster.com/primo-microphone-capsules/8-primo-em172.html?search_query=em172&results=21Rode M5 Stereo Pair: http://www.rode.com/microphones/m5 + Rycote BBG Windshields: https://rycote.com/microphone-windshield-shock-mount/bbg-windshield/ in an ORTF arrangement: Rode NTG 3 - Shotgun Microphone: http://www.rode.com/microphones/ntg-3 + Rode Blimp - http://www.rode.com/accessories/blimpEverything you hear was captured either by Martin or Will.