Enquiring Ear

Field recording and found sounds

Tag: waves

  • Skara Brae shingle beach

    Skara Brae shingle beach

    I was here to visit the Skara Brae prehistoric village. It’s a well-preserved village from 5000 years ago. It was uncovered by a storm in 1850. The nearby car park is on the shingle each, and I stayed the night there. The sound of the waves on the shingle were soporific

  • Waves at Hopton on the East Coast

    Waves at Hopton on the East Coast

    The east coast has to be defended from the sea by placing massive rocks on the beach. Hopton is almost about as far east as you can get. The rocks make little inlets which make for an interesting soundscape, with the rattle of the pebbles against the long swoosh of the incoming waves, with some very low-frequency rumble from the rocks.

    Binaural recording

  • A Vee of Geese overflying Southwold Pier at dusk

    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