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Sonic Journal EP16: Jubilee Hill Sycamore in the breeze - Binaural Nature Soundscape. Recorded on July 26th 2023 / 0530h

Day three of 'Seven days of Hills' mini series exploring the soundscapes of the Malvern Hills area every day for one week.

**As this is a binaural recording - it's best to use headphones**

Moving along and down from the Worcestershire Beacon high point, across the Wyche cutting and along Perseverance Hill, Jubilee Hill is today's location. As a relatively small bump of a hill, this Hill is interesting because it sits on a crossroad of walking paths as well as dropping off steeply on both the west and east sides into different kinds of wooded coverage. Owls and rooks can often be heard around this location, although no owls this morning, instead my ear was taken by the rattling of a medium sized Sycamore tree in full leaf... so I placed the microphones up among the branches to really try and get amongst the movement of the leaves in the morning breeze.

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Sonic Journal EP20: Chase End Hill. Dark wet woodland, distant rumbles - Binaural Soundscape.

— Recorded on July 30th 2023 / 2215h —

Day seven of 'Seven days of Hills' mini series exploring the soundscapes of the Malvern Hills area every day for one week.

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For the seventh and final day of this week of daily hill soundscapes we make our way down to Chase End Hill and as the most southernly point of the Malverns we are now in Gloucestershire. And for this day rather than early morning, it is a night recording we present from the final hill. It has been a very blustery day and evening with winds and rain coming and going. Now, after 10pm the rain has held up a touch but the trees are still holding a lot of water. This area, while quite remote in some ways is actually quite close as the crow flies to a large dual carriage way road, and with the strong South-westerly wind the sound from the road rumbles up the valley and woodlands and into my microphones, creating an extra rumbling layer to pair with the rumble of the moving winds. Well, who am I to deny some additional rumble on this dark wet final night of 7 days of hills recordings!

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Sonic Journal EP19: Ragged Stone Hill. Oaks swaying in the summer breeze - Binaural Nature Soundscape.

Day six of 'Seven days of Hills' mini series exploring the soundscapes of the Malvern Hills area every day for one week.

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On this, the sixth day of seven we are approaching the end (or should that be the beginning?) of the Malvern hills range, where the terrain narrows a little, but if anything things get more interesting. There are far less people around these parts, making for an interesting place to explore. Today the recording location is up and over Ragged Stone Hill, then steep down into a woodland made up of mostly Beech and Oak (at least where I was situated). Most noticeable is the height of these trees - so so tall, reaching up and swaying in the breeze as the sun cuts through, lighting up the leaf littered forest floor.

Recorded on July 29th 2023 / 0753h

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Sonic Journal EP17: British Camp / Herefordshire Beacon. Crickets in the dry Grasses / Woodland stream - Binaural Soundscape.

Day four of 'Seven days of Hills' mini series exploring the soundscapes of the Malvern Hills area every day for one week.

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We hop along a little further today, crossing over the A449 for the continuation of the hills at todays recording spot of British Camp. This area was once a fort and has also been radically re-shaped to look 'nicer' by the Victorians back in the day, giving the Herefordshire Beacon a very distinctive loaf-like appearance from afar. The terrain is mostly grassland and very open with a series of small connecting hills and valleys making up the first section near the beacon, but I was more interested in the lower lying section near the reservoir today, discovering some shelter from the wind and nearby road noise. My microphones were positioned for a wide sound picture from the low level crickets and insects, to distant Buzzards in the older surrounding wooded areas. Oh, and then moving around the corner and into the closest woodland to hear a lovely little stream running past an ancient Holly tree more than a meter in diameter!

Recorded on July 27th 2023 / 0827h

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Sonic Journal EP15: Sugarloaf Hill - Binaural Soundscape. Recorded by Mike Rucinski on July 25th 2023 / 0550h

Day two of 'Seven days of Hills' mini series exploring the soundscapes of the Malvern Hills area every day for one week - A soundscape snapshot.

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Sugarloaf Hill is today's location, which sits between North Hill and the beacon high point. To the east the hill drops down into a tree lined valley and eventually into the town, yet somehow it can be very quiet up here. Weather wise there was a proper clear sunrise and the wind speed was very low, so good conditions for recording up here. There was a little very light rain which quickly passed, and a little vehicle sound from nearby roads, although the bees in the fresh growth Wood Sage were certainly making themselves known while going about their busy busy chores!

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Sonic Journal EP14: North Hill Quarry Rain - Binaural Soundscape. Recorded on July 24th 2023 / 0615h

This is the first episode of Sonic Journal 'Seven days of Hills'; a mini series exploring the soundscapes of a particular location over the space of seven days in July 2023 - A soundscape snapshot.

**As this is a Binaural recording - please wear headphones for best spatial feels in your ears**

The area of interest is the Malvern Hills in the UK, which spans three counties (Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire) and is shaped a little like a narrow dragons back. To walk from the north to the south you will meet 13 hills and cover around 12 miles. This area is a local stomping ground of mine which I have been exploring and recording for quite a few years now, and while it is not a vastly large area one thing I have noticed is the variety in soundscape as you pass through when walking or biking the paths and trails from hill to hill.

The focus is on bringing a sample of the soundscape recorded from a selection of different locations along the hills over a seven day period, with recordings made around the same time each day, using the same equipment and settings, and the location being the alternating factor. Episode one will start in the north, and as the week progresses recordings will be made gradually moving south.

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