This week has been one of extremes that encompasses the splendour of solitude and an onboard visit by three very enthusiastic police dogs (and a puppy)! Alongside all this, we took time to listen to some bats, watch the cygnets as the grow ever stronger and contemplate the hidden depths of the most surprising people.
Journal entry:
8th June, Wednesday
"The wind is kicking up among the branches of the ash and oaks while clouds as heavy as wet blotting paper begin to gather.
There is that excitement in the air that portends change though the barometer stays level. The rooks are playing up and large spots of rain fleck the towpath.
It is the time to stride across the ridgeways and old greenways in seven-league boots and drink in every second of the howling night...
it is the time to close the hatches and listen to the rain as it rakes the cabin roof and batters on the window by my bed."
Episode Information:
I am planning to feature bats more fully in a future podcast.
However, if you are interested in finding out more about bats, there is a very good introductory guide to (British) bats on the Woodland Trust website: Bats.
The bat sounds featured in this episode were a type of pipistrelle. We are not too sure which, but most probably (through population size) they were Common Pipistrelle. For more information: Common Pipistrelle.
The recoding was made using a Magenta Bat5 bat detector and a Edirol R-09HR sound recorder.
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