A soundscene of an island. Asleep. Between the tides.
This passage of time is from a 2025 recording the Lento box made in Bigbury-on-Sea, tied to a palm tree facing onto the beach and out towards the island.
It's the dead of night, 2am to 3am. The waves are breaking along the soft sandy beach. The tide has turned. Now it is rising. Weather conditions mild. Wind speeds very light, 1 to 2 knots. Human activity virtually nil for tens of miles, in all directions, including the entire dome of the night sky.
* What makes this overnight sound photograph of the beach by Burgh Island so precious to us is the crystal clarity of the waves and their movement as they break on the flat sands, under a silent night sky. Being the dead of night and completely dark herring gulls and oyster catchers are still occasionally audible, but their calls are relatively sparse and there are long empty gaps.
** You can listen to other sections of this overnight recording in episode 265 and episode 295.
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