Flatey is the biggest island in
Breiðafjörður bay
in the west of Iceland, but nevertheless a small island. It is a
wonderful place. Rich, widely spiced bird life and no car traffic. Most
houses are old and most of them are nicely rebuilt. No one lives there
all year around but in spring, summer and autumn lot of people stays
there. Sometimes the place is overcrowded with tourists but there is
both a campsite and a hotel.
I spent few hours in Flatey in June 2012 with my family. We just walked
around in this relaxing surroundings. The east part of the island was
closed because of bird’s hatch and eyas. But the life in the “village”
was also interesting.
Strong gust from vest made recording difficult but I found a quiet place
beside a wall not far away from the “main street”. In front of me was a
small marsh and it was overcrowded with all kinds of birds; snipe,
gull, golden plover, white wagtail, oystercatcher, arctic tern, ducks
and so on, but closest to the microphone is a red necked phalarope. In
distance Kittiwake and other birds are audible.
I was very lucky this time, there were few tourists on the island so the
recording contains relaxing conversations between neighbors in this
wonderful ambience. In the beginning a child is drumming a box, but it
last only for 5 minutes. After that it is possible to listen what people
and birds have to say.
Download mp3 file (192kbps / 37,2Mb)
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www.fieldrecording.net
Recorder: Sound devices 744T
Mic: Audio Technica BP4025
Pics: Canon 30D (
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