"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Keith G wrote:
Church locations are fraught with problems - aeroplane noise, traffic
etc We had to temporarily stop a session at Petersham Church when a
huge flock of sparrows landed outside a window:-)


:-)

And they can be quite 'vocal' can't they? We get a flock of them in the
hedge at the edge of the garden and they are a noisy little bunch which
wouldn't do any recording session any good! In fact, I occasionally get
birdsong creeping into my own recordings, along with the odd car going
past!

Sparrows used to be about the most common bird in this part of London.
Then all but disappeared perhaps 10 years ago. And although they've
returned, in nowhere near the same numbers.

With my sort of location recording, I missed them very much. Their
constant noise helped mask other more intrusive ones.


Well, it worked for me because I never found the twittering of spuggies
intrusive whether in a TV prog or even on the odd record I've got here but
not all birdsong is acceptable in the same situation - starlings, for
instance.