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Mar 2020
30m 3s

If you go down to the woods tonight

Bbc Radio 3
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Have you ever wondered what goes bump in the woods at night?

Hugh Huddy discovers the night time soundscape of a woodland in Suffolk by placing a binaural recording box in a tree and leaving it there overnight. Listening back to the recording, the secret life of the dark woods slowly reveals itself.

Producer: Cathy Robinson for BBC Wales

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