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Counting Waders on the Dee Estuary

Field Recordings · Ep. 26 · 25 min When the tide turns, the whole sky fills. A morning with the volunteers who keep count.

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The counters arrive two hours ahead of high water and set out their folding chairs on the sea wall, like people preparing for a particularly slow and beautiful sport.

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