Sea hear for an auditory amble - creating a coastal soundmap

On any walk, it is easy to be beguiled by what you see, but what about what you hear? As I hike along the southern coast of the Gower Peninsula in Wales, I'm struck by the curious catalogue of noise that I'm taking on board, some of it for the first time: black-headed gulls cawing, the wind catching on stout blackthorn branches, the click-clack of a gate, the rustle of wind-proof hiking jackets. Even, if I listen carefully, the gentle ripple of cliff-top grass buffeted by breezy updrafts. Then there are the waves soughing up against the limestone coast, a crumpled, dented noise that over thousands of years has accompanied the gentle erosion and dissolving of the prevailing geology of Gower.

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