International Dawn Chorus Day

I joined with Locusonus and the Reveil project to broadcast birdsong from near my garden for International Dawn Chorus Day. Due to the coronavirus pandemic the choice of locations was limited. It’s good to appreciate one’s local birds, however, this blackbird sang well after he’d settled down from whatever fright woke him up at the start.

These mics aren’t the finest – basically cheap Chinese electrets because they’ll be left out in all weathers. IDCD was a still dry day, and the birds could give of their best, with human noise lower than usual. The recording extract starts at at about a quarter to six BST.