Nightingale
The melodious song of the nightingale is the most likely sign of this bird being about. Shy and secretive, it sings from dense scrub and woodland, day and night.
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Nightingale and cuckoos
Spring in Britain brings in the song of the nightingale and cuckoo. Find the best places to see and hear these classic signs of spring around the country.
My First Nightingale
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Song thrush
The song thrush is a familiar garden visitor that has a beautiful and loud song. The broken shells of their blue, spotty eggs can often be found under a hedge in spring.
Identify bird song
Identify bird song. From garden birds to songbirds that you might hear in the countryside. Listen to our audio clips of the most common british birds.
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Grange Farm Woodland Magic
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Bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble! From making magic wands to powerful potions, it's witching hour in the woods.
North West Group - *New speaker* Return of the Nightingale: Rewilding the Knepp estate
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Discover the rewilding work taking place at Knepp
Eleventh hour reprieve for one of the last bastions of nightingales
A controversial planning application to build 5,000 houses on one of the UK’s last strongholds for nightingales has been dropped just months before a Public Inquiry was due to take a closer look…