During lockdown, we've become more aware of birdsong but can we recognise the birds we're hearing? In this episode, Mya-Rose Craig explores how to identify different birds, from robins to wrens to blackbirds; why birds sing; what a dawn chorus is all about; and how birdsong makes us feel.
Actor and keen birder Samuel West takes time out from filming the new series of All Creatures Great and Small to give top tips on how to learn birdsong, with his very own patch diary from Yorkshire.
RSPB’s Lucy Lapwing, host of YouTube channel Birdsong Lessons, explains how to tell garden birds apart, whilst Get Birding listeners reveal the birdsong that stops them in their tracks.
Jason Singh speaks to Mercury Prize nominated folk singer Sam Lee about his magical live woodland concerts “Singing with Nightingales” and his debut novel “The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird” which tells the story of this endangered bird and its place in music and literature.
Host: Dr Mya-Rose Craig
Music Host: Jason Singh
Guests: Samuel West, Lucy Lapwing, Sam Lee
Producer: Tom Bonnett
Executive Producers: Jane Gerber & Katie Derham
Production Manager: Cara Ghoshal
Production Assistant: Louis Facey
Sponsors: Severn Trent Water & Swarovski Optik
Music from:
Podington Bear - Sneaker Chase
Podington Bear - Golden Hour
Podington_Bear_-_Fluorescence
Podington Bear - Delta
“” - Platformer
“” Happiness Is
Sam Lee and Lisa Knapp - Tan Yard Side
Sam Lee - Turtle Dove
Sam Lee - IMPROV SWN
Sound recordings from:
Tony Whitehead
InChadney
Vonora
Sheyvan
Acclivity
Erh
Dobroide
Podcast art by Make Productions
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www.facebook.com/getbirdingpod
www.instagram.com/getbirdingpod
Follow Samuel West at: @exitthelemming
Check out Lucy's YouTube Channel at: www.youtube.com/c/lucylapwing
Insta: @Lucy_Lapwing
Twitter: @Lucy_Lapwing
Find out more about Sam Lee's upcoming events at: www.thenestcollective.co.uk/
Singing with the Nightingales: https://thenestcollective.co.uk/includes/singing-with-nightingales/
Pre-Order Sam Lee's 'The Nightingale' here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-nightingale/sam-lee/2928377019877
Find out more about Severn Trent's biodiversity projects: https://www.stwater.co.uk/about-us/environment/biodiversity/
Severn Trent Water is committed to providing a secure supply of clean water across the Midlands. Looking after water means looking after the environment too. As a result, the organisation unveiled ambitious plans to improve biodiversity across the Midlands as part of its Big Green Nature Boost campaign, including reviving 12,000 acres of land (an area bigger than the size of Gloucester), planting 1.3 million trees and restoring 2000km of rivers across the Severn Trent region by 2027.
Find out more about Swarovski Optik: https://www.swarovskioptik.com/gb/en/birding
Swarovski Optik, headquartered in Absam, Tyrol, is part of the Swarovski group of companies. Founded in 1949, the Austrian company specialises in the development and manufacturing of long-range optical instruments of the highest precision in the premium segment
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