Who am I hearing?
The stars of our single don’t just sing – they trumpet, boom, drum and chur. But who does what?
Meet the stars
Find out more about the species featured in our 'Let Nature Sing' single.
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Who am I hearing?
- 00.00 cuckoo
- 00.04 nightingale - rich sounds
- 00.10 wren (& 00.18) - the fast shrill sound
- 00.14 blackbird & 00.22, 00.28 - the more mellow sound
- 00.26 robin - the laid back squeaky sound
- 00.20 & 00.25 great spotted woodpecker
- 00.35 & 00.40, 00.44 crane - trumpeting
- 00.38 curlew - bubbling
- 00.45 lapwing - electric peewit
- 00.48 swift - high scream
- 00.54 bittern - boom
- 01.09 snipe & 01.17 - amazing twang
- 01.13 blackcap - melodic
- 01.15 swallow - twittering, with strange buzz at end, & 01.18, 01.25
- 01.23 great tit, & 01.30 "teacher teacher"
- 01.33 sedge warbler - rhythmic notes
- 01.35 grasshopper warbler - buzzing - has a fab way of singing, head up, throbbing with the effort
- 01.38 skylark - musical (in background)
- 01.45 song thrush - repeated notes, plus twiddle at 01.48 and 01.51, and repeated notes at 01.52 and 01.58
- 01.54 nightingale - rich short verses and 02.02, 02.05, and then all musical verses to the end
- 01.59 nightjar - churring, with wing clapping at 02.10
- 02.03 tawny owl - hoot
Let Nature Sing
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