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Tynside Dawn
Leading wildlife sound recordist, Chris Watson, creates a memorable portrait of dawn in his home town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
 
Why do animals sing?
Chris Baines, one of the founders of International Dawn Chorus Day, travels to the headquarters of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology in New York, to discover the purpose of bird song.

Sound Advice
A very special masterclass as professional sound recordist, Chris Watson, accepts the challenge to record one of our most elusive birds - the black grouse.
 
Up with the bark
Bill Oddie reads his story of Hampstead Heath - his local patch for watching the dawn.

Music to our ears
Peter France ask why we find bird song so beautiful - it's not as if the birds are singing to us!
 
Global Sunrise
Bill Oddie presents the highlights of International Dawn Chorus Day on BBC Radio 4.



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