Nearly Dawn Chorus - listen-along with our new podcast episode, out now

Friday 2 May 2025

Sophie Baker

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Sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) perched, singing at dawn, Wales, UK - Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Join Corporate Partnerships Manager, and keen birder, Nathan Long for a nearly-dawn chorus in Cambridgeshire with podcast host Sophie Baker.

The new episode of In Conservation celebrates International Dawn Chorus Day, which this year takes place on Sunday 4th May. Whether you want to be inspired to get out and listen to the birds this early Sunday morning, or would rather someone else did it for you.. (I don't blame you!)... this podcast covers a wonderful walk around a Cambridgeshire reserve, taking in the birds and chatting about what it is that makes it all so magical.

Credits

Podcast host and producer: Sophie Baker
Interviewee: Nathan Long
BCN Beauties: Gwen Hitchcock
Podcast music: Written and performed by James Williams. Mixed and produced by Jared Wentwick.

Get your ear in

Katie King, Communities and Education Manager, talks us through a few different types of birdsong and how to identify the birds singing them. Recorded in 2020.

Bird Song Identification: Episode One - Robin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVywp_NTN8&feature=youtu.be)