Joe Acheson on the Starling

Musician Joe Acheson recalls recording starling to use in his work as Hidden Orchestra.

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Joe Acheson on the Corncrake

Musician Joe Acheson recalls hearing the scraping call of corncrake on Inishbofin island.

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Samuel West on the Dipper

Actor Samuel West on the call of the dipper.

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Samuel West on the Bullfinch

Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West on the wheezy song of the stocky bullfinch.

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Samuel West on the Long-tailed Tit

Actor Samuel West enjoys the call from a party of long-tailed tits.

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Samuel West on the Eider

Actor Samuel West is especially fond of ducks, especially the eider.

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Samuel West on the Turtle Dove

Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West laments the lost call of the turtle dove.

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Paul Evans on the Carrion Crow

Writer Paul Evans encounters a crow in a cemetery.

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Jeremy Deller on the Mexican Free-tailed Bat

A Halloween special: artist Jeremy Deller encounters a Mexican free-tailed bat colony.

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Paul Evans on the Barn Owl

Writer Paul Evans has an unnerving encounter with a barn owl in this Halloween tale.

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Paul Evans on the Merlin

Writer Paul Evans reflects on the merlin.

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Paul Evans on the Raven

Paul Evans encounters a pair of ravens.

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Gary Moore on the Golden Pheasant

Gary Moore describes the elation of tracking down the notoriously elusive golden pheasant.

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Gary Moore on the Manx Shearwater

How wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore became a launch pad for migrating birds on Skomer.

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Gary Moore on the Woodlark

When sound recordist Gary Moore recorded a woodlark his work revealed some odd behaviour.

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Gary Moore on the Stone Curlew

Braving dark countryside, sound recordist Gary Moore goes in search of the stone curlew.

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Gary Moore on the Skylark

While paying tribute at the Somme battlefields, sound recordist Gary Moore hears a skylark

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Dermot O'Leary on the Sea Eagle

Dermot O'Leary searches for sea eagles, but with light fading, his chances look slim.

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Dermot O'Leary on the Coal Tit

Presenter Dermot O'Leary gazes into his garden to watch busy coal tits on the bird feeders

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Dermot O'Leary on the Greater Black-backed Gull

Presenter Dermot O'Leary hails the greater black-backed gull as an 'Alsatian of the skies'

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Dermot O'Leary on Swifts and Swallows

Presenter Dermot O'Leary relishes soaring swifts and swallows bobbing in front of his car.

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Dermot O'Leary on the Dunnock

Dermot O'Leary admires the work ethic and understated beauty of the industrious dunnock.

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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Guillemot

Musician Fyfe Dangerfield tells the story of the seabird that inspired his band name.

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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Bee-Eater

Musician Fyfe Dangerfield imagines his dream clothes made in the colours of the bee-eater.

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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Black-throated Diver

The jewel-like patterns of the black-throated diver have musician Fyfe Dangerfield in awe.

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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Pigeon

Musician Fyfe Dangerfield enjoys watching his son chasing one of our most common birds.

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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Gannet

Musician Fyfe Dangerfield is enthralled by the rapid, bombing dive of a gannet out at sea.

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Michael Morpurgo on the Magpie

Children's author and poet Michael Morpurgo discusses the cackling magpie.

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Michael Morpurgo on the Buzzard

Children's author Michael Morpurgo enjoys the call of buzzards when out for his daily walk

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Michael Morpurgo on the Oystercatcher

Michael Morpurgo enjoys talking to the oystercatchers on the Isles of Scilly.

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