Kathy Hinde on the House Martin

Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is inspired by house martins.

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Jane Smith on the Snipe

Wildlife artist Jane Smith reveals why for her, snipe symbolise the sound of the Hebrides.

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Jane Smith on the Barnacle Goose

Wildlife artist Jane Smith reveals the challenges of trying to paint barnacle geese.

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Jane Smith on the Great Northern Diver

Wildlife artist Jane Smith listens in the fog to a great northern diver.

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Jane Smith on the Ringed Plover

Wildlife artist Jane Smith is captivated by a party of ringed plovers on a beach.

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Jane Smith on the Whitethroat

Wildlife artist Jane Smith waits anxiously for a returning whitethroat.

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Tony Juniper on the Woodcock

Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the curious roding flight of the woodcock.

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Tony Juniper on the Corn Bunting

Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the joy of seeing and hearing corn buntings.

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Tony Juniper on the Whitethroat

Environmentalist Tony Juniper enjoys the song of the whitethroat.

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Tony Juniper on the Black-tailed Godwit

Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls his first encounter with a black-tailed Godwit.

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Tony Juniper on the Linnet

Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls the popularity of linnets in his childhood.

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Andy Clements on the Golden Plover

Andy Clements is entranced by the mournful spirit-rising sound of the golden plover.

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Bonita Johnson on the Robin

Bonita Johnson recalls watching a pair of battling robins.

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Dave Leech on the Water Rail

Dave Leech describes his excitement on finding the nest of a water rail.

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Ben Darvill on the Common Rosefinch

Ben Darvill recalls his first encounter with a common rosefinch.

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Mike Toms on the Tawny Owl

Mike Toms describes his encounters with tawny owls in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.

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Penny Anderson on the Red Grouse

Penny Anderson introduces the red grouse, a bird whose call always makes her laugh.

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Penny Anderson on the Spotted Flycatcher

Penny Anderson had to stop work on her house when the spotted flycatchers moved in.

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Penny Anderson on the Heron

Penny Anderson watches herons in her garden as they steal frogs from her ponds.

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Penny Anderson on the Mandarin Duck

Ecologist Penny Anderson describes the flamboyant ducks that visit her garden.

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Penny Anderson on the Garden Warbler

Ecologist Penny Anderson discovers a garden warbler singing in her garden.

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Joe Acheson on the Wren

For Joe Acheson, slowing down the song of the wren sounds like gibbons in the rainforest.

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David Rothenberg on the Blackbird

For Professor David Rothenberg, the blackbird is a beautiful melodic songster.

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David Rothenberg on the Robin

David Rothenberg on the jazz artist of the bird world - the humble robin.

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David Rothenberg on the Song Thrush

David Rothenberg asks a question, why is the song thrush not famous?

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Michael Morpurgo on the Swan

Michael Morpurgo's paean to the beautiful, mysterious swan.

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Helen Moncrieff on the Black Guillemot

Helen Moncrieff recalls seeing an Orca seize a Black Guillemot at sea.

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Helen Moncrieff on the Northern Wheatear

Helen Moncrieff reveals why her tummy 'flips with joy' at the sight of Northern Wheatears.

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Helen Moncrieff on the Fulmar

Helen Moncrieff finds an ally in a territorial fulmar!

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Helen Moncrieff on the Shetland Starling

Helen Moncrieff is bewitched by the mimicking of Shetland starlings.

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