05:00, 1 MAY 2021
Trentham Gardens in the spring (Image: DAILY MIRROR)
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The Trentham Estate is to open at 5am on Sunday to enable visitors to celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day.
Dubbed a celebration of nature’s greatest symphony , people across the world will get up at dawn to listen to birdsong - from Britain’s humble sparrow to crooning cowbirds in the Caribbean.
A PURBECK nature reserve is set to play a key role during this year s International Dawn Chorus Day. Taking place on the first Sunday of May, the initiative is billed as a worldwide celebration of nature s greatest symphony . In the UK the RSPB is inviting wildlife lovers to wake at sunrise for a dawn chorus livestream from nature reserves across the country – with RSPB Arne playing its part in proceedings. A spokesman for the RSPB said: This year to help the public make the most of their reconnection with nature, the RSPB is celebrating International Dawn Chorus day with an ambitious livestream of dawn chorus from its nature reserves across the UK.
The Dawn Chorus – the birds are taking over the airwaves!
It’s that time of year again. The International Dawn Chorus will take place on May 2nd and RTÉ’s Derek Mooney tells Kay Doyle why it’s so special.
Early risers and light sleepers will be familiar with the sound of the birds at first light. As summer approaches, their song is recited earlier and with a renewed energy for the changes nature is bringing. It’s 4 a.m. and morning has broken.
The blackbird will have spoken in many parts of the country as dark skies welcome in a faintness of light on the horizon, much to celebratory verse of the robins, wrens, rooks, chaffinches, and thrushes – just some of the members in the choir of the Dawn Chorus.