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If you only listen to one programme on the radio this year, please make it this one.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05n1hws

Dawn Chorus, as recorded by Chris Watson, in BBC Radio 4's programme Soundstage.  It's fifteen minutes of pure perfection.  It has all my favourite sounds - birdsong, waves, music. The programme just finished and it will be on iPlayer, and also available as a podcast.  Don't miss it, any which way!

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  1. Just listened it and it was lovely, I always wondered what a nightingale sounded like. x

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  2. When I was young my mother and I used to drive to listen to nightingales on warm June evenings - pure magic! I haven't heard a nightingale in real life for about 25 or more years, but that programme brought back wonderful memories! It was a lovely programme wasn't it! A real treasure. I've got it saved on a podcast. Hope the sun continues to shine on Cornwall. It's still lovely here in East Lothian! A x

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