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This Sunday is International Dawn Chorus day. The RSPB is using the occasion to celebrate a rise in the number of young people bird watching, though the British Trust for Ornithology warns that there ...

The matchless satirist Auberon Waugh – who wrote for The Daily Telegraph from 1990 until his death in 2001 – took tremendous ...

Elusive nightingale ‘doing well’ at Northward Hill, Kent, but experts cite concerns around loss of habitat ...

Each May, nature lovers get out of bed early to experience the seasonal wonder of birds singing, as the sun rises above the ...

There's something lovely about waking up to the sound of birds tweeting - but that symphony could soon be coming to an end, ...

If you think waking up early is for the birds, you’re right. Songbirds hidden among reeds, sage, willows and high up in ...

Most birds only sing one dialect, learned from parents or neighbours, resulting in a geographical mosaic of regional accents.