Celebrating the birds heard during the Dawn Chorus.
Derek Mooney explains why the Dawn Chorus is so important for the birds
Darryl Grimason and Dot Bleakley bring us the sounds of the Dawn Chorus across Europe.
Titter ye not! A local bird that sounds uncannily like Frankie Howerd.
A bit like a squeaky bicycle pump & one of the easiest bird songs to learn!
A rare and illusive bird, with an unmistakable call.
Once known as 'the poor man's parrot', Mozart kept one as a pet.
Nicknamed 'sea parrots' or 'clowns of the sea', the Puffin is one of our favourite birds.
These ghostly birds fly silently, making them the perfect nocturnal predator.
The Curlew is known for it's long legs, mottled feathers, and thin down curved bill.
This rare and magnificent bird of prey glides silently above the Mourne Mountains.
Synonymous with Christmas, the Robin is extremely territorial.
Their scientific name Troglodytes, means cave dweller, but they can live almost anywhere.
Some people think that the Chaffinch鈥檚 song sounds like 鈥榞inger beer鈥�.
Blackbirds are great mimics, and have been known to copy cats, and even car alarms!
Song Thrush eat snails which they will smash repeatedly against a stone to extract meat.
Some think that the Woodpigeon's call follows the rhyme 鈥榯ake two cows taffy鈥�.
Anne-Marie presents the Great Spotted Woodpecker, our star species at Tollymore Forest.
The Yellowhammer's call is often recorded as: 鈥榣ittle bit of bread and no cheese鈥�!
