Rural quiet or city streets, wherever each of us resides at this uncertain time, there is one thing we can all share by simply stepping outside, or opening our windows; the dawn chorus. While the birdsong resonates around The Lakes, Heather Dewey from RSPB Haweswater introduces a merry band you’ll hear both here and across the UK.
The dawn air is cool, still and thin. Sound travels with ease through the landscape, uncluttered by the muffling noise and heat that the day brings. As the first golden streaks of sunlight reach towards the ground, the masterpiece begins…