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Andy Clements on the Golden Plover

Andy Clements is entranced by the mournful spirit-rising sound of the golden plover.

• 1 min

Bonita Johnson on the Robin

Bonita Johnson recalls watching a pair of battling robins.

• 1 min

Dave Leech on the Water Rail

Dave Leech describes his excitement on finding the nest of a water rail.

• 1 min

Ben Darvill on the Common Rosefinch

Ben Darvill recalls his first encounter with a common rosefinch.

• 1 min

Mike Toms on the Tawny Owl

Mike Toms describes his encounters with tawny owls in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.

• 1 min

Penny Anderson on the Red Grouse

Penny Anderson introduces the red grouse, a bird whose call always makes her laugh.

• 1 min

Penny Anderson on the Spotted Flycatcher

Penny Anderson had to stop work on her house when the spotted flycatchers moved in.

• 1 min

Penny Anderson on the Heron

Penny Anderson watches herons in her garden as they steal frogs from her ponds.

• 1 min

Penny Anderson on the Mandarin Duck

Ecologist Penny Anderson describes the flamboyant ducks that visit her garden.

• 1 min

Penny Anderson on the Garden Warbler

Ecologist Penny Anderson discovers a garden warbler singing in her garden.

• 1 min

Joe Acheson on the Wren

For Joe Acheson, slowing down the song of the wren sounds like gibbons in the rainforest.

• 1 min

David Rothenberg on the Blackbird

For Professor David Rothenberg, the blackbird is a beautiful melodic songster.

• 1 min

David Rothenberg on the Robin

David Rothenberg on the jazz artist of the bird world - the humble robin.

• 1 min

David Rothenberg on the Song Thrush

David Rothenberg asks a question, why is the song thrush not famous?

• 1 min

Michael Morpurgo on the Swan

Michael Morpurgo's paean to the beautiful, mysterious swan.

• 2 mins

Helen Moncrieff on the Black Guillemot

Helen Moncrieff recalls seeing an Orca seize a Black Guillemot at sea.

• 1 min

Helen Moncrieff on the Northern Wheatear

Helen Moncrieff reveals why her tummy 'flips with joy' at the sight of Northern Wheatears.

• 1 min

Helen Moncrieff on the Fulmar

Helen Moncrieff finds an ally in a territorial fulmar!

• 1 min

Helen Moncrieff on the Shetland Starling

Helen Moncrieff is bewitched by the mimicking of Shetland starlings.

• 1 min

Helen Moncrieff on the Shag

Helen Moncrieff has a particular fondness for a bird known locally as a scarf.

• 1 min

Chris Baines on the Bullfinch

Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines defends the bullfinch's feeding habits.

• 1 min

Chris Baines on the Goldcrest

Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines is captivated by the tiny Goldcrest.

• 1 min

Chris Baines on the Song Thrush

Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines listens to competing Song Thrushes.

• 1 min

Chris Baines on the Great Spotted Woodpecker

Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines enjoys great spotted woodpeckers.

• 1 min

Chris Baines on the Nuthatch

Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines watches nuthatches in his garden.

• 1 min

Andy Clements on Pink-footed Geese

Andy Clements is captivated by the excited chatter of pink-footed geese.

• 1 min

Jennifer Border on the Whinchat

Jennifer Border recalls how looking for whinchats resulted in a broken road sign.

• 1 min

Nick Moran on the Heron

Nick Moran describes the excitement of recording the nocturnal flight calls of herons.

• 2 mins

Sarah Harris on the Blackbird

Sarah Harris recalls the excitement of watching clouds of migrating blackbirds arrive.

• 1 min

Andy Clements on the Garden Warbler

Andy Clements is entranced by the song of the garden warbler.

• 1 min