Luckily birds don’t know they are tweeting…

… because they might stop at 140 characters then.

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And that would be far too short. Turn your volume up and listen….

This clip above was taken yesterday at the RSPB Ynyshir nature reserve in Wales. I was standing there trying to think how I could describe the beauty of the birdsong. And then I thought I don’t have to, I can record it instead and let the birds sing for themselves. Here’s another.

For lots of reasons we didn’t explore the whole reserve, but it does have possibly the biggest bird feeder I’ve ever seen so we sat on a bench and watched the birds come to us.

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Including what are called, I’ve learnt from a friend recently, are a charm of goldfinch… Isn’t that perfect? Here are some of the other birds seen there…

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And this is a first. The first time I think I’ve put up a photograph of a loo sign from the reserve on this website. But just look how she is dancing… bird10

Perhaps not surprisingly. Research shows that listening to birdsong can help mental wellbeing, increase concentration during homework, and when we are feeling worn out and stressed. 

But we knew that instinctively anyway, didn’t we…

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Comments

4 responses to “Luckily birds don’t know they are tweeting…”

  1. Yes, I agree with you…lucky birds don’t know they are tweeting!! Here in Australia, the little birds tweet much more in the garden during winter, in summer the big noisy (but lovely) birds like cockatoos take over. I enjoyed looking through your garden posts as we have just returned from Italy.

    1. Thank you. And I love the noisy birds taking over – a bit like life, really!

  2. This is lovely 🙂 Thank you for sharing the birdsong. There’s a wonderful recording of the dawn chorus (captured in Scotland) that I sometimes listen to when I’m doing work. Here’s the link if anyone is interested: https://soundcloud.com/graphite-north-1/dawn-chorus-may-2015

    1. Oh that’s wonderful, thank you! I worked to it too!

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