From Portmore Lough Nature Reserve in County Antrim, BBC Radio Ulster’s David Maxwell and the RSPB’s Anne-Marie McDevitt join RTÉ Radio One’s annual live International Dawn Chorus for a unique and uplifting celebration of birdsong and the natural world.

Based in BirdWatch Ireland’s Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve in Cork, Derek Mooney, Jim Wilson and Niall Hatch will introduce the dawn chorus and, while the birdsong builds in real time, explain what our feathered friends are getting up to as the sun rises.

As day gradually breaks the horizon and the birds begin their performances Richard Collins, Éanna Ní Lamhna, Eric Dempsey and Terry Flanagan will also bring us the birdsong from their parts of Ireland, while experts from Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany showcase their own local songbirds, delving into their cultural history and significance along the way.
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