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Chris Sperring is in Somerset during the last days of summer listening for nightjars.

4 Extra Debut. Chris Sperring is in Somerset at the end of summer to find a bird that’s one of the first to leave before the autumn. From 2014.

Chris Sperring is in Somerset during the last days of summer to find a bird that is one of the first to leave before the autumn. 

As the light fades a strange whirring sound fills the air and silent masters of flight hawk for moths and other airborne insects.

Producer:  Ellie Sans

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.

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