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Live Reporting

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  1. The Spring Revival

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    Video caption: Gas guns to peewits to witnessing the intimate song of the blackbird like never before.

    Sound recordist Geoff Sample reveals how nature can enrich our lives across the seasons. Spring: from gas guns to peewits to witnessing the intimate song of the blackbird.

  2. The Winter Flock

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    Video caption: Escape amongst the haunting sounds of the owls on a cold winter’s night.

    Sound recordist Geoff Sample reveals how nature can enrich our lives across the seasons. Winter: from the haunting sounds of owls to the peaceful, familiar sound of blackbirds.

  3. Autumn Passage

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    Video caption: Chiffchaff’s first words, and the swallows come... and go.

    Sound recordist Geoff Sample reveals how nature can enrich our lives across the seasons. Autumn: Geoff's family appreciate the swallows as they come... and go once again.

  4. Summer in the Vale

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    Video caption: The nightingales stand silent as a solar eclipse sweeps through the Vale of Whittingham.

    Sound recordist Geoff Sample reveals how nature can enrich our lives across the seasons. Summer: The nightingales stand silent as a solar eclipse sweeps through Whittingham.

  5. The Great Chorus

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    Video caption: Redstarts and warblers are the stars in the dawn chorus of May.

    Sound recordist Geoff Sample reveals how nature can enrich our lives across the seasons. Spring: in the Vale of Whittingham, which birds will perform this year’s dawn chorus?