This morning (4 May) I went out into a drizzly dawn to listen to the defining sounds of the spring dawn - and to read my latest work in progress to the birds.
Cast (in approximate order of appearance): wren, woodpigeon, chiffchaff, willow warbler, blackbird, robin, stock dove, dunnock, pheasant, song thrush, great tit, goldcrest, jackdaw, carrion crow, blackcap, blue tit.
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