Birds sing the most around an hour before dawn, when the air is at its stillest. Theoretically, this enables sounds to travel further, making song up to 20 times more effective than if sung at midday.

FOR SOME city-dwellers there was at least one pleasing consequence of lockdown: the sharp drop in noise pollution meant that the chirps and trills of wood pigeons, sparrows, owls and finches could be ...

What is a songbird? Each is a passerine, or perching bird, according to classification, but that’s just the start of the story. Songbirds are the musicians behind the dawn chorus; a morning symphony ...

There’s no question that being in nature is good for wellbeing. Research shows that experiencing nature and listening to natural sounds can relax us. A key reason for these benefits may be because of ...