
It is a popular service and sometimes the server just can't cope. If it says "file not found" try a different sound or try a bit later. Mac users should press 'Control' and click. PC users should right-click the download icon and select 'Save Target As.' to download a file. (Download these recordings to your mp3 player. So it was blissfully quiet and I was thrilled when we managed to get close enough to a Nightingale to get this recording. The Minsmere reserve is a dream for recording so long as you get there before the people and the traffic, and on the east side of the country you don't get the early-morning jets heading for America as you do where I live in the West. the air was still, the rain had gone, and in the distance I could already hear a Nightingale singing. We had only one chance left and had to go with whatever birds and weather were around that morning. We were trying to record in early May when the birdsong was at its peak but we got hit by all that rain and the first three possible recording dates were a complete washout.

Thought you might like the chance to hear some of the bird recordings that we made at the RSPB's Minsmere reserve in Suffolk for the Nature Spring Songbird Special.

Have a listen to these lovely songbirds………….
