What a lark! BBC to broadcast birdsong

Radio 3 is to broadcast a track of birdsong every Sunday morning as it launches a “slow radio” bid to help the nation get back to nature.
 
The BBC station is to run snippets of birdsong at around two minutes long, as part of a new breakfast-time feature starring nightingales, cuckoos and garden warblers.
 
Radio 3’s version will attempt to marry the popularity of the early-morning clip with a trend for “slow tv”, pioneered in Scandinavia and recently broadcast to critical acclaim on BBC Four with radio.
 
It is intended to echo a famous 1924 BBC broadcast, which saw cellist  Beatrice Harrison perform in her garden while a nightingale sang along.
 
Alan Davey, controller of BBC Radio 3, said:  “We know our audience has a love for the natural world and that birdsong is an enduring British interest, and we hope that these new birdsong-inspired features and performances, as part of Radio 3’s wider exploration of ‘slow radio’ will offer our audiences a real chance to reflect and catch-up. And if you have never heard a nightingale before this will bring magic into your life.” (Pictured)