About this minute
- Title
- African Dawn Chorus
- Recordist
- David Watts
- Contributor
- British Library Wildlife Sound Archive
- Year
- 1984
- Location
- Africa
- Collections
- Collection 1
- Related resource guides
- Field Recordings , Birds , Birds , Calls , Natural World , Natural world , Rainforest
Collection 1 #1
A dawn chorus is the sound of lots of birds singing together at the start of a day. They happen most often in the springtime. This recording was made in a nature reserve in South Africa called Thendale Camp. Listen closely: how many different types of birdsong could you hear in the recording? How would…