Do you enjoy the sound of birds singing?
How does the sound of birds singing make you feel? Their natural sounds can have some surprising benefits such as helping you work or study better.
Rob and Jen listen to some different birdsongs and find out why the 'Tweet of the Day' has nothing to do with Twitter!
This week's question:
How many species of birds are there on Britain's official bird list?
a) 396
b) 496
c) 596
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Listen
Tweet of the day
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Vocabulary
- species
types or sets of birds who have similar general features and can breed together
- tweeting
here it means the songs or sounds that birds make
- chirp or trill
short, high sound made by a bird
- twitcher
someone who spots birds
- dawn chorus
the sound of lots of birds singing at the start of the day
- scavenger
bird that eats anything it can find
- screech
loud, high pitched cry
- feathered friends
birds
- captured
collected or recorded
- nature's alarm clock
a natural way to be woken up
- rare
not found very often/ low in numbers
