Wildlife Watching Event - Dawn Chorus

Nature fans to rouse from their slumber to hear magical dawn chorus 

Early birds are being invited to set their alarm clocks for 4.30am and head for a rendezvous with Mother Nature’s finest songsters.

The Forestry Commission is staging a magical dawn chorus walk in 360 hectare (900-acre) Chambers Farm Wood, near Wragby, Lincolnshire, on 6 May, followed by a breakfast of tea and toast in the woods.

Nightingales, chiffchaffs and other birds will be at their most tuneful, while woodpeckers add their own distinctive beat.  The event is being organised as part of International Dawn Chorus Day and other nature fans will be setting off on similar treks across the globe.

Walk leader Mary Porter, from Bardney, said: “Every dawn chorus is unique but they do tend to have a running order, with nightingales singing first and sparrows and robins joining later. It all builds to a wonderful peak just before dawn. The acoustics in Chambers and the absence of traffic noise really adds to the bewitching effect.”

Chambers Farm Wood is part of the Bardney Limewoods National Nature Reserve. Sensitive woodland management has boosted the fortunes of many birds and other wildlife.


The walk costs £5 and meets at Chambers Farm Wood Centre, signed off the B1202 Wragby to Bardney road. Booking is not required. More information on 01623 822447                .

 www.forestry.gov.uk/eastmidlands