nightingales
New nightingale habitat to be created at Sutton Hoo
Nightingales may once again be heard at Sutton Hoo, as the National Trust reintroduces coppicing on the estate to provide new habitat for one of Britain’s most iconic songbirds.
Listen here: Singing with Nightingales 2022
Sit back and enjoy a special performance that blends the first nightingales of the year with specially selected compositions from musicians across the UK.
Beatrice Harrison and the nightingale: was the 1924 duet a fake?
Questions have been raised this week by Guardian writer Dalya Alberge about one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of BBC radio. Was it all that it seemed?