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In this special episode, our resident birder, composer and nature beatboxer jasonsinghthing heads into the Sussex woods after dark for Singing With Nightingales — a unique experience that draws guests and musicians back year after year to witness one of nature’s most enchanting performances.

For a brief period between mid-April and the end of May, around five thousand pairs of nightingales migrate from Sub-Saharan Africa to southern England, where males fill the night air with their remarkable courtship songs.

Alongside folk singer, nature activist and founder of Singing with Nightingales, Sam Lee, Jason explores the beauty, mystery and musicality of the nightingale, while reflecting on the challenges facing this iconic bird and why its song matters now more than ever.

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