Sorry this is a late reply and may look odd - the original thread's
vanished off my reader but I had to reply...

John ) wrote:

~In a Garden Centre in Ivybridge, Devon, one is greeted with 'piped'
~bird song. Although it's only a recording, it is very effective.
~
~The reason I mention it is that the gardens around my home have
~- during the past half a dozen years - become sterile of birds.
~
~I'll not go into the reason for obvious reasons, but it occurs to me
~that a poor second choice to true bird song, would be the mentioned
~disced copy.
~
~Does anyone know of a disc of British bird song? Not one
~of those with musical background - or dreadful shrieking choir -
~but genuine, honest to goodness birds singing their hearts out.
~
~Who knows, it may attract back the originals?
~
~Thank you

I was also met by a CD of birdsong a week ago at the gardens of
Heligan, and upon asking, found it was recorded in the gardens and
they have burned CDs to sell in their shop. There are some 51 minutes
of song, and though one long track, the insert has a key to main birds
heard in it by time.

It cost me £6 and is wonderfully relaxing and thankyou for alerting me
to these CDs. And they sell it online for £7 inc P&P

http://www.heliganshop.com/ShowDetails.asp?id=255

Hope this helps... (she says, listening to a particularly melodious
blackbird)


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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