Guided Walk: Experience the Dawn Chorus

04 May 2025

4.30 am to 7.00 am

Join in International Dawn Chorus weekend as we help you decipher this spring phenomenon.

Close your eyes and soak up the sound of the birdsong as it gathers from a single voice into the crescendo of a full orchestra.

Our experts will help you pick out the individual virtuosos and learn recognise their particular songs that together, make up this wonderful dawn soundscape.

After sunrise, we’ll finish off with a well-deserved breakfast of croissants and hot drinks.

4.30am (duration 2½ hours)

£21 per person / £16 members

Details

Start: 04 May 2025
End: 04 May 2025

Location Details

Location RSPB Pagham Harbour Selsey Road Sidlesham West Sussex PO20 7NE
Postcode PO20 7NE
Directions

HOW TO GET HERE By train The nearest train station is Chichester, 5.5 miles away. There is a taxi rank outside Chichester station - ask to be taken to Pagham Harbour Visitor Centre, Selsey Road, Sidlesham. To cycle from the station, turn south over the level crossing down Stockbridge Road for approximately 100m then turn left into Canal Basin. Immediately to the right is the canal path which is the start of Route 88, currently ending at the Visitor Centre. By bus, The 51 Link service from Chichester Bus Station to Selsey stops outside the Visitor Centre. The bus station is 2 minutes’ walk from the train station. The journey takes 20 minutes. By bike By bike Route 88 from Chichester Canal Basin to the Visitor Centre. Medmerry Cycle Link connects RSPB Medmerry with RSPB Pagham Harbour.

Organiser Details

Organiser's Name RSPB Pagham Harbour
Organiser's Website https://events.rspb.org.uk/paghamharbour
Organiser's Email pagham.harbour@rspb.org.uk
Organiser's Telephone 01243641508

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