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The Living World: Rooks and a Winter Roost

March 17th, 2008 by Steve Bowbrick

Pic by www.flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/Elegiac, pre-dawn listening from my favourite provider of… er… elegiac pre-dawn listening: Lionel Kellaway. This edition of The Living World comes from an ancient rookery in Norfolk - nighttime home (since at least the Norman invasion) to tens of thousands of rooks. I feel almost certain that if there is a heaven (which, obviously, there isn’t) it’ll be people like Kellaway who provide the soundtrack (MP3).

Pic by John Haslam.

Presenter: Lionel Kellaway
Listen: [MP3] [Real]

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6 Responses to “The Living World: Rooks and a Winter Roost”

  1. Sheryl Says:
    March 24th, 2008 at 10:56 am

    Thoroughly enjoyable to listen to. Something I hope to witness for myself one day. Thanks for posting it.

  2. Matt Says:
    April 16th, 2008 at 10:54 am

    A lovely show, thanks.

  3. jill Maitland Says:
    April 20th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    Any chance of giving Lionel my email address.I went to skool with him in I.O.W.and think I have been living 20 miles from him for the last 17 years.!! pretty please.Jill(was Barnes) thankyou.I did not catch the programe but Ihave heard it live

  4. Steve Bowbrick Says:
    April 22nd, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    Jill. I wish I could help. We’re just fans round here. I reckon you couldn’t go far wrong trying something like firstname.lastname@bbc.co.uk, though…

  5. jill Maitland Says:
    June 27th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    Steve thankyou for your help. I’ve only just “found” this message (new to computers ) tc Jil

  6. Bowblog: Freeing content at the BBC Says:
    July 7th, 2008 at 5:27 pm

    [...] sold on or exploited after it’s been transmitted. Lionel Kellaway’s brilliant Radio 4 programme about Rooks (a favourite of mine) is an asset of great beauty and immeasurable value to its listeners but, [...]

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