Rise & Shine!

Our human ancestors have, for generation after generation, woken with the birds. We live in the 21st century, however our senses are still waiting for the birds to sing us awake. But now we've replaced them with alarm clocks.

These albums bring you the natural sounds of the morning. You'll hear the rhythms of life waking gently; birds, frogs and insects doing what they do to get the day going naturally.

Our listeners have told us of how they play these recordings quietly in their home each new day, or load them on their smart phones or tablets as nature's wake up call. You may just find that you're able to throw your alarm clock out the window.

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A Forest Trail to the Burmese Hills

Exotic birdsong is heard on a forest trail that winds into remote hill forests of western Thailand.

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A Madrigal of Magpies

A celebration of the beautiful songs of the Australian Magpie.

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A Morning in the Australian Bush

A morning of Australian bush birdsong. Our most popular album.

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A Wetland Restored

Waterfowl and bush birdsong has returned to Lake Gladstone in the Kimberley region of Australia's far north

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Adirondack Lake

Spring passerine birdsong and the deep growls of bullfrogs drift across a small lake at dawn in the Adirondack Mountains

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Beech Wood

Wood Pigeons, warblers and chaffinches are among the summer birdsong from a mature beech woodland in Britain.

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Bialowieza I - Stara Twilight

by Geoff Sample. Deep forest birdsong, timeless and distinctively European, from the Bialowieza Forest in Poland.

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Birdsong Among the Ruins

Spring birdsong echoes around the ruins of the ancient Mediterranean city of Termessos

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Cheery Bulbuls!

The delightful and cheerful songs of Bulbuls from the woodlands and forests of India.

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Cloudforest - Malaysia

A gentle album, featuring the abundance of life found in Malaysia's mountain forests.

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Dawn Chorus

by Geoff Sample. In a northern England wood, the rich sonic tapestry of a spring dawn chorus builds gradually, before waning to a spacious symphony

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Dawn Chorus: Australia's Inland

A charismatic duet of White-fronted Honeyeaters features in a dawn chorus from the Australian outback.

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Dawn Chorus: New Zealand

The warbling of Tuis begins a vibrant dawn chorus of New Zealand's native birdsong

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Dawn Chorus: Scandinavia

The delicate birdsong of this album evokes the renewel of the European spring.

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Dawn Chorus: Tanzania

Morning Thrushes begin a daybreak of wonderfully rich birdsong from East Africa

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Dawnsong of Tuis

The beautiful, ringing tones of the Tui echo through a towering New Zealand forest

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Echoes from the Ancient Forest

by Izabela Dluzyk. A sound journey to one of the last virgin forests of Europe – the Bialowieza forest in Poland.

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Favourite Australian Birdsong

Our collection of the most beautiful birdsong from around Australia.

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Fitzroy River Gorge

Fairy martins twitter overhead, while tropical birdsong echoes off the rockwalls of a remote gorge in Australia's north

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Honeyeaters Sing in an Outback Dawn

A complete dawn chorus from Australia's Sturt Desert, featuring a variety of honeyeater voices weaving together

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In a Sheltered Valley

Morning birdsong fills a densely forested valley, while an occasional breeze stirs the treetops.

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In the Refuge of a Fern Gully

Birdsong filters through mountain forest in Australia's eastern highlands.

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Indian Jungle Dawn

A beautiful morning of birdsong unfolds in one of India's rare lowland forests.

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Indian Woodland Birdsong

A perfect morning of birdsong from the Deccan woodlands of India.

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Kakadu - Australia's Tropical Wetlands

Dawn at the edge of a tropical billabong at Kakadu, one of Australia's most vibrant natural environments.

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Karri and Jarrah

Flocks of nectar feeding lorikeets and honeyeaters run riot through the tall, flowering forests of southwest Australia.

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Misty River Dawn

Birdsong echoes over a tranquil river in the stillness of early dawn.

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Mojave

The Mojave desert comes to life as early morning birdsong carries across the open plains

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Morning at the Lutownia River

by Izabela Dluzyk. A single-take recording of a morning soundscape made near the Lutownia river in the Bialowieza primeval forest in Poland

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Morning Soundscapes from the Biebrza Marshes

by Izabela Dluzyk. A journey in sound through one of the last untamed river valleys in Europe – the Biebrza in Poland.

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