Radio Highlights: The Dawn Chorus is celebrated live from Cuskinny Marsh in Cobh

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Derek Mooney: marks the arrival of Spring with the Dawn Chorus in Cobh, tonight from midnight, RTÉ Radio 1

SATURDAY

The Dawn Chorus, RTÉ 1, midnight: Live from BirdWatch Ireland’s Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve in Cobh, Co Cork: Derek Mooney, Niall Hatch, Éanna Ní Lamhna, and ornithologist, Alan Farrell, will introduce the dawn chorus — an unrivalled celebration of birdsong and Irish natural heritage.