When Ajay Tegala discovers that chaffinches, a small songbird, have a different accent every 30 miles, he’s intrigued. 

However, under threat from disease these birds are dying out in urban areas, and their unique urban songs may be lost for ever. But all is not lost. There's a way to find out how this disease is spreading...by recording their song.   

 

Follow Ajay and ecologist and UKYouth4Nature advocate Şeniz Mustafa as they search for this disappearing birdsong. 

To send Joe a chaffinch recording:  

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Production:   

Hosts: Ajay Tegala and Rosie Holdsworth   

Producer: Marnie Woodmeade 

Assistant Producer: Katy Kelly

Sound Designer: Jesus Gomez 

Contributors:  

Şeniz Mustafa 

Joe Cooper  

Ian Johnson 

  

Discover more:   

Find out more about chaffinches and the British Trust for Ornithology here: https://www.bto.org/understanding-birds/birdfacts/chaffinch