In the last talk of the evening, Professor Tim Birkhead speaks about the first wildlife radio broadcast of Beatrice Harrison and the Nightingale.

Beatrice Harrison and the Nightingale

In the 3rd talk of the evening, Professor Tim Birkhead speaks on the Guillemot bird and its fate in the wild.

The Fate of Guillemots

In this talk, Professor Tim Birkhead explains the origins of ornithology.

How Ornithology Started

In the first talk of the evening, Professor Tim Birkhead speaks on how birds acquire songs.

How Birds Acquire Songs

Sounds of the Birds is a unique, immersive and multi-sensory experience. Spellbinding animations from Sheffield-based design team Human are combined with Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux - an ambitious suite of music that reproduces the songs of different birds. Hear from Professor Tim Birkhead and Stewart Campbell as they tell the behind the scenes story of this adventure through nature, music and imagination. (Music Credit: TwilightGrandeur by Podington Bear CC BY-NC-3.0).

Sounds of the Birds - An Overview

Sounds of the Birds is a unique multi-sensory experience. Spellbinding animations from Sheffield-based design team Human are combined with Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux - an ambitious suite of music that reproduces the songs of different birds. 

From the brightly insistent call of the skylark to the menacing tones of the tawny owl, Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux reproduces the songs of different birds, vividly capturing their interactions with a series of stunning French landscapes.

Our adventure through science, music, nature and imagination is led by Tim Birkhead (ornithologist and Professor of Behavioural Ecology at the University of Sheffield).

Natural Sciences

Sounds of the Birds is a unique multi-sensory experience. Spellbinding animations from Sheffield-based design team Human are combined with Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux - an ambitious suite of music that reproduces the songs of different birds. From the brightly insistent call of the skylark to the menacing tones of the tawny owl, Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux reproduces the songs of different birds, vividly capturing their interactions with a series of stunning French landscapes. Our adventure through science, music, nature and imagination is led by Tim Birkhead (ornithologist and Professor of Behavioural Ecology at the University of Sheffield).

Sounds of the Birds&nbsp;is a unique multi-sensory experience. Spellbinding animations from Sheffield-based design team Human are combined with Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux - an ambitious suite of music that reproduces the songs of different birds.&nbsp;

From the brightly insistent call of the skylark to the menacing tones of the tawny owl, Olivier Messiaen’s&nbsp;Catalogue d’Oiseaux reproduces the songs of different birds, vividly capturing their interactions with a series of stunning French landscapes.

Our adventure through science, music, nature and imagination is led by Tim Birkhead (ornithologist and Professor of Behavioural Ecology at the University of Sheffield).

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