Ornithologist who travelled Ireland far and wide to record songs of almost 200 bird species

                                                             

What promises to be a fascinating film  about Irish ornithologist Seán Ronayne’s mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland -  almost  200 in total - is due to be screened on BBC4 TV at 9pm tomorrow, Wednesday March 12.  birds. A year in the making, Birdsong offers a fascinating portrait of Seán, whose hypersensitivity to sound has proven both a struggle and a strength. At once inspiring and cautionary, Seán’s journey illustrates the beauty and importance of sound and what listening can tell us about the state of our natural world.