I recently spent a weekend in Weymouth, Dorset and was surprised to hear the dawn chorus start before dawn!
I was there for 2 nights and the earliest I heard birds singing was at 1:40am in the morning. I thought that this was a little strange as it was obviously still pitch black and nowhere near dawn. I believe it was a Blackbird that kicked the singing off at this time of the night.
Can anyone tell me if this is normal please?