Science - February 9, 2012
Nature's loveliest sounds
Blackbird at number 1.

The blackbird is the undisputed number one, on that Meeuwsen agrees. ‘That sound is not just beautiful, but you feel as though you understand what a blackbird is saying.' After the blackbird, the Dutch chose the sound of the surf, the nightingale, field birds and a purring cat. Meeuwsen himself prefers the sounds of the midwife toad, the crane and a barking deer. The full top 40 can be seen and heard on the Vroege Vogels website.