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Tweet of the Day

Discover birds through their songs and calls. Each Tweet of the Day begins with a call or song, followed by a story of fascinating ornithology inspired by the sound.

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Gary Moore on the Manx Shearwater

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/11/07

Wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore tells how he became a launching pad for migrating Manx Shearwater when he took a trip to the island of Skomer off the coast of Wales.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photograph: Lakes4Life.

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1:46

Paul Evans on the Carrion Crow

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/11/06

On the eve of Halloween, the silence of a graveyard is broken by the raucous calls of an inky black Crow "Throwing her voice as if coughing up a bone" as writer Paul Evans encounters a crow in a cemetery.Producer: Sarah Blunt Photograph: Derek Wood.

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1:29

Gary Moore on the Golden Pheasant

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/11/06

Gary Moore describes the elation of tracking down the notoriously elusive golden pheasant and finding it basking in sunshine as it poses for a mate.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photograph: Martin Clay.

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1:43

Paul Evans on the Raven

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/11/03

Writer Paul Evans encounters a pair of ravens and reflects on their dark associations and their playful and ominous voices. Producer: Sarah Blunt Photo: Michael Davey.

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1:47

Paul Evans on the Merlin

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/11/02

Merlin's are "ariel sprites" says writer Paul Evans, but they also kill skylarks in a rather gruesome manner as we hear in this specially commissioned dark tale. Producer: Sarah Blunt

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1:44

Paul Evans on the Barn Owl

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/11/01

In a house on the marsh which has been abandoned for forty years, Paul Evans disturbs a Barn owl and the ghosts of a tragic past as he recalls in this specially commissioned Halloween tale.Producer: Sarah Blunt Photograph: Joshua Myers.

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1:48

Jeremy Deller on the Mexican Free-tailed Bat

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/31

It's Halloween and Tweet of the Day has descended into the darkness - artist Jeremy Deller describes the stench and force of a flight of Mexican free-tailed bats streaming out of a Texan cave. Producer: Eliza Lomas Photo: USFWS/Ann Froschauer.

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1:49

Samuel West on the Turtle Dove

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/27

Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West laments on the lost call of the once very common summer visitor, the turtle dove.Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on

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1:40

Samuel West on the Eider

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/26

Actor Samuel West is especially fond of ducks, especially the eider duck, which for Samuel sound like a coven of Frankie Howerds gossiping around the village pond.Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to

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1:42

Samuel West on the Long-tailed Tit

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/25

Keen Birdwatcher and actor Samuel West recalls the chattering calls of the long tailed tit, the first bird he ever identified by sound.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photo: Kevin Mayhew.

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1:45

Samuel West on the Bullfinch

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/24

Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West discusses the stocky almost brutish looking bullfinch and it's rather wheezy complex high pitched song.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photo: Gareth Hardwick.

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1:52

Samuel West on the Dipper

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/23

Actor and keen birdwatcher Samuel West on hearing first the call of a dipper above the water of a fast flowing river.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photo: Keith Docherty.

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1:48

Joe Acheson on the Corncrake

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/20

Musician Joe Acheson of Hidden Orchestra describes how the scraping noise of a corncrake sounded like a ceaseless alarm as it carried over the island of Inishbofin.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photograph: Melvyn Fagg.

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1:48

Joe Acheson on the Starling

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/19

Musician Joe Acheson describes recording the sounds of starlings at the Lizard in Cornwall to use in his work as Hidden Orchestra.Producer: Tom Bonnett

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1:47

YOLOBirder on the Peregrine Falcon

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/18

Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder tells how a kindly hotel owner took him to see peregrine falcons and got him hooked on watching these magnificent flyers for the rest of his life.Producer: Andrew Dawes Photograph: Adrian Dancy.

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1:36

YOLOBirder on the Waxwing

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/17

Birdwatching's irreverent commentator YOLOBirder on his love of the hipster-goatee beard and slick back quiff of the brightly-coloured waxwing, a bird so vibrant and uplifting he has come up with a special collective noun for them.Producer: Andrew Dawes Photograph: Richard Johnson.

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1:33

YOLOBirder on the Redwing

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/16

Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder remembers rescuing redwings when snow hit the North East, standing with a bird in each hand. Producer: Andrew Dawes Photograph: John Thistle.

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1:35

Robert Martin on the Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/13

Rob Martin of BirdLife International shares an encounter in Indonesia with one of the rarest birds in the world: the Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher, which he feared was extinct.Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. In this latest series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed

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1:40

Sue Patterson on the Great Spotted Woodpecker

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/12

Sue Patterson from BirdLife International has a story of introducing the great spotted woodpecker to the next generation of birders, revealing the key to determining the bird's sex. Producer: Eliza Lomas Photograph: Gareth Hardwick.

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1:41

Rosa Gleave on the Goldcrest

Tweet of the Day ·

2017/10/11

Rosa Gleave from BirdLife International, reveals how she recognises the song of the goldcrest and why that has inspired a change in her life.Producer: Eliza Lomas Photograph: Francis C. Franklin.

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