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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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Frank Gardner on the Little Auk

Frank Gardner on the Little Auk

BBC security correspondent and avid birdwatcher, Frank Gardner, on an encounter with Little Auks on Svalbard for this Tw... Read more

25 Aug 2017

1min

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Tiffany Francis on the Corncrake

Tiffany Francis on the Corncrake

Tiffany Francis recalls not realising, after stumbling across some baby ducks on the island of Lunga, she had infact see... Read more

24 Aug 2017

1min

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Andy Clements on the Garden Warbler

Andy Clements on the Garden Warbler

Andy Clements of the British Trust for Ornithology explains why he rates the song of the Garden Warbler above that of th... Read more

16 Mar 2018

1min

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Dominic Couzens on the Goldfinch

Dominic Couzens on the Goldfinch

For natural history writer, speaker and tour leader Dominic Couzens the impeccably turned out goldfinch is the avian gli... Read more

17 Feb 2019

1min

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Peter Cranswick on the Common Scoter

Peter Cranswick on the Common Scoter

Peter Cranswick of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the amazing common scoter.Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio ... Read more

26 May 2017

1min

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Florence Wilkinson Tweet Takeover Week 2

Florence Wilkinson Tweet Takeover Week 2

For writer, filmmaker and co-founder of the bird song recognition app Warblr Florence Wilkinson, the brown thrasher, as ... Read more

5 Aug 2018

1min

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Kim Durbin on the Blackbird

Kim Durbin on the Blackbird

Kim Durbin recalls an encounter with a blackbird for Tweet of the Day.Producer Maggie Ayre.

10 Jul 2017

1min

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David Salmon on the Woodlark

David Salmon on the Woodlark

David Salmon of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the song of the woodlark.Producer Miles Warde.

29 May 2017

1min

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Dominic Couzens on the Moorhen

Dominic Couzens on the Moorhen

Natural history writer, speaker and tour leader Dominic Couzens is in the chair this week for Tweet of the Day. Taking a... Read more

10 Feb 2019

1min

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Trudie Goodwin on the Hoopoe

Trudie Goodwin on the Hoopoe

For many, actress Trudie Goodwin is best known for her television roles as Sergeant June Ackland in The Bill and latterl... Read more

3 Feb 2019

1min

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Kate Bradbury's Sparrows Takeover

Kate Bradbury's Sparrows Takeover

Kate Bradbury loves the sparrows which come into her tiny garden in Hove near Brighton. As a wildlife gardener she is pa... Read more

26 Aug 2018

1min

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Josh Myers on the Short-Eared Owl

Josh Myers on the Short-Eared Owl

Teenager Josh Myers describes how photographing wildlife in the Peak District around Sheffield helps him to control the ... Read more

7 Jul 2017

1min

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Andy Radford on the Robin

Andy Radford on the Robin

The variety of sounds produced by Robins has long fascinated Professor Andy Radford, a Behavioural Biologist at the Univ... Read more

9 Jan 2018

1min

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James Henry on the Little Owl

James Henry on the Little Owl

Author of the prequel detective Jack Frost thrillers James Henry picks the diminutive, non native little owl beloved by ... Read more

28 Oct 2018

1min

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Florence Wilkinson Tweet Takeover Week 1

Florence Wilkinson Tweet Takeover Week 1

Writer, filmmaker and co-founder of bird song recognition app Warblr Florence Wilkinson has early memories of watching w... Read more

29 Jul 2018

1min

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Joe Harkness on the skylark

Joe Harkness on the skylark

Joe Harkness indulges in some bird therapy, rejoicing in the sight and song of the skylark. Joe writes about the benefit... Read more

1 Jun 2017

1min

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Mark Whitley Countryman Takeover

Mark Whitley Countryman Takeover

Editor of The Countryman magazine Mark Whitley reveals how moving offices recently has opened up a whole new vista of bi... Read more

9 Sep 2018

1min

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Kirsty Oswald's Robin

Kirsty Oswald's Robin

For actress Kirsty Oswald, an appreciation of nature has always been a family affair. In this episode of Tweet, she exp... Read more

20 Jan 2019

1min

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Andy Radford on the Curlew

Andy Radford on the Curlew

Professor Andy Radford, a Behavioural Biologist at the University of Bristol recalls how the evocative cries of the Curl... Read more

8 Jan 2018

1min

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Mya Rose Craig on the White-Tailed Eagle

Mya Rose Craig on the White-Tailed Eagle

Bristol based Schoolgirl Mya Rose Craig recalls seeing a white tailed eagle in her holidays for Tweet of the Day.Tweet o... Read more

6 Jul 2017

1min

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