Tweet of the Day

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Discover birds through their songs and calls. 265 programmes of 90 seconds, over a year

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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Tweet of the Day: Mandarin Duck

Mandarin Duck

BBC Radio 4 - Tweet of the Day, Mandarin Duck

Chris Packham presents the mandarin duck.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Chris Packham presents the story of the Mandarin Duck.  A drake mandarin has orange whiskers, red bill, a broad creamy eye-stripe and an iridescent purple chest, set off by a pair of extraordinary curved orange wing feathers which stand up like a boat's sails.  Today there are seven thousand birds living in the wild and the numbers are increasing.

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