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: Golden Pheasant

Golden Pheasant

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John Aitchison presents the golden pheasant.

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

John Aitchison presents the golden pheasant.  Golden pheasants are native to the mountains of China where they live in thick bamboo forest.  The males are brightly-coloured; gold and scarlet, with a long tail and a cape of black and orange which they use to woo the much duller brown females.  From the late 1800's Golden Pheasants were introduced to many bird collections and shooting estates around the UK.  Today the strongest colonies are in East Anglia.

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