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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: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

BBC Radio 4 - Tweet of the Day, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

John Aitchison presents the lesser spotted woodpecker.

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

John Aitchison presents the lesser spotted woodpecker.  Lesser spotted woodpeckers are the smallest of our three woodpeckers and about the size of a house sparrow.  They have horizontal white stripes across their backs, hence their old name of 'barred woodpecker'.  The lesser spotted woodpecker is one of our most elusive birds.  For most of the year it's relatively silent but in late February and March, males begin to stake out their territories in old woods and orchards by calling loudly and drumming softly.

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