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: Grey Partridge

Grey Partridge

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Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
 
Bill Oddie presents the Grey partridge.  The grey partridge, a plump game bird, is now a rarity across most of the UK.   Found on farmland, a partridge pair will often hold territory in a few fields beyond which they seldom stray during their whole lives.  They should be doing well but increasing field sizes, which reduce nesting cover and the use of pesticides, which kill off vital insects, have taken their toll.

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