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: Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

BBC Radio 4 - Tweet of the Day, Great Crested Grebe

Bill Oddie presents the great crested grebe.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. 
 
Bill Oddie presents the great crested grebe.  In Spring, great crested grebes perform a high ritualized mating display.  This includes head shaking and a spectacular performance during which both male and female birds gather bunches of waterweed and as they swim towards each other, before rising vertically in the water, chest to chest, and paddling furiously to keep themselves upright. 

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