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: Ruff

Ruff

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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 ruff.  The glory of the ruff lies in its extravagant courtship displays.  For most of the year these waders look similar to our other long-legged water-birds such as redshanks or sandpipers but in the breeding season the males sprout a multi-coloured ruff.  The impressive ruffs of feathers come in infinite variety, black, white, ginger, or a mixture of these.   The males gather at traditional spring leks with the aim of winning one or more mates.

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