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: Hawfinch

Hawfinch

BBC Radio 4 - Tweet of the Day, Hawfinch

Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch.

Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch.  The Hawfinch exerts 180 pounds per square inch with it massive bill to crack open tough seeds to get at the soft kernels inside.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
 
Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch. The Hawfinch is a large thickset finch with a massive bill. It uses this to crack open hawthorn and cherry stones as well as hornbeam seeds to get at the soft kernels inside. In doing so, it exerts a force of around 180 pounds per square inch.

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