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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: John McPherson on the Ptarmigan

John McPherson on the Ptarmigan

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Photographer John McPherson recalls the ptarmigan in this Tweet of the Day.

Photographer John McPherson recalls the moment while winter walking in the Cairngorm mountains he came across the enigmatic ptarmigan.

Ideally suited to its mountain habitat the ptarmigan enthralled photographer John McPherson as he climbed in the Cairngorms one winter's day. At one point a wheeling lone bird crash landed beside him, looking almost embarrassed to take a tumble.

Producer Maggie Ayre.

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