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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: Tony Juniper on the Whitethroat

Tony Juniper on the Whitethroat

BBC Radio 4 - Tweet of the Day, Tony Juniper on the Whitethroat

Environmentalist Tony Juniper enjoys the song of the whitethroat.

For environmentalist Tony Juniper the soundtrack of the summer is not complete without the song of the whitethroat.

Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls catching a whitethroat in a mist net in Portugal which had been ringed in Dorset and listening to their song as part of the soundtrack of summer.

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Photograph: Denis Williams.

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