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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: Penny Anderson on the Heron

Penny Anderson on the Heron

BBC Radio 4 - Tweet of the Day, Penny Anderson on the Heron

Penny Anderson watches herons in her garden as they steal frogs from her ponds.

Ecologist Penny Anderson recalls the annual visits of the herons which like to raid her garden ponds for frogs.

Ecologist Penny Anderson wonders whether evolution is a work in her garden as the behaviour of the frogs in her ponds seems to be changing in response to the annual visits by the herons which enjoy a spot of fishing.

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Photograph: Ian OK.

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