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: Bittern

Bittern

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Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. 
 
Kate Humble presents the bittern.  As the first shoots of spring appear in the reed-beds, you might hear the booming sound of a bittern.  The bittern's boom is lower pitched than any other UK bird and sounds more like a distant foghorn than a bird.   Today these birds are on the increase, thanks to the creation of large reed-beds.

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