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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: Dominic Couzens on the Goldfinch

Dominic Couzens on the Goldfinch

BBC Radio 4 - Tweet of the Day, Dominic Couzens on the Goldfinch

Ornithologist and nature writer Dominic Couzens recalls the glitterati goldfinch.

Tweet of the Day begins with a call or song, followed by a story of fascinating ornithology inspired by the sound.

For natural history writer, speaker and tour leader Dominic Couzens the impeccably turned out goldfinch is the avian glitterati, bird royalty, star quality on the feeders. Yet it was an encounter with 400 goldfinch feeding on thistle seed heads which captivated Dominic.

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