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: Tweet Take 5 : Grey Heron

Tweet Take 5 : Grey Heron

BBC Radio 4 - Tweet of the Day, Tweet Take 5 : Grey Heron

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the grey heron

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the grey heron with Sir  David Attenborough, Gillian Clarke and Penny Anderson.

With it's prehistoric looks and tuneless clattering the grey heron is a familiar sight along many rivers and wetlands.  More often seen lazily flying away as you draw close, grey herons are also a regular garden visitor to well stocked garden ponds, where standing motionless for hours they wait for that perfect moment to catch their prey.  In this extended edition of Tweet of the Day we hear three stories of the grey heron from; Sir David Attenborough, Welsh poet and playwright Gillian Clarke and ecologist Penny Anderson.

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