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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 : Dipper

Tweet Take 5 : Dipper

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

Samuel West, Sir David Attenborough and Michael Morpurgo celebrate the dipper.

An extended edition of Tweet of the Day featuring the dipper, with Samuel West, Sir David Attenborough and Michael Morpurgo.

Dippers are small dumpy birds which seemingly captivate all who see them. They live in fast flowing streams or rivers in the north and west of Britain, where their ability to dive under water looking for food makes them remarkable for songbirds. In this extended version of Tweet of the Day, we hear from three people for whom the dipper is a special bird; actor Samuel West, Sir David Attenborough and author, poet and playwright Michael Morpurgo.

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