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 : The Curlew

Tweet Take 5 : The Curlew

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An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the curlew.

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the curlew with Andy Radford, Amy Liptrot and Martin Hughes-Games

The bubbling calls of the curlew, the largest of our European wading birds, brings joy to a summer upland as it does to the estuary in the depths of winter. For this episode we bring you three thoughts of the curlew gathered together in a longer format from some of the best loved editions from the Radio 4 series Tweet of the Day.

This extended version of Tweet of the Day features behavioural biologist  Professor Andy Radford, writer Amy Liptrot and wildlife presenter Martin Hughes-Games.

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