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 : Ring Ouzel

Tweet Take 5 : Ring Ouzel

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The ring ouzel features in this extended version of Tweet of the Day.

The ring ouzel features in this extended version of Tweet of the Day, with Bill Oddie, Mark Cocker and David Lindo.

Closely related to the common blackbird, the ring ouzel is a rare summer visitor to the British Isles. Wintering in North Africa, the best chances of seeing one here is as they make a stop over on their migration to breed in the mountains of Scotland or the uplands of north and west of England and Wales. As we'll hear in this extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring Bill Oddie, nature writer Mark Cocker and Urban Birder David Lindo.

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