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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: Twite

Twite

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Martin Hughes-Games presents the twite. Twites are known in Scotland as 'heather lintie', as they nest in the shelter of wiry heather clumps and feed on seeds.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
 
Martin Hughes-Games presents the Twite.  Twites are birds of heather moorland and crofting land - a Scottish name is "Heather lintie", as they nest in the shelter of wiry heather clumps and feed on seeds. To see twites, you'll need to visit some of our most scenic spots; the Scottish Isles, the moorlands of northern England or the western Irish coast.

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