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 : Terns

Tweet Take 5 : Terns

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Three species of terns feature in this extended version of Tweet of the Day.

Three species of terns feature in this extended version of Tweet of the Day, with Miranda Krestovnikoff, Brett Westwood and Michaela Strachan.

The arrival of terns,  sometimes called sea swallows, to the UK coastline in spring is a welcome sign that these birds have completed their long migrations back to breed. In this extended episode of Tweet of the Day we hear the story of three species of tern we find around our coasts, the Arctic tern with Miranda Krestovnikoff, the roseate tern with Brett Westwood and the common tern with Michaela Strachan. 

Producer : Andrew Dawes for BBC Audio, Bristol.

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