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 : Flycatchers

Tweet Take 5 : Flycatchers

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An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the pied and spotted flycatcher.

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the pied and spotted flycatcher with Sir David Attenborough, Steve Backshall and Penny Anderson.

Two charismatic species of flycatcher enrich the summer landscape after their arrival from Africa. The pied flycatcher is a sprightly bird of open oak woodlands in the west and north. It's relative the spotted flycatcher is more at home nearer human habitation as we'll hear in this extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring Sir David Attenborough on the pied flycatcher, with Steve Backshall and ecologist Penny Anderson on the spotted flycatcher.

Producer for BBC Audio in Bristol is Andrew Dawes.

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