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 : Snipe

Tweet Take 5 : Snipe

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

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the snipe with Jane Smith, Kate Humble and Carry Akroyd.

If you are luckily enough to see this secretive wader, the snipe possesses one of the longest bill of any British bird. It also produces one of the most striking sounds in a wetland landscape, a repetitive drone known as drumming, produced not from it's call but adapted tail feathers, as we'll hear in this extended edition of Tweet of the Day featuring wildlife artist Jane Smith, presenter Kate Humble and the illustrator of the Tweet of the Day book, Carry Akroyd.

The producer for BBC Audio in Bristol is Andrew Dawes.

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