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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 : Chaffinch and Brambling

Tweet Take 5 : Chaffinch and Brambling

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An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the  chaffinch and the brambling.

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the  chaffinch and the brambling with Brian Briggs, Chris Watson and John Aitcheson.

The cheery song of the chaffinch is a familiar sound in the landscape, especially welcome as one of the first birds to sing at the end of winter. Their northern equivelent the brambling breeds across northern Europe and are regular winter visitors to Britain.  In this extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the chaffinch and the brambling with we discover more from ecologist Brian Briggs, wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson and wildlife cameraman John Aitcheson.

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