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Martin Hughes-Games presents the black-tailed godwit. A black-tailed godwit in its summer finery is a stunningly attractive bird - russet brown with a long orange and black bill. Show more

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Tweet of the Day 2017 Launch

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 7^th May 2017, 08:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 7^th May 2017, 08:58 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Introducing New Tweet of the Day. A selection of the birds and stories coming soon. Show more

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Ring-necked Parakeet

Duration: 1 minute

First broadcast: Thu 9^th Jan 2014, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 19^th Sep 2021, 08:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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David Attenborough presents the ring-necked parakeet. Show more

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Tweet Take 5 : Ringed Plovers

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 8^th Aug 2021, 10:54 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the ringed and little ringed plover with Michaela Strachan, Jane Smith and Bill Oddie. Show more

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Gillian Clarke on the Red Kite

Duration: 1 minute

First broadcast: Sun 10^th Mar 2019, 08:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 28^th Jun 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Welsh poet and playwright Gillian Clarke first saw a red kite in the Welsh mountains as a child, a bird which now has recovered and now Gillian regularly sees them over Reading. Show more

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Brian Briggs and the Chaffinch Song

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 9^th Dec 2018, 08:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 29^th Jun 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Former Stornoway band member Brian Briggs with a story of how the chaffinch song was the first he recognised. Show more

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Montezuma Oropendola

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 20^th Oct 2014, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 12^th Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Panamanian Montezuma oropendola. Show more

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African Jacana

Duration: 1 minute

First broadcast: Tue 30^th Sep 2014, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 13^th Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the wetland-loving African jacana. Show more

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Aquatic Warbler

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 24^th Sep 2013, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 14^th Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Brett Westwood presents the aquatic warbler. Show more

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Black-chinned Hummingbird

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 9^th Dec 2014, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 16^th Jul 2023, 08:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Liz Bonnin presents the North American black-chinned hummingbird. Show more

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Bluethroat

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 23^rd Sep 2013, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 18^th Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Brett Westwood presents the bluethroat. Show more

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Blue Jay

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 7^th Nov 2014, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: Mon 17^th Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Chris Packham presents the North American blue jay. Show more

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Brown Kiwi

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 1^st Oct 2014, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 19^th Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the New Zealand brown kiwi. Show more

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Common Redstart

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 12^th Aug 2013, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 7^th Aug 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the common redstart. Show more

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Bullfinch

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 13^th Aug 2013, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 20^th Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the bullfinch. Show more

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Common Hawk Cuckoo

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 14^th Oct 2014, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 24^th Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the common hawk cuckoo from the Bengal region. Show more

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Arctic Warbler

Duration: 1 minute

First broadcast: Fri 10^th Oct 2014, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 26^th Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the long distant migrant Arctic warbler. Show more

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Trudie Goodwin on the Carib Grackle

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 27^th Jan 2019, 08:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 21^st Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Actress and keen birdwatcher Trudie Goodwin fell in love with the carib grackle's song. Show more

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Robert Martin on the Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 13^th Oct 2017, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 23^rd Jul 2023, 08:58 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Rob Martin of BirdLife International shares an encounter with one of the rarest birds in the world: the cerulean paradise-flycatcher. Show more

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Amy Liptrot on the Corncrake

Duration: 2 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 30^th Aug 2017, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 25^th Jul 2023, 05:58 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Writer and Orkney native Amy Liptrot recalls her work as the RSPB's corncrake officer on the look out for this largely nocturnal bird in the wee small hours for Tweet of the Day. Show more

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