Tweet of the Day Episodes Episode guide
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David Rothenberg on the Song Thrush
David Rothenberg asks a question, why is the song thrush not famous?
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David Rothenberg on the Robin
David Rothenberg on the jazz artist of the bird world - the humble robin.
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David Rothenberg on the Blackbird
For Professor David Rothenberg, the blackbird is a beautiful melodic songster.
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Joe Acheson on the Wren
For Joe Acheson, slowing down the song of the wren sounds like gibbons in the rainforest.
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Penny Anderson on the Garden Warbler
Ecologist Penny Anderson discovers a garden warbler singing in her garden.
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Penny Anderson on the Mandarin Duck
Ecologist Penny Anderson describes the flamboyant ducks that visit her garden.
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Penny Anderson on the Heron
Penny Anderson watches herons in her garden as they steal frogs from her ponds.
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Penny Anderson on the Spotted Flycatcher
Penny Anderson had to stop work on her house when the spotted flycatchers moved in.
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Penny Anderson on the Red Grouse
Penny Anderson introduces the red grouse, a bird whose call always makes her laugh.
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Mike Toms on the Tawny Owl
Mike Toms describes his encounters with tawny owls in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.
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Ben Darvill on the Common Rosefinch
Ben Darvill recalls his first encounter with a common rosefinch.
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Dave Leech on the Water Rail
Dave Leech describes his excitement on finding the nest of a water rail.
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Bonita Johnson on the Robin
Bonita Johnson recalls watching a pair of battling robins.
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Andy Clements on the Golden Plover
Andy Clements is entranced by the mournful spirit-rising sound of the golden plover.
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Tony Juniper on the Linnet
Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls the popularity of linnets in his childhood.
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Tony Juniper on the Black-tailed Godwit
Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls his first encounter with a black-tailed Godwit.
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Tony Juniper on the Whitethroat
Environmentalist Tony Juniper enjoys the song of the whitethroat.
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Tony Juniper on the Corn Bunting
Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the joy of seeing and hearing corn buntings.
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Tony Juniper on the Woodcock
Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the curious roding flight of the woodcock.
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Jane Smith on the Whitethroat
Wildlife artist Jane Smith waits anxiously for a returning whitethroat.
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Jane Smith on the Ringed Plover
Wildlife artist Jane Smith is captivated by a party of ringed plovers on a beach.
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Jane Smith on the Great Northern Diver
Wildlife artist Jane Smith listens in the fog to a great northern diver.
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Jane Smith on the Barnacle Goose
Wildlife artist Jane Smith reveals the challenges of trying to paint barnacle geese.
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Jane Smith on the Snipe
Wildlife artist Jane Smith reveals why for her, snipe symbolise the sound of the Hebrides.
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Kathy Hinde on the House Martin
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is inspired by house martins.
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Kathy Hinde on the Knot
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is entranced by "an apparition" of knot.
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Kathy Hinde on the Barnacle Goose
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is inspired by the spectacle of migrating barnacle geese.
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Kathy Hinde on the Pink-footed Goose
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is captivated by a flock of pink-footed geese.
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Kathy Hinde on the Common Crane
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde recalls being surrounded by dancing common cranes.
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Andy Radford on the Green Woodhoopoe
Professor Andy Radford describes a noisy encounter among green woodhoopoes.