Tweet of the Day Podcast
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.
Episodes to download
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Dave Leech on the Water Rail
Wed 7 Feb 2018
Dave Leech describes his excitement on finding the nest of a water rail.
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Bonita Johnson on the Robin
Tue 6 Feb 2018
Bonita Johnson recalls watching a pair of battling robins.
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Andy Clements on the Golden Plover
Mon 5 Feb 2018
Andy Clements is entranced by the mournful spirit-rising sound of the golden plover.
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Tony Juniper on the Linnet
Fri 2 Feb 2018
Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls the popularity of linnets in his childhood.
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Tony Juniper on the Black-tailed Godwit
Thu 1 Feb 2018
Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls his first encounter with a black-tailed Godwit.
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Tony Juniper on the Whitethroat
Wed 31 Jan 2018
Environmentalist Tony Juniper enjoys the song of the whitethroat.
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Tony Juniper on the Corn Bunting
Tue 30 Jan 2018
Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the joy of seeing and hearing corn buntings.
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Tony Juniper on the Woodcock
Mon 29 Jan 2018
Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the curious roding flight of the woodcock.
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Jane Smith on the Whitethroat
Fri 26 Jan 2018
Wildlife artist Jane Smith waits anxiously for a returning whitethroat.
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Jane Smith on the Ringed Plover
Thu 25 Jan 2018
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
Wed 24 Jan 2018
Wildlife artist Jane Smith listens in the fog to a great northern diver.
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Jane Smith on the Barnacle Goose
Tue 23 Jan 2018
Wildlife artist Jane Smith reveals the challenges of trying to paint barnacle geese.
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Jane Smith on the Snipe
Mon 22 Jan 2018
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
Fri 19 Jan 2018
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is inspired by house martins.
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Kathy Hinde on the Knot
Thu 18 Jan 2018
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is entranced by "an apparition" of knot.
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Kathy Hinde on the Barnacle Goose
Wed 17 Jan 2018
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
Tue 16 Jan 2018
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is captivated by a flock of pink-footed geese.
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Kathy Hinde on the Common Crane
Mon 15 Jan 2018
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde recalls being surrounded by dancing common cranes.
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Andy Radford on the Green Woodhoopoe
Fri 12 Jan 2018
Professor Andy Radford describes a noisy encounter among green woodhoopoes.
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Andy Radford on the Pied Babbler
Thu 11 Jan 2018
Professor Andy Radford describes the role of the sentry amongst pied babblers.
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Andy Radford on the Superb Fairy Wren
Wed 10 Jan 2018
Professor Andy Radford reveals the importance of alarm calls to the superb fairy-wren.
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Andy Radford on the Robin
Tue 9 Jan 2018
Professor Andy Radford is captivated by the vocal repertoire of the robin.
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Andy Radford on the Curlew
Mon 8 Jan 2018
Professor Andy Radford recalls first hearing curlews as a child on the Yorkshire moors.
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Doug Allan on the Giant Petrel
Fri 5 Jan 2018
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls his encounters with giant petrels in Antarctica.
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Doug Allan on the Wandering Albatross
Thu 4 Jan 2018
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls a very close encounter with wandering albatrosses.
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Doug Allan on the Snowy Sheathbill
Wed 3 Jan 2018
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls his encounter with snowy sheathbills in Antarctica.
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Doug Allan on the Snow Petrel
Tue 2 Jan 2018
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls his encounters with snow petrels in Antarctica.
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Doug Allan on the Emperor Penguin
New Year's Day 2018
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls hearing an emperor penguin chick for the first time.
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Alison Steadman - The Twelve Tweets of Christmas 12 of 12
Sun 31 Dec 2017
A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
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Alison Steadman - The Twelve Tweets of Christmas 11 of 12
Fri 29 Dec 2017
A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
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