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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Dermot O'Leary on the Dunnock
Fri 17 Nov 2017
Dermot O'Leary admires the work ethic and understated beauty of the industrious dunnock.
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Dermot O'Leary on Swifts and Swallows
Thu 16 Nov 2017
Presenter Dermot O'Leary relishes soaring swifts and swallows bobbing in front of his car.
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Dermot O'Leary on the Greater Black-backed Gull
Wed 15 Nov 2017
Presenter Dermot O'Leary hails the greater black-backed gull as an 'Alsatian of the skies'
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Dermot O'Leary on the Coal Tit
Tue 14 Nov 2017
Presenter Dermot O'Leary gazes into his garden to watch busy coal tits on the bird feeders
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Dermot O'Leary on the Sea Eagle
Mon 13 Nov 2017
Dermot O'Leary searches for sea eagles, but with light fading, his chances look slim.
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Gary Moore on the Skylark
Fri 10 Nov 2017
While paying tribute at the Somme battlefields, sound recordist Gary Moore hears a skylark
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Gary Moore on the Stone Curlew
Thu 9 Nov 2017
Braving dark countryside, sound recordist Gary Moore goes in search of the stone curlew.
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Gary Moore on the Woodlark
Wed 8 Nov 2017
When sound recordist Gary Moore recorded a woodlark his work revealed some odd behaviour.
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Gary Moore on the Manx Shearwater
Tue 7 Nov 2017
How wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore became a launch pad for migrating birds on Skomer.
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Gary Moore on the Golden Pheasant
Mon 6 Nov 2017
Gary Moore describes the elation of tracking down the notoriously elusive golden pheasant.
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Paul Evans on the Barn Owl
Wed 1 Nov 2017
Writer Paul Evans has an unnerving encounter with a barn owl in this Halloween tale.
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Jeremy Deller on the Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Tue 31 Oct 2017
A Halloween special: artist Jeremy Deller encounters a Mexican free-tailed bat colony.
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Samuel West on the Turtle Dove
Fri 27 Oct 2017
Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West laments the lost call of the turtle dove.
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Samuel West on the Eider
Thu 26 Oct 2017
Actor Samuel West is especially fond of ducks, especially the eider.
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Samuel West on the Long-tailed Tit
Wed 25 Oct 2017
Actor Samuel West enjoys the call from a party of long-tailed tits.
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Samuel West on the Bullfinch
Tue 24 Oct 2017
Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West on the wheezy song of the stocky bullfinch.
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Joe Acheson on the Corncrake
Fri 20 Oct 2017
Musician Joe Acheson recalls hearing the scraping call of corncrake on Inishbofin island.
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Joe Acheson on the Starling
Thu 19 Oct 2017
Musician Joe Acheson recalls recording starling to use in his work as Hidden Orchestra.
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YOLOBirder on the Peregrine Falcon
Wed 18 Oct 2017
Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder tells how he became hooked on peregrines.
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YOLOBirder on the Waxwing
Tue 17 Oct 2017
Birdwatching's irreverent commentator YOLOBirder on his love of hipster-quiffed waxwings.
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YOLOBirder on the Redwing
Mon 16 Oct 2017
Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder recalls rescuing redwings struggling in snow.
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Robert Martin on the Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher
Fri 13 Oct 2017
BirdLife International's Rob Martin on the cerulean paradise-flycatcher.
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Sue Patterson on the Great Spotted Woodpecker
Thu 12 Oct 2017
BirdLife International's Sue Patterson on the great spotted woodpecker.
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Bruce Winney on the Red Kite
Tue 10 Oct 2017
BirdLife International's Bruce Winney relives seeing red kites over Harrogate.
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Stuart Butchart on the Bronze-winged Jacana
Mon 9 Oct 2017
Dr Stuart Butchart from BirdLife International reveals the bronze-winged jacana.
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