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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Stephen Moss on the Great Crested Grebe
Fri 6 Oct 2017
Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls seeing a great crested grebe.
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Stephen Moss on the Coot
Thu 5 Oct 2017
Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls his first encounter with a coot.
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Stephen Moss on the Bittern
Wed 4 Oct 2017
Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls the first time he saw a bittern.
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Stephen Moss on the Cetti's Warbler
Tue 3 Oct 2017
Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss goes in search of Cetti's warbler.
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Stephen Moss on the Song Thrush
Mon 2 Oct 2017
Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss is inspired by the song thrush.
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Melissa Harrison on the House Sparrow
Fri 29 Sep 2017
Nature writer Melissa Harrison presents the case for the humble and rather noisy 'spadger'
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Melissa Harrison on the Stonechat
Thu 28 Sep 2017
The stonechat's punctuating call reminds writer Melissa Harrison of walks in Dartmoor.
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Melissa Harrison on the Kingfisher
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Writer Melissa Harrison braves a dip and finds herself face to face with a kingfisher.
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Melissa Harrison on the Starling
Tue 26 Sep 2017
Nature writer Melissa Harrison muses on the amusing mimicking sounds starlings can perform
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Melissa Harrison on the Tawny Owl
Mon 25 Sep 2017
Nature writer Melissa Harrison describes how a tawny owl call evokes memories of lost days
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David Rothenberg on the Veery Thrush
Fri 22 Sep 2017
The veery thrush has a remarkable song, if slowed down, as David Rothenberg explains.
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David Rothenberg on the White-crested Laughingthrush
Thu 21 Sep 2017
For David Rothenberg, the white-crested laughingthrush is a superb clarinet accompanist.
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David Rothenberg on the Superb Lyrebird
Wed 20 Sep 2017
As David Rothenberg suggests, the superb lyrebird song has evolved to excess and craziness
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David Rothenberg on the Mocking Bird
Tue 19 Sep 2017
Mockingbirds do not mock but, as David Rothenberg explains, can copy over 1,000 bird songs
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David Rothenberg on the Brown Thrasher
Mon 18 Sep 2017
David Rothenberg, best known for his interest in animal sounds, on the brown thrasher.
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Chris Jones on the Swift
Fri 15 Sep 2017
Chris Jones rescues and then releases a swift in this Tweet of the Day.
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Hugh Thomson on the Woodpigeon
Thu 14 Sep 2017
Writer Hugh Thomson discusses his love of the wood pigeon song in an English woodland.
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Tara Robinson on the Oystercatcher
Wed 13 Sep 2017
For Tara Robinson the sound of oystercatchers recalls her father taking her to Loch Fleet.
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Tara Robinson on the Barn Owl
Tue 12 Sep 2017
Tara Robinson describes an unexpected barn owl encounter in her own back garden.
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Tara Robinson on the Common Tern
Mon 11 Sep 2017
Tara Robinson on the common tern and her grandfather's passion for birdwatching.
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Samuel West on the red-eyed vireo
Fri 8 Sep 2017
Actor Samuel West remembers one of his proudest birdwatching moments for Tweet of the Day.
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Samuel West on the Capercaille
Thu 7 Sep 2017
Samuel West describes the snooker ball and champagne cork sounds of the capercaillie.
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Samuel West on the Collared Dove
Wed 6 Sep 2017
Samuel West laments how the beautiful collared dove has a call like a bored footie fan.
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Samuel West on the Grey Heron
Tue 5 Sep 2017
Actor Samuel West recalls how a riddle in Hamlet was unpicked on a bird-watching trip.
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Samuel West on the Nightingale
Mon 4 Sep 2017
Actor Samuel West describes gathering with his family at dusk to listen for nightingales.
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Amy Liptrot on the Greylag Goose
Fri 1 Sep 2017
Orcadian writer Amy Liptrot on the greylag goose, which is widespread on the islands.
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Amy Liptrot on the Curlew
Thu 31 Aug 2017
Writer Amy Liptrot reflects on the evocative disappearing curlew call in the uplands.
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Amy Liptrot on the Corncrake
Wed 30 Aug 2017
Writer Amy Liptrot recalls her work as the RSPB corncrake officer on Orkney.
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Amy Liptrot on the Hooded Crow
Tue 29 Aug 2017
Writer Amy Liptrot discusses how hooded crows in Berlin remind her of her youth.
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Amy Liptrot on the Arctic Tern
Mon 28 Aug 2017
Orcadian author Amy Liptrot laments the Arctic terns of her childhood.
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