Sinopsis
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.
Episodios
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Amy Liptrot on the Curlew
31/08/2017 Duración: 01minWriter Amy Liptrot reflects on her favourite bird, the curlew, whose evocative call reminds her of her childhood home back in the Orkneys, in this Tweet of the Day.Producer: Mark Ward.
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Amy Liptrot on the Corncrake
30/08/2017 Duración: 01minWriter 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.Producer: Mark Ward.
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Amy Liptrot on the Hooded Crow
29/08/2017 Duración: 01minWriter Amy Liptrot recalls seeing hooded crows while living in Berlin and reflects on their namesakes back at her childhood home in Orkney for Tweet of the Day.Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.Producer: Mark Ward Photograph: Paul Smith.
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Amy Liptrot on the Arctic Tern
28/08/2017 Duración: 01minOrcadian author and conservationist Amy Liptrot laments of the disappearance of breeding Arctic terns from her family farm for Tweet of the Day.Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.Producer Mark Ward.
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Frank Gardner on the Little Auk
25/08/2017 Duración: 01minBBC security correspondent and avid birdwatcher, Frank Gardner, on an encounter with Little Auks on Svalbard for this Tweet of the Day.Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photograph: JanuaryJoe.
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Tiffany Francis on the Corncrake
24/08/2017 Duración: 01minTiffany Francis recalls not realising, after stumbling across some baby ducks on the island of Lunga, she had infact seen corncrake chicks for this Tweet of the Day.Producer Maggie Ayre.
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Alex Gregory on the Kingfisher
23/08/2017 Duración: 01minTwo-time Olympic Gold medalist Alex Gregory reflects on the birds he sees such as the kingfisher and heron while out on early morning training for this Tweet of the Day.Producer: Mark Ward
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Clare Jones on the Little Egret
21/08/2017 Duración: 01minClare Jones recalls the inspiration of seeing a little egret and how a small event can change an entire outlook on life in this Tweet of the Day.Producer Tom Bonnett.
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Tim Birkhead on Guillemot Senses
18/08/2017 Duración: 01minSeabird zoologist Tim Birkhead recalls the moment while on Skomer which changed his view on the old thought that the guillemot was a foolish bird for Tweet of the Day.Producer: Tom Bonnett
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Tim Birkhead on the Puffin
17/08/2017 Duración: 01minLarge numbers of visitors come to Skomer just to see puffins, however for seabird zoologist Tim Birkhead puffins are boring dull birds, in this Tweet of the Day.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photograph: Sam Linton.
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Tim Birkhead on the Raven
16/08/2017 Duración: 01minBritish zoologist Professor Tim Birkhead talks about the intelligence of egg stealing ravens while he is working on guillemot research on Skomer for Tweet of the Day.Producer Tom Bonnett.
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Tim Birkhead on the Razorbill
15/08/2017 Duración: 01minBritish zoologist Professor Tim Birkhead recounts the sharp bill of the well named razorbill while going about his scientific work for Tweet of the Day.Producer Tom Bonnett.
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Tim Birkhead on the Guillemot Chick
14/08/2017 Duración: 01minIn the first of a week of Tweet of the Day's by British zoologist professor Tim Birkhead, he recalls a guillemot chicks first, and ultimately last flight on Skomer.Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photograph: Harry McBride.
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Frank Gardner on the White-Throated Kingfisher
11/08/2017 Duración: 01minThe BBC's Frank Gardner remembers watching white-throated kingfishers being chased by a Eurasian kingfisher in Israel.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photograph: Ashutosh Jhureley.
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Frank Gardner on the Three-Wattled Bellbird
10/08/2017 Duración: 01minHigh in the cloud forest of Costa Rica, Frank Gardner recalls for Tweet of the Day, a bird he has heard but never seen, the three wattled bell bird.Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.Producer: Tom Bonnett Picture: Feroze Omardeen.
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Frank Gardner on the King of Saxony Bird of Paradise
09/08/2017 Duración: 01minHigh up in the rain-forests of Papaua New Guinea the BBC's Frank Gardner recalls hearing the King of Saxony Bird of Paradise for Tweet of the Day.Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.Producer: Tom Bonnett Picture: Wanghc732.
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Frank Gardner on the Golden Oriole
08/08/2017 Duración: 01minIn this Tweet of the Day, BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner recalls the song of a golden oriole in a Bahrain date grove.Producer Tom Bonnett Photograph: Ashutosh Jhureley.
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Frank Gardner on the Great Northern Diver
07/08/2017 Duración: 01minIn the first of five Tweet of the Days this week, the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner recalls listening to great northern divers on television programme by Ludwig Koch, as a boy.Producer: Tom Bonnett.
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Tiffany Francis on the Yellowhammer
04/08/2017 Duración: 01minTiffany Francis recalls her encounters with yellowhammers at the Butser Ancient Farm in Hampshire for Tweet of the Day.Producer Maggie Ayre.
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Laura Howard on the Swift
03/08/2017 Duración: 01minSpringwatch producer Laura Howard describes how the arrival of swifts in May and learning more about nature walking in the countryside felt like wearing glasses that let her see clearly for the first time.Producer: Tom Bonnett Photograph: Phil Luckhurst.