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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Martin Noble Picks his Tweet of the Day
Sun 15 Apr 2018
Martin Noble of British Sea Power introduces his favourite species from Tweet of the Day.
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Ed Byrne's Tweet of the Day Takeover
Sun 8 Apr 2018
Ed Byrne perches on the feeder for a second week to pick more of his favourite episodes.
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Ed Byrne's Tweet of the Day Takeover
Sun 1 Apr 2018
Comedian Ed Byrne tees up his choices for a week curating his favourite episodes of Tweet.
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Mark Cocker on the Ring Ouzel
Fri 30 Mar 2018
Listening to the ring ouzel's call takes Mark Cocker back to his childhood.
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Mark Cocker on the Curlew
Thu 29 Mar 2018
Mark Cocker on the evocative song of a curlew floating over the Derbyshire moorlands.
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Mark Cocker on the Wood Warbler
Wed 28 Mar 2018
For nature writer Mark Cocker spring has not arrived until he hears his first wood warbler
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Mark Cocker on the Twite
Tue 27 Mar 2018
Mark Cocker laments on the loss of the twite, once a familiar sight during his schooldays.
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Mark Cocker on the Meadow Pipit
Mon 26 Mar 2018
Nature writer Mark Cocker revels in the windblown melancholy of the meadow pipit's song.
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Richard Jones on the Gyr Falcon
Fri 23 Mar 2018
Avian vet Richard Jones introduces a strange tale involving the world's largest falcon.
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Richard Jones on the Peregrine
Thu 22 Mar 2018
Avian vet Richard Jones introduces the bird that inspired his career.
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Matt Merritt on the Wheatear
Wed 21 Mar 2018
Poet and editor of British Birdwatching Matt Merritt revels in the Wheatear song.
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Matt Merritt on the Redstart
Tue 20 Mar 2018
Editor of British Birdwatching magazine Matt Merritt enjoys the first spring male redstart
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Matt Merritt on the Curlew
Mon 19 Mar 2018
Matt Merritt, editor of British Birdwatching magazine, revels in the call of the curlew.
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Andy Clements on the Garden Warbler
Fri 16 Mar 2018
Andy Clements is entranced by the song of the garden warbler.
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Sarah Harris on the Blackbird
Thu 15 Mar 2018
Sarah Harris recalls the excitement of watching clouds of migrating blackbirds arrive.
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Nick Moran on the Heron
Wed 14 Mar 2018
Nick Moran describes the excitement of recording the nocturnal flight calls of herons.
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Jennifer Border on the Whinchat
Tue 13 Mar 2018
Jennifer Border recalls how looking for whinchats resulted in a broken road sign.
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Andy Clements on Pink-footed Geese
Mon 12 Mar 2018
Andy Clements is captivated by the excited chatter of pink-footed geese.
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Chris Baines on the Nuthatch
Fri 9 Mar 2018
Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines watches nuthatches in his garden.
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Chris Baines on the Great Spotted Woodpecker
Thu 8 Mar 2018
Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines enjoys great spotted woodpeckers.
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Chris Baines on the Song Thrush
Wed 7 Mar 2018
Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines listens to competing Song Thrushes.
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Chris Baines on the Goldcrest
Tue 6 Mar 2018
Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines is captivated by the tiny Goldcrest.
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Chris Baines on the Bullfinch
Mon 5 Mar 2018
Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines defends the bullfinch's feeding habits.
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Helen Moncrieff on the Shag
Fri 2 Mar 2018
Helen Moncrieff has a particular fondness for a bird known locally as a scarf.
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Helen Moncrieff on the Shetland Starling
Thu 1 Mar 2018
Helen Moncrieff is bewitched by the mimicking of Shetland starlings.
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Helen Moncrieff on the Fulmar
Wed 28 Feb 2018
Helen Moncrieff finds an ally in a territorial fulmar!
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Helen Moncrieff on the Northern Wheatear
Tue 27 Feb 2018
Helen Moncrieff reveals why her tummy 'flips with joy' at the sight of Northern Wheatears.
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Helen Moncrieff on the Black Guillemot
Mon 26 Feb 2018
Helen Moncrieff recalls seeing an Orca seize a Black Guillemot at sea.
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Michael Morpurgo on the Swan
Fri 23 Feb 2018
Michael Morpurgo's paean to the beautiful, mysterious swan.
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David Rothenberg on the Song Thrush
Thu 22 Feb 2018
David Rothenberg asks a question, why is the song thrush not famous?
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