Tweet of the Day

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David Rothenberg on the Blackbird Feb 20, 2018

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For professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology David Rothenberg, the blackbird is a beautiful melodic songster which helps explains the difference between bird song and bird call in this Tweet of the Day.

Producer: Tim Dee

Joe Acheson on the Wren Feb 19, 2018

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Musician Joe Acheson of Hidden Orchestra describes how slowing down recordings he made of the diminutive wren song during a dawn chorus, sounded like the morning calls of gibbons across the rainforest.

Producer: Tom Bonnett Photograph: Sam Linton.

Penny Anderson on the Garden Warbler Feb 16, 2018

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Ecologist Penny Anderson learns how to differentiate between the songs of Blackcap and Garden Warbler when to her delight she hears a Garden Warbler singing in the scrub patch in her garden.

Producer: Sarah Blunt Photograph: James Hanlon.

Penny Anderson on the Mandarin Duck Feb 15, 2018

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Mandarin Ducks are flamboyant, brightly coloured ducks which originally hail from the Middle East. A feral population established here in the last century here and a pair regularly visit the garden of ecologist Penny Anderson where they waddle across the lawn, roost on her ponds and perch in her trees.

Producer: Sarah Blunt

Penny Anderson on the Heron Feb 14, 2018

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Ecologist Penny Anderson wonders whether evolution is a work in her garden as the behaviour of the frogs in her ponds seems to be changing in response to the annual visits by the herons which enjoy a spot of fishing.

Producer: Sarah Blunt Photograph: Ian OK.

Penny Anderson on the Spotted Flycatcher Feb 13, 2018

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When a pair of Spotted flycatchers decided to build a nest in a gap in the wall, ecologist Penny Anderson had to stop the pointing work being done to her house, but she has no regrets as the birds have bred in her garden ever since.

Producer: Sarah Blunt

Penny Anderson on the Red Grouse Feb 12, 2018

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Ecologist Penny Anderson has always liked Red Grouse and they never fail to make her laugh as she reveals in this recollection about her encounters with this dumpy red bird.

Producer: Sarah Blunt Photograph: Fox Pix.

Mike Toms on the Tawny Owl Feb 09, 2018

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Mike Toms of the British Trust for Ornithology describes his night-time encounters with Tawny Owls in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.

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: Sarah Blunt Photograph: Neil Cowley.

Ben Darvill on the Common Rosefinch Feb 08, 2018

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Ben Darvill of the British Trust for Ornithology recalls his first encounter with the Common Rosefinch after it woke him up when he was camping on the Island of Canna in Scotland.

Producer: Sarah Blunt Photograph: Eero Kiuru.

Dave Leech on the Water Rail Feb 07, 2018

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Dave Leech from the British Trust for Ornithology describes his excitement at finding a Water Rail nest containing the most beautiful eggs after having spent three years searching for a nest. 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?

Producer: Sarah Blunt Photograph: Nathian Brook.

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