Tweet of the Day

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Paul Evans on the Raven Nov 03, 2017

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Writer Paul Evans encounters a pair of ravens and reflects on their dark associations and their playful and ominous voices.

Producer: Sarah Blunt Photo: Michael Davey.

Paul Evans on the Merlin Nov 02, 2017

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Merlin's are "ariel sprites" says writer Paul Evans, but they also kill skylarks in a rather gruesome manner as we hear in this specially commissioned dark tale.

Producer: Sarah Blunt

Paul Evans on the Barn Owl Nov 01, 2017

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In a house on the marsh which has been abandoned for forty years, Paul Evans disturbs a Barn owl and the ghosts of a tragic past as he recalls in this specially commissioned Halloween tale.

Producer: Sarah Blunt Photograph: Joshua Myers.

Jeremy Deller on the Mexican Free-tailed Bat Oct 31, 2017

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It's Halloween and Tweet of the Day has descended into the darkness - artist Jeremy Deller describes the stench and force of a flight of Mexican free-tailed bats streaming out of a Texan cave.

Producer: Eliza Lomas Photo: USFWS/Ann Froschauer.

Samuel West on the Turtle Dove Oct 27, 2017

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Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West laments on the lost call of the once very common summer visitor, the turtle dove.

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 Photo: Ian Clarke.

Samuel West on the Eider Oct 26, 2017

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Actor Samuel West is especially fond of ducks, especially the eider duck, which for Samuel sound like a coven of Frankie Howerds gossiping around the village pond.

Producer: Tom Bonnett Photo: Steve Balcombe.

Samuel West on the Long-tailed Tit Oct 25, 2017

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Keen Birdwatcher and actor Samuel West recalls the chattering calls of the long tailed tit, the first bird he ever identified by sound.

Producer: Tom Bonnett Photo: Kevin Mayhew.

Samuel West on the Bullfinch Oct 24, 2017

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Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West discusses the stocky almost brutish looking bullfinch and it's rather wheezy complex high pitched song.

Producer: Tom Bonnett Photo: Gareth Hardwick.

Samuel West on the Dipper Oct 23, 2017

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Actor and keen birdwatcher Samuel West on hearing first the call of a dipper above the water of a fast flowing river.

Producer: Tom Bonnett Photo: Keith Docherty.

Joe Acheson on the Corncrake Oct 20, 2017

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Musician Joe Acheson of Hidden Orchestra describes how the scraping noise of a corncrake sounded like a ceaseless alarm as it carried over the island of Inishbofin.

Producer: Tom Bonnett Photograph: Melvyn Fagg.

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