Tweet of the Day

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David Rothenberg on the White-crested Laughingthrush Sep 21, 2017

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The white-crested laughingthrush is a superb accompaniment to David Rothenberg as he plays the clarinet, the best bird to play along with in this Tweet of the Day.

Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. In this latest 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 Tim Dee

Image WikiCommons / cuatrock77.

David Rothenberg on the Superb Lyrebird Sep 20, 2017

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As David Rothenberg suggests in this Tweet of the Day the superb lyrebird is a bird which evolved to excess experimentation and craziness.

Producer Tim Dee

Image : Roger Powell.

David Rothenberg on the Mocking Bird Sep 19, 2017

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David Rothenberg grew up in Connecticut at a time when mockingbirds moved north filling the air with a kaleidoscope of calls, as he explains for Tweet of the Day.

Producer Tim Dee.

David Rothenberg on the Brown Thrasher Sep 18, 2017

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Professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology David Rothenberg discussed the brown thrasher.

Producer: Tim Dee Picture: Denise Laflamme.

Chris Jones on the Swift Sep 15, 2017

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Chris Jones was brought a swift which had fallen from its nest, hand reared it and then for this Tweet of the Day, releases it back to the wild...how good is that?

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: Karen Gregor Picture: Mandy West.

Hugh Thomson on the Woodpigeon Sep 14, 2017

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For this Tweet of the Day writer and explorer Hugh Thomson suggests his love of the call of the wood pigeon song in an English woodland is as good as that of the nightingale.

Producer: Tom Bonnett Picture: Steve K.

Tara Robinson on the Oystercatcher Sep 13, 2017

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For Tara Robinson the sound of oystercatchers recalls her father taking her to Loch Fleet as a child and being quizzed by him about the birds she saw, for this Tweet of the Day.

Conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. An encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.

Producer Mark Ward.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017.

Tara Robinson on the Barn Owl Sep 12, 2017

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After years of inactivity, Tara Robinson describes an unexpected barn owl encounter in a fallen nest box in her own back garden for this Tweet of the Day.

Producer: Mark Ward Picture: Tim Felce.

Tara Robinson on the Common Tern Sep 11, 2017

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Theatre director Tara Robinson on the common tern and her grandfathers passion for birdwatching in today's Tweet of the Day.

Producer: Mark Ward Picture: Dale Ayres.

Samuel West on the red-eyed vireo Sep 08, 2017

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Actor Samuel West remembers one of his proudest moments as a birdwatcher was spotting a rarely seen Red Eyed Vireo on the Isles of Scilly and pulling in crowds of twitchers from all over the island to see it.

Producer: Tom Bonnett

Image : Kelly Colgan Azar.