Tweet of the Day

Supporting Content

• Nine unexpected stars of Tweet

  Celebrities from Will Young to Sue Perkins have been popping up on Tweet of the Day.

  

• Podcast: Planet Puffin

  Exploring all things puffin - the silly and the serious, the scientific and the cultural.

  

• The Big Bird Quiz

  How well do you know our feathered friends?

  

• Do you have the potential to be a birdwatcher?

  Being a birdwatcher takes patience and waterproof clothing. Do you have what it takes?

  

• Dawn Chorus

  Pop star Will Young joins Brett Westwood to stay up in search of the Dawn Chorus.

  

• Try this new podcast

  Five stories of birds and birdsong are told by the people inspired by them.

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• "Five Goldfinches!"

  Tweet of the Day gives an ornithological twist to the classic Christmas song.

  Duration: 1:45

• How would you describe the sound of the capercaillie?

  Sound recordist Gary Moore describes the bizarre calls of capercaillies in the Highlands

  Duration: 1:23

• Finding delight in the 'gossiping' sound of the eider duck

  Steve Vickers describes the gossiping sound of the eider in the North East in this video

  Duration: 1:28

• 'I knew the blackbird was my mother'

  Kim Durbin recalls an encounter with a blackbird for Tweet of the Day

  Duration: 1:27
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• Tweet of the Day: World Birds- February

• Tweet of the Day: World Birds - December

• Tweet of the Day: World Birds - November

• Tweet of the Day:World Birds - October
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• More programmes about Birds

  Listen to a selection of other programmes from Radio 4 on the subject of birds.

   

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• The Living World

  Explore many more programmes about birds from The Living World on Radio 4.