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Nightingale
David Attenborough presents the nightingale.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. David Attenborough presents the extraordinary duet between cellist Beatrice Harrison and a nightingale recorded live as an outside broadcast and the first broadcast of any wild animal not in captivity.
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Wed 24 Apr 2019
05:58
BBC Radio 4
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Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Image courtesy of RSPB
Broadcasts
- Mon 13 May 2013 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 19 May 2013 08:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 19 May 2014 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 3 May 2017 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 24 Apr 2019 05:58BBC Radio 4
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