House Sparrow
Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the house sparrow.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Michaela Strachan presents the house sparrow. These birds are more commonly found living alongside us than any other British bird. Perhaps the most enterprising birds were the House Sparrows which bred below ground in a working mine at Frickley Colliery in Yorkshire.
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Michaela Strachan's love of birds
Michaela writes on the Radio 4 blog about why Tweet of The Day is meaningful to her.
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Broadcasts
- Fri 2 Aug 2013 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 4 Jul 2014 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 22 Feb 2016 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 28 Feb 2016 08:58BBC Radio 4
- Tue 28 Feb 2017 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 7 Jun 2018 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 6 Jul 2020 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 11 Mar 2022 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 13 Nov 2023 05:58BBC Radio 4
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Discover birds through their songs and calls. 265 programmes of 90 seconds, over a year
