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Golden Plover
Martin Hughes-Games presents the golden plover.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Martin Hughes-Games presents the Golden Plover. If, among a flock of lapwings circling over a ploughed field, you see smaller birds with wings like knife-blades and bell-like calls ... these are golden plovers.
Last on
Sun 30 Jan 2022
08:58
BBC Radio 4
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Image courtesy of RSPB (rspb-images.com)
Broadcasts
- Wed 13 Nov 2013 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 5 Aug 2015 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 9 Aug 2015 08:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 31 Oct 2016 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 6 Nov 2016 08:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 27 Sep 2018 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 30 Jan 2022 08:58BBC Radio 4
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