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Matt Merritt on the Wheatear

Poet and editor of British Birdwatching magazine Matt Merritt revels in fast cheery song of the wheatear, which gave this bird the old name of English Ortolan, in this Tweet of the Day.

Producer Maggie Ayre
Photograph: Ian Redman.

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Thu 5 Aug 2021 05:58
BBC Radio 4

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