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Tweet of the Day Episodes

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    Mark Cocker on the Twite

    Mark Cocker laments on the loss of the twite, once a familiar sight during his schooldays.

  2. Mark Cocker on the Meadow Pipit

    Nature writer Mark Cocker revels in the windblown melancholy of the meadow pipit's song.

  3. Richard Jones on the Gyr Falcon

    Avian vet Richard Jones introduces a strange tale involving the world's largest falcon.

  4. Richard Jones on the Peregrine

    Avian vet Richard Jones introduces the bird that inspired his career.

  5. Matt Merritt on the Wheatear

    Poet and editor of British Birdwatching Matt Merritt revels in the Wheatear song.

  6. Matt Merritt on the Redstart

    Editor of British Birdwatching magazine Matt Merritt enjoys the first spring male redstart

  7. Matt Merritt on the Curlew

    Matt Merritt, editor of British Birdwatching magazine, revels in the call of the curlew.

  8. Andy Clements on the Garden Warbler

    Andy Clements is entranced by the song of the garden warbler.

  9. Sarah Harris on the Blackbird

    Sarah Harris recalls the excitement of watching clouds of migrating blackbirds arrive.

  10. Nick Moran on the Heron

    Nick Moran describes the excitement of recording the nocturnal flight calls of herons.

  11. Jennifer Border on the Whinchat

    Jennifer Border recalls how looking for whinchats resulted in a broken road sign.

  12. Andy Clements on Pink-footed Geese

    Andy Clements is captivated by the excited chatter of pink-footed geese.

  13. Chris Baines on the Nuthatch

    Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines watches nuthatches in his garden.

  14. Chris Baines on the Great Spotted Woodpecker

    Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines enjoys great spotted woodpeckers.

  15. Chris Baines on the Song Thrush

    Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines listens to competing Song Thrushes.

  16. Chris Baines on the Goldcrest

    Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines is captivated by the tiny Goldcrest.

  17. Chris Baines on the Bullfinch

    Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines defends the bullfinch's feeding habits.

  18. Helen Moncrieff on the Shag

    Helen Moncrieff has a particular fondness for a bird known locally as a scarf.

  19. Helen Moncrieff on the Shetland Starling

    Helen Moncrieff is bewitched by the mimicking of Shetland starlings.

  20. Helen Moncrieff on the Fulmar

    Helen Moncrieff finds an ally in a territorial fulmar!

  21. Helen Moncrieff on the Northern Wheatear

    Helen Moncrieff reveals why her tummy 'flips with joy' at the sight of Northern Wheatears.

  22. Helen Moncrieff on the Black Guillemot

    Helen Moncrieff recalls seeing an Orca seize a Black Guillemot at sea.

  23. Michael Morpurgo on the Swan

    Michael Morpurgo's paean to the beautiful, mysterious swan.

  24. David Rothenberg on the Song Thrush

    David Rothenberg asks a question, why is the song thrush not famous?

  25. David Rothenberg on the Robin

    David Rothenberg on the jazz artist of the bird world - the humble robin.

  26. David Rothenberg on the Blackbird

    For Professor David Rothenberg, the blackbird is a beautiful melodic songster.

  27. Joe Acheson on the Wren

    For Joe Acheson, slowing down the song of the wren sounds like gibbons in the rainforest.

  28. Penny Anderson on the Garden Warbler

    Ecologist Penny Anderson discovers a garden warbler singing in her garden.

  29. Penny Anderson on the Mandarin Duck

    Ecologist Penny Anderson describes the flamboyant ducks that visit her garden.

  30. Penny Anderson on the Heron

    Penny Anderson watches herons in her garden as they steal frogs from her ponds.

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