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In Search of a Mega Tick

4 Extra Debut. The search for a different breed of bird watcher on the Isles of Scilly – ‘twitchers’ with a need to ‘tick’. From 1985.

**** This programme was suggested by Philip Lowden as part of Â鶹Éç Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****

There are ordinary bird-watchers and there are 'twitchers'.

Each autumn this strange breed descends on the Isles of Scilly in search of their quarry.

Sue Hicks joined last year's migration and discovered that twitchers have their own language and plumage, and are driven by a compulsive urge to 'tick'.

Producer: Andrew Vivian

First broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 in 1985.

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30 minutes

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