Tweet of the Day Episodes Episode guide
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Chris Baines on the Great Spotted Woodpecker
Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines enjoys great spotted woodpeckers.
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Chris Baines on the Song Thrush
Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines listens to competing Song Thrushes.
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Chris Baines on the Goldcrest
Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines is captivated by the tiny Goldcrest.
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Chris Baines on the Bullfinch
Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines defends the bullfinch's feeding habits.
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Helen Moncrieff on the Shag
Helen Moncrieff has a particular fondness for a bird known locally as a scarf.
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Helen Moncrieff on the Shetland Starling
Helen Moncrieff is bewitched by the mimicking of Shetland starlings.
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Helen Moncrieff on the Fulmar
Helen Moncrieff finds an ally in a territorial fulmar!
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Helen Moncrieff on the Northern Wheatear
Helen Moncrieff reveals why her tummy 'flips with joy' at the sight of Northern Wheatears.
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Helen Moncrieff on the Black Guillemot
Helen Moncrieff recalls seeing an Orca seize a Black Guillemot at sea.
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Michael Morpurgo on the Swan
Michael Morpurgo's paean to the beautiful, mysterious swan.
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David Rothenberg on the Song Thrush
David Rothenberg asks a question, why is the song thrush not famous?
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David Rothenberg on the Robin
David Rothenberg on the jazz artist of the bird world - the humble robin.
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David Rothenberg on the Blackbird
For Professor David Rothenberg, the blackbird is a beautiful melodic songster.
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Joe Acheson on the Wren
For Joe Acheson, slowing down the song of the wren sounds like gibbons in the rainforest.
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Penny Anderson on the Garden Warbler
Ecologist Penny Anderson discovers a garden warbler singing in her garden.
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Penny Anderson on the Mandarin Duck
Ecologist Penny Anderson describes the flamboyant ducks that visit her garden.
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Penny Anderson on the Heron
Penny Anderson watches herons in her garden as they steal frogs from her ponds.
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Penny Anderson on the Spotted Flycatcher
Penny Anderson had to stop work on her house when the spotted flycatchers moved in.
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Penny Anderson on the Red Grouse
Penny Anderson introduces the red grouse, a bird whose call always makes her laugh.
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Mike Toms on the Tawny Owl
Mike Toms describes his encounters with tawny owls in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.
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Ben Darvill on the Common Rosefinch
Ben Darvill recalls his first encounter with a common rosefinch.
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Dave Leech on the Water Rail
Dave Leech describes his excitement on finding the nest of a water rail.
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Bonita Johnson on the Robin
Bonita Johnson recalls watching a pair of battling robins.
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Andy Clements on the Golden Plover
Andy Clements is entranced by the mournful spirit-rising sound of the golden plover.
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Tony Juniper on the Linnet
Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls the popularity of linnets in his childhood.
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Tony Juniper on the Black-tailed Godwit
Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls his first encounter with a black-tailed Godwit.
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Tony Juniper on the Whitethroat
Environmentalist Tony Juniper enjoys the song of the whitethroat.
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Tony Juniper on the Corn Bunting
Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the joy of seeing and hearing corn buntings.
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Tony Juniper on the Woodcock
Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the curious roding flight of the woodcock.
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Jane Smith on the Whitethroat
Wildlife artist Jane Smith waits anxiously for a returning whitethroat.