Tweet of the Day Episodes Episode guide
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Alison Steadman - The Twelve Tweets of Christmas 1 of 12
A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Pied Butcherbird
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield uses his own birdsong recordings to experiment with music.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Woodchat Shrike
Childhood holidays in France were a chance to see rare birds for Fyfe Dangerfield.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Bluethroat
For musician Fyfe Dangerfield, seeing a rare bird is like seeing a celebrity on the street
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Grey Heron
For Fyfe Dangerfield, the prehistoric sight and sound of the grey heron is a big leveller.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Golden Oriole
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield recalls the joy of hearing then seeing a golden oriole in France
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Mark Cocker on the Short-eared Owl
Mark Cocker extols the aerial music flight of a wintering short-eared owl.
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Tara Robinson on the Cuckoo
The cuckoo has inspired Tara Robinson to create a play about bird migration.
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Tara Robinson on the Treecreeper
Theatre director Tara Robinson recalls seeing a treecreeper.
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Sue Perkins on the Great Horned Owl
Comedian Sue Perkins recalls meeting a great horned owl at the Staffordshire Country Show.
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Greta Scacchi on the Goldfinch
Actress Greta Scacchi compares the birds she knew in Australia with those in London.
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Michael Morpurgo on the Greater Flamingo
Author Michael Morpurgo visited the Camargue and found the flamingo touches his soul.
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Michael Morpurgo on the Dipper
Michael Morpurgo on why he would love to be able to get up closer to a dipper.
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Michael Morpurgo on the Oystercatcher
Michael Morpurgo enjoys talking to the oystercatchers on the Isles of Scilly.
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Michael Morpurgo on the Buzzard
Children's author Michael Morpurgo enjoys the call of buzzards when out for his daily walk
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Michael Morpurgo on the Magpie
Children's author and poet Michael Morpurgo discusses the cackling magpie.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Gannet
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield is enthralled by the rapid, bombing dive of a gannet out at sea.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Pigeon
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield enjoys watching his son chasing one of our most common birds.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Black-throated Diver
The jewel-like patterns of the black-throated diver have musician Fyfe Dangerfield in awe.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Bee-Eater
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield imagines his dream clothes made in the colours of the bee-eater.
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Fyfe Dangerfield on the Guillemot
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield tells the story of the seabird that inspired his band name.
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Dermot O'Leary on the Dunnock
Dermot O'Leary admires the work ethic and understated beauty of the industrious dunnock.
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Dermot O'Leary on Swifts and Swallows
Presenter Dermot O'Leary relishes soaring swifts and swallows bobbing in front of his car.
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Dermot O'Leary on the Greater Black-backed Gull
Presenter Dermot O'Leary hails the greater black-backed gull as an 'Alsatian of the skies'
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Dermot O'Leary on the Coal Tit
Presenter Dermot O'Leary gazes into his garden to watch busy coal tits on the bird feeders
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Dermot O'Leary on the Sea Eagle
Dermot O'Leary searches for sea eagles, but with light fading, his chances look slim.
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Gary Moore on the Skylark
While paying tribute at the Somme battlefields, sound recordist Gary Moore hears a skylark
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Gary Moore on the Stone Curlew
Braving dark countryside, sound recordist Gary Moore goes in search of the stone curlew.
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Gary Moore on the Woodlark
When sound recordist Gary Moore recorded a woodlark his work revealed some odd behaviour.
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Gary Moore on the Manx Shearwater
How wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore became a launch pad for migrating birds on Skomer.