Grey Plover
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Grey Plover.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about the British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Grey Plover. The call of the grey plover across the shimmering mud-flats of an autumn estuary is a haunting sound. They feed out on open mudflats using the "run, stop, peck" method....a quick run towards any worms or shellfish which they spot with those big eyes, stop, then a slight lean forward to pick it up.
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Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Broadcasts
- Fri 11 Oct 2013 05:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 29 May 2015 05:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 19 Sep 2016 05:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 25 Sep 2016 08:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Tue 28 Sep 2021 05:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 9 Jan 2023 05:58Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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