Black Redstart
Bill Oddie presents the black redstart.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Bill Oddie presents the black redstart. It was the German Luftwaffe which enabled black redstarts to gain a real foothold here. The air-raids of the Blitz created bombsites which mimicked their rocky homes and the weeds that grew there attracted insects. In 1942 there over twenty singing males in London alone and now they're being encouraged by the creation of βgreen roofβ habitats, rich in flowers and insects.
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Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Broadcasts
- Fri 28 Mar 2014 05:58ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 17 Apr 2015 05:58ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 18 Jul 2016 05:58ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 24 Jul 2016 08:58ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Tue 9 Jul 2019 05:58ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Tue 25 May 2021 05:58ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 16 Apr 2023 08:58ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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