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Tweet of the Day Episodes

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    Michael Morpurgo on the Magpie

    Children's author and poet Michael Morpurgo discusses the cackling magpie.

  2. Fyfe Dangerfield on the Gannet

    Musician Fyfe Dangerfield is enthralled by the rapid, bombing dive of a gannet out at sea.

  3. Fyfe Dangerfield on the Pigeon

    Musician Fyfe Dangerfield enjoys watching his son chasing one of our most common birds.

  4. Fyfe Dangerfield on the Black-throated Diver

    The jewel-like patterns of the black-throated diver have musician Fyfe Dangerfield in awe.

  5. Fyfe Dangerfield on the Bee-Eater

    Musician Fyfe Dangerfield imagines his dream clothes made in the colours of the bee-eater.

  6. Fyfe Dangerfield on the Guillemot

    Musician Fyfe Dangerfield tells the story of the seabird that inspired his band name.

  7. Dermot O'Leary on the Dunnock

    Dermot O'Leary admires the work ethic and understated beauty of the industrious dunnock.

  8. Dermot O'Leary on Swifts and Swallows

    Presenter Dermot O'Leary relishes soaring swifts and swallows bobbing in front of his car.

  9. 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'

  10. Dermot O'Leary on the Coal Tit

    Presenter Dermot O'Leary gazes into his garden to watch busy coal tits on the bird feeders

  11. Dermot O'Leary on the Sea Eagle

    Dermot O'Leary searches for sea eagles, but with light fading, his chances look slim.

  12. Gary Moore on the Skylark

    While paying tribute at the Somme battlefields, sound recordist Gary Moore hears a skylark

  13. Gary Moore on the Stone Curlew

    Braving dark countryside, sound recordist Gary Moore goes in search of the stone curlew.

  14. Gary Moore on the Woodlark

    When sound recordist Gary Moore recorded a woodlark his work revealed some odd behaviour.

  15. Gary Moore on the Manx Shearwater

    How wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore became a launch pad for migrating birds on Skomer.

  16. Gary Moore on the Golden Pheasant

    Gary Moore describes the elation of tracking down the notoriously elusive golden pheasant.

  17. Paul Evans on the Raven

    Paul Evans encounters a pair of ravens.

  18. Paul Evans on the Merlin

    Writer Paul Evans reflects on the merlin.

  19. Paul Evans on the Barn Owl

    Writer Paul Evans has an unnerving encounter with a barn owl in this Halloween tale.

  20. Jeremy Deller on the Mexican Free-tailed Bat

    A Halloween special: artist Jeremy Deller encounters a Mexican free-tailed bat colony.

  21. Paul Evans on the Carrion Crow

    Writer Paul Evans encounters a crow in a cemetery.

  22. Samuel West on the Turtle Dove

    Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West laments the lost call of the turtle dove.

  23. Samuel West on the Eider

    Actor Samuel West is especially fond of ducks, especially the eider.

  24. Samuel West on the Long-tailed Tit

    Actor Samuel West enjoys the call from a party of long-tailed tits.

  25. Samuel West on the Bullfinch

    Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West on the wheezy song of the stocky bullfinch.

  26. Samuel West on the Dipper

    Actor Samuel West on the call of the dipper.

  27. Joe Acheson on the Corncrake

    Musician Joe Acheson recalls hearing the scraping call of corncrake on Inishbofin island.

  28. Joe Acheson on the Starling

    Musician Joe Acheson recalls recording starling to use in his work as Hidden Orchestra.

  29. YOLOBirder on the Peregrine Falcon

    Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder tells how he became hooked on peregrines.

  30. YOLOBirder on the Waxwing

    Birdwatching's irreverent commentator YOLOBirder on his love of hipster-quiffed waxwings.

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