Snow Bunting
David Attenborough presents the snow bunting.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
David Attenborough presents the snow bunting. The ornithologist and author, Desmond Nethersole-Thompson, described the snow bunting as 'possibly the most romantic and elusive bird in the British Isles'. When you disturb a flock of what seem to be brownish birds, they explode into a blizzard of white-winged buntings, calling softly as they swirl around the winter strandline.
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Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Broadcasts
- Thu 19 Dec 2013 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 26 Feb 2015 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Tue 27 Sep 2016 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 19 Dec 2018 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 29 Jan 2020 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 30 Dec 2021 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Boxing Day 2023 05:58BBC Radio 4
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