Knot
David Attenborough presents the knot.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
David Attenborough presents the knot. Knot are dumpy waders which breed in the high Arctic but winter in hundreds of thousands on our estuaries and salt-marshes. Crammed together shoulder to shoulder at the water's edge, you can see how they got their scientific name Calidris canutus...a tribute to King Canute who discovered, despite his best attempts, that he didn't have the power to turn back the tides.
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Knot (Calidris canuta)
Broadcasts
- Fri 27 Dec 2013 05:58BBC Radio 4 FM
- Mon 17 Oct 2016 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 23 Oct 2016 08:58BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 20 Dec 2018 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 3 Dec 2020 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 20 Nov 2022 08:58BBC Radio 4
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