Alle afleveringen van Tweet of the Day – pagina 5 van 15

Sue Perkins on the Great Horned Owl

5 december 2017 · 2 min

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Comedian Sue Perkins recalls attending the Staffordshire Country Show where she came face to face with a great horned owl possessing a powerful grip. Lees meer

Producer Andrew Dawes

Greta Scacchi on the Goldfinch

4 december 2017 · 2 min

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Actress Greta Scacchi compares the birds she once knew in Australia with those who now visit her London home, especially the goldfinch which makes her very happy. Lees meer

Producer: Andrew Dawes
Photograph: Gareth Hardwick.

Michael Morpurgo on the Greater Flamingo

1 december 2017 · 2 min

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On a visit to the Camargue National Park in France, author Michael Morpurgo found getting close to beautiful and elegant flamingos, and hearing their call, touched his soul. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: Ashutosh Jhureley.

Michael Morpurgo on the Dipper

30 november 2017 · 2 min

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Author Michael Morpurgo doesn't go out looking for birds, but when out walking along a river he loves to glimpse a dipper and would love to get up closer to them. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: Keith Docherty.

Michael Morpurgo on the Oystercatcher

29 november 2017 · 2 min

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Children's Author and playwright Michael Morpurgo enjoys talking to oystercatchers on his annual visit to the Isles of Scilly. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: Chris Kilpatrick.

Michael Morpurgo on the Buzzard

28 november 2017 · 2 min

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Children's author Michael Morpurgo recounts how his daily walk in the Devon countryside is often enlivened by the call of buzzards overhead for this Tweet of the Day. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: Mandy West.

Michael Morpurgo on the Magpie

27 november 2017 · 2 min

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Children's author and poet Michael Morpurgo discusses the cackling magpie in this Tweet of the Day, a bird that seemingly never dies. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: Ken Bentley.

Fyfe Dangerfield on the Gannet

24 november 2017 · 2 min

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Musician Fyfe Dangerfield describes being enthralled by the rapid, bombing dive of a gannet fishing out at sea and the magic of unexpectedly seeing one up close. Lees meer

Producer: Mark Ward
Photograph: Debbie Stevens.

Fyfe Dangerfield on the Pigeon

23 november 2017 · 2 min

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Musician Fyfe Dangerfield enjoys how his young son's interest in some of our more common birds helps stop him from overlooking everyday avian beauty. Lees meer

Producer: Mark Ward
Photograph: Tori Andrews.

Fyfe Dangerfield on the Black-throated Diver

22 november 2017 · 2 min

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The jewel-like patterns of the black-throated diver have musician Fyfe Dangerfield in awe as he heads to Highlands in search of space to write. Lees meer

Producer: Mark Ward
Photograph: Paul Jessett.

Fyfe Dangerfield on the Bee-Eater

21 november 2017 · 2 min

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Musician Fyfe Dangerfield imagines his perfect outfit, a technicolour dreamcoat resplendent in the shimmering hues of the bee-eater. Lees meer

Producer: Mark Ward
Photograph: Paul Miguel.

Fyfe Dangerfield on the Guillemot

20 november 2017 · 2 min

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Musician Fyfe Dangerfield tells the story of an inspirational trip to the 'birdland' of the Farne Islands where a seabird inspired the name for the band that made him famous. Lees meer

Producer: Mark Ward
Photograph: Simon Stobart.

Dermot O'Leary on the Dunnock

17 november 2017 · 2 min

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The dunnock is a newly-appreciated bird in the O'Leary household and as Dermot potters around the garden he admires the work ethic and understated beauty of this industrious little brown bird. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photo: Ian Redman.

Dermot O'Leary on Swifts and Swallows

16 november 2017 · 2 min

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Presenter Dermot O'Leary relishes the effortless soaring of swifts and remembers the joy of the independence of his first car and the feeling of taking country roads home to visit his family and seeing swallows bobbing along in front of him on the lanes. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photo: Phill Luckhurst.

Dermot O'Leary on the Greater Black-backed Gull

15 november 2017 · 2 min

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Presenter Dermot O'Leary hails the greater black-backed gull as an 'Alsatian of the skies' as he marvels at their hardy survival skills and effortless aerodynamics. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photo: Simon Richardson.

Dermot O'Leary on the Coal Tit

14 november 2017 · 2 min

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Since his early teens, presenter Dermot O'Leary has into birdlife and from his kitchen in Central London he loves gazing into the garden and watching the effort small birds like the coal tit put in as they troop back and forth from the bird feeders. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photo: Tom McKibbin.

Dermot O'Leary on the Sea Eagle

13 november 2017 · 2 min

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Presenter Dermot O'Leary goes in search of sea eagles in the Highlands. He's enlisted wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan to help him track them down but with the light fading their chances of seeing them are not looking good. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photo: Ian Ireland.

Gary Moore on the Skylark

10 november 2017 · 2 min

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Wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore hears a skylark at the site of the Battle of the Somme and imagines soldiers over a century ago finding comfort in that familiar British sound. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: _pauls.

Gary Moore on the Stone Curlew

9 november 2017 · 2 min

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Braving dark countryside, sound recordist Gary Moore goes in search of the rarely-heard sound of the stone curlew and finds himself laying in wet grass swaying his mic in the air. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: Andy Harris.

Gary Moore on the Woodlark

8 november 2017 · 2 min

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When wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore put on his headphones to capture the sound of a woodlark his recording revealed some unusual behaviour that was snapped up by the Springwatch TV team. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: Ian Redman.

Gary Moore on the Manx Shearwater

7 november 2017 · 2 min

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Wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore tells how he became a launching pad for migrating Manx Shearwater when he took a trip to the island of Skomer off the coast of Wales. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: Lakes4Life.

Gary Moore on the Golden Pheasant

6 november 2017 · 1 min

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Gary Moore describes the elation of tracking down the notoriously elusive golden pheasant and finding it basking in sunshine as it poses for a mate. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: Martin Clay.

Paul Evans on the Carrion Crow

6 november 2017 · 2 min

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On the eve of Halloween, the silence of a graveyard is broken by the raucous calls of an inky black Crow "Throwing her voice as if coughing up a bone" as writer Paul Evans encounters a crow in a cemetery. Lees meer

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Photograph: Derek Wood.

Paul Evans on the Raven

3 november 2017 · 2 min

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Writer Paul Evans encounters a pair of ravens and reflects on their dark associations and their playful and ominous voices. Lees meer

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Photo: Michael Davey.

Paul Evans on the Merlin

2 november 2017 · 2 min

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Merlin's are "ariel sprites" says writer Paul Evans, but they also kill skylarks in a rather gruesome manner as we hear in this specially commissioned dark tale. Lees meer

Producer: Sarah Blunt

Paul Evans on the Barn Owl

1 november 2017 · 2 min

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In a house on the marsh which has been abandoned for forty years, Paul Evans disturbs a Barn owl and the ghosts of a tragic past as he recalls in this specially commissioned Halloween tale. Lees meer

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Photograph: Joshua Myers.

Jeremy Deller on the Mexican Free-tailed Bat

31 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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It's Halloween and Tweet of the Day has descended into the darkness - artist Jeremy Deller describes the stench and force of a flight of Mexican free-tailed bats streaming out of a Texan cave. Lees meer

Producer: Eliza Lomas
Photo: USFWS/Ann Froschauer.

Samuel West on the Turtle Dove

27 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West laments on the lost call of the once very common summer visitor, the turtle dove. Lees meer

Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Photo: Ian Clarke.

Samuel West on the Eider

26 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Actor Samuel West is especially fond of ducks, especially the eider duck, which for Samuel sound like a coven of Frankie Howerds gossiping around the village pond. Lees meer

Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photo: Steve Balcombe.

Samuel West on the Long-tailed Tit

25 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Keen Birdwatcher and actor Samuel West recalls the chattering calls of the long tailed tit, the first bird he ever identified by sound. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photo: Kevin Mayhew.

Samuel West on the Bullfinch

24 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West discusses the stocky almost brutish looking bullfinch and it's rather wheezy complex high pitched song. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photo: Gareth Hardwick.

Samuel West on the Dipper

23 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Actor and keen birdwatcher Samuel West on hearing first the call of a dipper above the water of a fast flowing river. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photo: Keith Docherty.

Joe Acheson on the Corncrake

20 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Musician Joe Acheson of Hidden Orchestra describes how the scraping noise of a corncrake sounded like a ceaseless alarm as it carried over the island of Inishbofin. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photograph: Melvyn Fagg.

Joe Acheson on the Starling

19 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Musician Joe Acheson describes recording the sounds of starlings at the Lizard in Cornwall to use in his work as Hidden Orchestra. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett

YOLOBirder on the Peregrine Falcon

18 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder tells how a kindly hotel owner took him to see peregrine falcons and got him hooked on watching these magnificent flyers for the rest of his life. Lees meer

Producer: Andrew Dawes
Photograph: Adrian Dancy.

YOLOBirder on the Waxwing

17 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Birdwatching's irreverent commentator YOLOBirder on his love of the hipster-goatee beard and slick back quiff of the brightly-coloured waxwing, a bird so vibrant and uplifting he has come up with a special collective noun for them. Lees meer

Producer: Andrew Dawes
Photograph: Richard Johnson.

YOLOBirder on the Redwing

16 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder remembers rescuing redwings when snow hit the North East, standing with a bird in each hand. Lees meer

Producer: Andrew Dawes
Photograph: John Thistle.

Robert Martin on the Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher

13 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Rob Martin of BirdLife International shares an encounter in Indonesia with one of the rarest birds in the world: the Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher, which he feared was extinct. Lees meer

Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. In this latest series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.

Producer: Eliza Lomas.

Sue Patterson on the Great Spotted Woodpecker

12 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Sue Patterson from BirdLife International has a story of introducing the great spotted woodpecker to the next generation of birders, revealing the key to determining the bird's sex. Lees meer

Producer: Eliza Lomas
Photograph: Gareth Hardwick.

Rosa Gleave on the Goldcrest

11 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Rosa Gleave from BirdLife International, reveals how she recognises the song of the goldcrest and why that has inspired a change in her life. Lees meer

Producer: Eliza Lomas
Photograph: Francis C. Franklin.

Bruce Winney on the Red Kite

10 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Bruce Winney from BirdLife International remembers seeing red kites overhead whilst driving in Harrogate, after years of absence from the skies. Lees meer

Producer: Eliza Lomas
Photograph: PLFoto.

Stuart Butchart on the Bronze-winged Jacana

9 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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BirdLife International's chief scientist Dr Stuart Butchart reveals the bronze-winged jacana. He shares what he found out whilst spending three years studying them at Vembanur Lake in India, surrounded by water lilies and patiently watching on a canoe. Lees meer

Producer: Eliza Lomas

Stephen Moss on the Great Crested Grebe

6 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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In a recollection about his encounters with birds, writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls his first encounter with what he describes as 'the most beautiful bird' he had ever seen - the Great Crested Grebe. Lees meer

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Photograph: Tori Andrews.

Stephen Moss on the Coot

5 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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In a recollection about his encounters with birds, writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss explains how a chance encounter with a coot when he was just three years old, inspired a lifelong passion for birds and bird-watching. Lees meer

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Photograph: Martyn Illes.

Stephen Moss on the Bittern

4 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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In the third of five recollections about his encounters with birds, writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls the first time he saw a Bittern - a bird which whilst it produces a loud booming call can be quite elusive. Lees meer

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Photograph: Czech Conroy.

Stephen Moss on the Cetti's Warbler

3 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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In the second of five recollections about his encounters with birds, writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls going in search of a bird that 50 years was rare but today are found all over southern Britain - and is most often heard before it is seen, having a very loud song! It is the Cetti's Warbler. Lees meer

Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Picture: Jim Thurston.

Stephen Moss on the Song Thrush

2 oktober 2017 · 2 min

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Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss explains why the sound of the song thrush evokes such powerful memories of his grandfather. Lees meer

Producer: Sarah Blunt
Photograph: Full Moon Images.

Melissa Harrison on the House Sparrow

29 september 2017 · 2 min

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Nature writer Melissa Harrison presents the case for why we should love the humble and rather noisy 'spadger', better known as the house sparrow, though she won't waste her breath trying to win round her dog. Lees meer

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Picture: Feathers [Allan].

Melissa Harrison on the Stonechat

28 september 2017 · 1 min

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The clacking call of the stonechat punctuates nature writer Melissa Harrison's memories of cagoule-clad walks on Dartmoor with her family in the 1970s. Lees meer

Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. In this latest series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.

Producer: Tom Bonnett

Melissa Harrison on the Kingfisher

27 september 2017 · 2 min

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Nature writer Melissa Harrison braves a dip in a Dorset river and hears the high 'pip' of a kingfisher. She realises she must be sharing with the water with one of her favourite birds. Lees meer

Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. In this latest series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world.

Producer: Tom Bonnett
Picture: Lynn [Mrs Birds].