Tweet of the Day

by BBC Radio 4
18

Discover birds through their songs and calls. Each Tweet of the Day begins with a call or song, followed by a story of fascinating ornithology inspired by the sound.

Recent Episodes
  • Anita Sethi on the Lapwing
    Jun 1, 2025 – 01:28
  • Satish Kumar and the Peacock
    Mar 31, 2019 – 01:38
  • Satish Kumar on the Blackbird
    Mar 24, 2019 – 01:38
  • Gillian Clarke and the Grey Heron
    Mar 17, 2019 – 01:34
  • Gillian Clarke on the Red Kite
    Mar 10, 2019 – 01:37
  • Geoff Samples Dupont's Lark
    Mar 3, 2019 – 01:35
  • Geoff Sample's Orphean Warbler
    Feb 24, 2019 – 01:36
  • Dominic Couzens on the Goldfinch
    Feb 17, 2019 – 01:34
  • Dominic Couzens on the Moorhen
    Feb 10, 2019 – 01:31
  • Trudie Goodwin on the Hoopoe
    Feb 3, 2019 – 01:38
  • Trudie Goodwin on the Carib Grackle
    Jan 27, 2019 – 01:36
  • Kirsty Oswald's Robin
    Jan 20, 2019 – 01:34
  • Kirsty Oswald's Bird Watching Feat
    Jan 13, 2019 – 01:42
  • Rachel Unthank's Magpie
    Jan 6, 2019 – 01:39
  • Becky Unthank's Wren
    Dec 30, 2018 – 01:38
  • Monty Don Swallows Return
    Dec 23, 2018 – 01:35
  • Monty Don's Fieldfare Season
    Dec 16, 2018 – 01:36
  • Brian Briggs and the Chaffinch Song
    Dec 9, 2018 – 01:36
  • Brian Briggs on the Manx Shearwater
    Dec 2, 2018 – 01:37
  • Carry Akroyd and the Snipe
    Nov 25, 2018 – 01:32
  • Carry Akroyd Black and White Birds
    Nov 18, 2018 – 01:36
  • Grey Partridge in No-Man's Land
    Nov 11, 2018 – 01:38
  • Derek Niemann Sparrows of the Western Front
    Nov 4, 2018 – 01:36
  • James Henry on the Little Owl
    Oct 28, 2018 – 01:33
  • James Henry: Yellowhammer and Beethoven
    Oct 21, 2018 – 03:04
  • Tom Bailey Tweet Displacement
    Oct 14, 2018 – 01:33
  • Tom Bailey Migratory Tweet
    Oct 7, 2018 – 01:35
  • Kitty Macfarlane the Eel and the Heron
    Sep 30, 2018 – 01:35
  • Kitty MacFarlane's starlings in Somerset
    Sep 23, 2018 – 01:40
  • Mark Whitley's Dales Tweet
    Sep 16, 2018 – 01:37
  • Mark Whitley Countryman Takeover
    Sep 9, 2018 – 01:37
  • Kate Bradbury's Swift Tweet
    Sep 2, 2018 – 01:34
  • Kate Bradbury's Sparrows Takeover
    Aug 26, 2018 – 01:36
  • Chris Turner's Fringe Tweet
    Aug 19, 2018 – 01:32
  • Chris Turner's Festival Tweet
    Aug 12, 2018 – 01:34
  • Florence Wilkinson Tweet Takeover Week 2
    Aug 5, 2018 – 01:35
  • Florence Wilkinson Tweet Takeover Week 1
    Jul 29, 2018 – 01:36
  • Stephen Gregory Tweet of the Day Takeover Week 2
    Jul 22, 2018 – 01:37
  • Stephen Gregory Tweet Takeover Week 1
    Jul 15, 2018 – 01:37
  • Lindsey Chapman Tweet of the Day Takeover, 2 of 2
    Jul 8, 2018 – 01:35
  • Lindsey Chapman Tweet of the Day Takeover, 1 of 2
    Jul 1, 2018 – 01:37
  • Samuel West acts out his Tweet of the Day, 2 of 2
    Jun 24, 2018 – 01:32
  • Samuel West stages his Tweet of the Day, 1 of 2
    Jun 17, 2018 – 01:31
  • Chris Packham's Tweet of the Day Springwatch
    Jun 10, 2018 – 01:36
  • Matt Williams Tweet of the Day Takeover 2 of 2
    Jun 3, 2018 – 01:36
  • Matt Williams Tweet of the Day Takeover 1 of 2
    May 27, 2018 – 01:34
  • Simon Barnes Tweet of the Day Takeover - Week 2
    May 20, 2018 – 01:36
  • Simon Barnes Tweet of the Day Takeover - Week 1
    May 13, 2018 – 01:34
  • Miriam Darlington takes over Tweet of the Day, 2 of 2
    May 6, 2018 – 01:33
  • Miriam Darlington selects her Tweet of the Day, 1 of 2
    Apr 29, 2018 – 01:33
Recent Reviews
  • ArWsf
    Currently missing the good stuff
    Only seems to be people talking about their archive picks, not the archive picks themselves ☹️
  • lizmeister7
    Birdsong with anecdotes
    🎶🎶🎶 wonderful!
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