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David Rothenberg on the Blackbird

For Professor David Rothenberg, the blackbird is a beautiful melodic songster.

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David Rothenberg on the Robin

David Rothenberg on the jazz artist of the bird world - the humble robin.

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David Rothenberg on the Song Thrush

David Rothenberg asks a question, why is the song thrush not famous?

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Michael Morpurgo on the Swan

Michael Morpurgo's paean to the beautiful, mysterious swan.

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Helen Moncrieff on the Black Guillemot

Helen Moncrieff recalls seeing an Orca seize a Black Guillemot at sea.

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Helen Moncrieff on the Northern Wheatear

Helen Moncrieff reveals why her tummy 'flips with joy' at the sight of Northern Wheatears.

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Helen Moncrieff on the Fulmar

Helen Moncrieff finds an ally in a territorial fulmar!

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Helen Moncrieff on the Shetland Starling

Helen Moncrieff is bewitched by the mimicking of Shetland starlings.

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Helen Moncrieff on the Shag

Helen Moncrieff has a particular fondness for a bird known locally as a scarf.

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Chris Baines on the Bullfinch

Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines defends the bullfinch's feeding habits.

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Chris Baines on the Goldcrest

Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines is captivated by the tiny Goldcrest.

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Chris Baines on the Song Thrush

Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines listens to competing Song Thrushes.

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Chris Baines on the Great Spotted Woodpecker

Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines enjoys great spotted woodpeckers.

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Chris Baines on the Nuthatch

Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines watches nuthatches in his garden.

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Andy Clements on Pink-footed Geese

Andy Clements is captivated by the excited chatter of pink-footed geese.

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Jennifer Border on the Whinchat

Jennifer Border recalls how looking for whinchats resulted in a broken road sign.

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Nick Moran on the Heron

Nick Moran describes the excitement of recording the nocturnal flight calls of herons.

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Sarah Harris on the Blackbird

Sarah Harris recalls the excitement of watching clouds of migrating blackbirds arrive.

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Andy Clements on the Garden Warbler

Andy Clements is entranced by the song of the garden warbler.

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Matt Merritt on the Curlew

Matt Merritt, editor of British Birdwatching magazine, revels in the call of the curlew.

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Matt Merritt on the Redstart

Editor of British Birdwatching magazine Matt Merritt enjoys the first spring male redstart

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Matt Merritt on the Wheatear

Poet and editor of British Birdwatching Matt Merritt revels in the Wheatear song.

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Richard Jones on the Peregrine

Avian vet Richard Jones introduces the bird that inspired his career.

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Richard Jones on the Gyr Falcon

Avian vet Richard Jones introduces a strange tale involving the world's largest falcon.

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Mark Cocker on the Meadow Pipit

Nature writer Mark Cocker revels in the windblown melancholy of the meadow pipit's song.

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Mark Cocker on the Twite

Mark Cocker laments on the loss of the twite, once a familiar sight during his schooldays.

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Mark Cocker on the Wood Warbler

For nature writer Mark Cocker spring has not arrived until he hears his first wood warbler

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Mark Cocker on the Curlew

Mark Cocker on the evocative song of a curlew floating over the Derbyshire moorlands.

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Mark Cocker on the Ring Ouzel

Listening to the ring ouzel's call takes Mark Cocker back to his childhood.

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Ed Byrne's Tweet of the Day Takeover

Comedian Ed Byrne tees up his choices for a week curating his favourite episodes of Tweet.

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