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Nightingale Part 1

David Attenborough presents the nightingale. (Part 1 of 2)

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. David Attenborough presents the nightingale. (Part 1 of 2) A bird whose song of rich crescendos of pure whistles and breathless phrases is hailed as one of the most complex and beautiful in the bird world and quite different to its plain brown appearance.

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Fri 21 Apr 202305:58
BBC Radio 4

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Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

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