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Nightingale
David Attenborough presents the nightingale.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. David Attenborough presents the extraordinary duet between cellist Beatrice Harrison and a nightingale recorded live as an outside broadcast and the first broadcast of any wild animal not in captivity.
Last on
Wed 24 Apr 201905:58
BBC Radio 4
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Image courtesy of RSPB
Broadcasts
- Mon 13 May 201305:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 19 May 201308:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 19 May 201405:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 3 May 201705:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 24 Apr 201905:58BBC Radio 4
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