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Spotted Crake

David Attenborough presents the spotted crake.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. David Attenborough presents the Spotted Crake. If it weren't for its whiplash song, the spotted crake could win a prize as our least visible bird. Unlike its showy relatives the coot and the moorhen, this polka-dotted skulker is notoriously hard to find and only rarely betrays itself by singing.

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Fri 5 May 202305:58
BBC Radio 4

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Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)

Image by Michael Gore (rspb-images.com)

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  • Mon 27 May 201305:58
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