Ringed Plover
Michaela Strachan presents the ringed plover.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Michaela Strachen presents the ringed plover. Camouflage is crucial to ringed plovers because they lay their eggs among the pebbles and shingle of the open beach. To protect her young from a predator, the Ringed Plover will stumble away from the nest while dragging one wing on the ground.
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Michaela Strachan's love of birds
Michaela writes on the Radio 4 blog about why Tweet of The Day is meaningful to her.
Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Broadcasts
- Tue 6 Aug 201305:58BBC Radio 4
- Tue 8 Jul 201405:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 2 Sep 201605:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 26 May 201908:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 24 Sep 202005:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 30 Jun 202205:58BBC Radio 4
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Discover birds through their songs and calls. 265 programmes of 90 seconds, over a year
