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Great Shearwater
Brett Westwood presents the great shearwater.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Brett Westwood presents the Great Shearwater; a wanderer of the open ocean. They breed on remote islands in the South Atlantic and then disperse widely and many follow fish and squid shoals northwards, appearing around UK coasts in late summer and early autumn. The south-west of Britain and Ireland is the best area to look for them.
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BBC Radio 4
Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)
Image courtesy of Mike Read (rspb-images.com)
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- Mon 16 Sep 201305:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 22 Sep 201308:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 18 May 201505:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 15 Mar 201905:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 27 May 202105:58BBC Radio 4
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- Sun 10 Dec 202308:58BBC Radio 4
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