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Martin Hughes-Games presents the redshank. Redshanks spend the winter on the UK's estuaries and wetlands.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Martin Hughes-Games presents the Redshank. Redshanks spend the winter on our estuaries and wetlands, taking food from the surface of the mud and probing the ooze for creatures which live beneath.

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Tue 3 May 202205:58
BBC Radio 4

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Redshank (Tringa totanus)

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