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Willow Tit
Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.
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 Willow Tit. Willow Tits are declining rapidly in many areas: they are very similar to marsh tits, so alike in fact that no-one realised that they existed here until 1897 and their identity as a breeding bird in the UK was confirmed three years later.
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Sun 28 Jan 202408:58
BBC Radio 4
Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
Image courtesy for Mike Lane (rspb-images.com)
Broadcasts
- Thu 21 Nov 201305:58BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 20 Aug 201505:58BBC Radio 4
- Tue 20 Dec 201605:58BBC Radio 4 FM
- Fri 3 Feb 201705:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 30 Aug 201805:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 21 May 202005:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 21 Mar 202205:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 28 Jan 202408:58BBC Radio 4
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