Hawfinch
Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch. The Hawfinch exerts 180 pounds per square inch with it massive bill to crack open tough seeds to get at the soft kernels inside.
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Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch. The Hawfinch is a large thickset finch with a massive bill. It uses this to crack open hawthorn and cherry stones as well as hornbeam seeds to get at the soft kernels inside. In doing so, it exerts a force of around 180 pounds per square inch.
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Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Broadcasts
- Fri 22 Nov 201305:58BBC Radio 4 FM
- Fri 21 Aug 201505:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 5 Dec 201605:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 11 Dec 201608:58BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sun 14 Nov 202108:58BBC Radio 4
- Christmas Eve 202308:58BBC Radio 4
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