Chough
John Aitchison presents the chough.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
John Aitchison tells the story of the chough. Our healthiest chough populations are in Ireland, southwest and north Wales and western Scotland. The last English stronghold was in Cornwall and Choughs feature on the Cornish coat of arms. Even here they became extinct until wild birds from Ireland re-colonised the county in 2001. Now the birds breed regularly on the Lizard peninsula.
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Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Broadcasts
- Wed 19 Feb 201405:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 1 Apr 201505:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 5 Apr 201508:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 7 Nov 201605:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 13 Nov 201608:58BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 26 Jan 201705:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 19 Nov 201805:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 14 Oct 202005:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 26 Apr 202305:58BBC Radio 4
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