Tweet Take 5 : The Magpie

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For many the sighting of a magpie brings about deep held emotions, which the famous magpie rhyme " one for sorrow, two for joy.. " provides our fascination with this bird. Seemingly both a harbinger of ill omen or the bringer of good luck, these black and white crows which are now so familiar in our countryside never fail to arouse comment and even musical composition, as we'll hear in this extended version of Tweet of the Day with writer Eleanor Matthews, Sir David Attenborough and musician Rachel Unthank. Producer : Andrew Dawes for BBC Audio in Bristol