Megan McCubbin on the Corncrake

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A new series of Tweet of the Day for Sunday morning revealing personal and fascinating stories inspired by birds, their calls and encounters. Zoologist and television presenter Megan McCubbin first saw corncrakes while working on the BBC's Springwatch programme. These once numerous summer visitors are today a rare encounter in the British countryside and more often heard than seen. While visiting a corncrake breeding project in Norfolk Megan was fortunate to gain close views of the adults and the chicks, which are sometimes referred to as little black bumblebees, A BBC Audio production from Bristol Producer : Andrew Dawes Studio Engineer : Tim Allen