James Henry on the Peregrine

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A new series of Tweet of the Day for Sunday morning revealing personal and fascinating stories from some fresh voices who have been inspired by birds, their calls and encounters. It was while watching peregrine falcons over the Blackwater estuary in Essex that gave author James Henry the idea for a fictional birdwatching detective. And it was a book, the Peregrine published in 1967 by J.A. Baker that got James interested in discovering these birds of prey himself. Although Baker never named the estuary where peregrines hunted over the winter months, James Henry reveals it is his local patch in East Anglia.. Producer : Andrew Dawes for BBC Audio on Bristol Studio engineer : Suzy Robins