Stonechat
Michaela Strachan presents the stonechat.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Michaela Strachan presents the Stonechat. Stonechats are well named: their call sounds just like two pebbles being struck together. The males are striking birds with a black head, white collar and orange chest and are about the size of a plump robin.
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Michaela Strachan's love of birds
Michaela writes on the Radio 4 blog about why Tweet of The Day is meaningful to her.
Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Broadcasts
- Thu 1 Aug 2013 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 3 Jul 2014 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 23 Jun 2016 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 11 Feb 2019 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 5 Jul 2020 08:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 4 Mar 2022 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Wed 21 Feb 2024 05:58BBC Radio 4
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Discover birds through their songs and calls. 265 programmes of 90 seconds, over a year
