Tweet of the Day

Why the red grouse always scares the life out of broadcaster and musician Tom McKinney.
Produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol.
This programme features audio from Xeno-Canto by Patrik Åberg and Simon Elliott (XC145653 and XC591863 - Lagopus lagopus scotica)

Author Jasmine Donahaye observes a winter flock of female chaffinches.
Produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol.

RSPB President and NHS GP Dr Amir Khan has made his garden a haven for birds, with feeders and nest boxes. The sparrowhawk is among his garden visitors, a bird of prey which he describes a complicated relationship with.
Produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol.
This programme features audio from Xeno-Canto by Regina Eidner (Eurasian Sparrowhawk - XC818384).

Nature writer Sophie Pavelle has been searching for the merlin, but is yet to see one.
Produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol.

For broadcaster and musician Tom McKinney the autumn arrival of fieldfare to the UK's east coast is one of the country's greatest wildlife spectacles. He describes being immersed in fieldfare at places like Spurn Point in East Yorkshire, with a constant stream of flocks coming in off the North Sea, and the noise of their cackles and wheezes becoming an overwhelming cacophony.
Produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol.
This programme features audio by from Xeno-Canto by Simon Elliott and Stanislas Wroza (XC633551 and XC600107 - Fieldfare).