EPISODE · Jul 30, 2017 · 8 MIN
Eliza Lomas
from Tweet of the Week · host BBC Radio 4
Eliza Lomas introduces an omnibus of five tales inspired by birds. Writer Eleanor Matthews recalls how the magpie came into her life at a time of change. Photographer and Gaelic broadcaster Cailean Maclean recalls an encounter with a great skua. Craig Hartley revels in a near miss encounter with a green woodpecker while Paul Brook recalls a long awaited for encounter with a black tern near Leeds. finally Paul Brook recalls that at the age of eight the redwing ignited his love of birds and birdwatching.
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Eliza Lomas introduces an omnibus of five tales inspired by birds. Writer Eleanor Matthews recalls how the magpie came into her life at a time of change. Photographer and Gaelic broadcaster Cailean Maclean recalls an encounter with a great skua. Craig Hartley revels in a near miss encounter with a green woodpecker while Paul Brook recalls a long awaited for encounter with a black tern near Leeds. finally Paul Brook recalls that at the age of eight the redwing ignited his love of birds and birdwatching.
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