EPISODE · Aug 13, 2017 · 8 MIN
Frank Gardner
from Tweet of the Week · host BBC Radio 4
BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner presents five stories about how he became interested in birdwatching and the memories bird calls evoke in him and he recounts his adventures tracking down some of the world's rarest birds. He chooses the Golden Oriole, the Great Northern Diver, birds of paradise the King of Saxony and the Three-wattled Bell-bird and he remembers a plucky white-throated kingfisher outside the Israeli parliament.
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BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner presents five stories about how he became interested in birdwatching and the memories bird calls evoke in him and he recounts his adventures tracking down some of the world's rarest birds. He chooses the Golden Oriole, the Great Northern Diver, birds of paradise the King of Saxony and the Three-wattled Bell-bird and he remembers a plucky white-throated kingfisher outside the Israeli parliament.
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