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EPISODE · Sep 17, 2017 · 9 MIN

James Cook

from Tweet of the Week · host BBC Radio 4

This week, James Cook, Editor of natural history on Radio 4 introduces five stories from across the week. In the first of three stories by theatre director Tara Robinson, she recalls her grandfather and the common tern, followed by the barn owl in a fallen nest box and finally memories of oystercatchers on Loch Fleet. We end this weeks podcast with film maker and writer Hugh Thomson on the woodpigeon, and our final programme, Chris Jones on the swift he rescued and then released.

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This week, James Cook, Editor of natural history on Radio 4 introduces five stories from across the week. In the first of three stories by theatre director Tara Robinson, she recalls her grandfather and the common tern, followed by the barn owl in a fallen nest box and finally memories of oystercatchers on Loch Fleet. We end this weeks podcast with film maker and writer Hugh Thomson on the woodpigeon, and our final programme, Chris Jones on the swift he rescued and then released.

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