The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[Richard Tarleton]

Can I take it from this that you are not a regular listener to Radio 4's Tweet of the day? It's been going a few years now and moved on from just birds found in the UK to those from all over the world. They even have contributors to this forum there.

I've only caught it very occasionally. Thanks! It was AD's reference to "birdsong" that I was querying!

I tried the hen harrier/red grouse clips which don't seem to be working - presumably their juxtaposition was not accidental

[Bryn]

I've only caught it very occasionally. Thanks! It was AD's reference to "birdsong" that I was querying!

I tried the hen harrier/red grouse clips which don't seem to be working - presumably their juxtaposition was not accidental

Strange. I have just tried them and both worked, responding quickly to a click on the iPlayer 'speaker' icon.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I wonder who is, erm, curating the recordings for them

Now don't be naughty.

[Richard Tarleton]

Strange. I have just tried them and both worked, responding quickly to a click on the iPlayer 'speaker' icon.

just tried again - red grouse working, but not hen harrier. I played in a cricket match in the grounds of Stormont Castle in the 1980s, between public and private sector nature conservation staff - the latter were batting, lounging on the boundary we heard one of the batsmen shout "Go back, go back" - my RSPB colleague looked around and said "I didn't know there were red grouse here"

[french frank]

just tried again - red grouse working, but not hen harrier.

Chris Packham loud and clear (talking about the hen harrier). No controversy

[Nick Armstrong]

just tried again - red grouse working

Not being a twitcher, I just checked... the black is working too....

[oddoneout]

“And if you have never heard a nightingale before this will bring magic into your life.”

Except that it was a song thrush.....
Or perhaps 'Essex nightingale', as it was introduced a few days ago, is a regional term for song thrush in those parts.

[DaisyDog]

If the Radio 3 Controller really said “And if you have never heard a nightingale before this will bring magic into your life" perhaps someone should intercede to correctly identify the avian warblers.
Even I can tell the difference between a song thrush and a pigeon. Bring on the nightingales! And the magic.

[underthecountertenor]

If the Radio 3 Controller really said “And if you have never heard a nightingale before this will bring magic into your life" perhaps someone should intercede to correctly identify the avian warblers.
Even I can tell the difference between a song thrush and a pigeon. Bring on the nightingales! And the magic.

Magic FM?

[Nick Armstrong]

is it now the Petroc Breakfast Experience with substitutes on West Country holidays ... ????

Well, possibly thanks to a cheeky long weekend getaway for the Squire, today will be Skell-ectrically good, we can be confident, anton

[antongould]

Well, possibly thanks to a cheeky long weekend getaway for the Squire, today will be Skell-ectrically good, we can be confident, anton

Funny that I missed your regular 02:30 post Rumpole ... but here I am living every moment ........

[muzzer]

Yes, it's Skellers..."Those of you with children at this weekend's Reading festival may be relieved to learn that your washing machines will be spared mud as the forecast is, for once, sunny" and other such gems......;)

[underthecountertenor]

Well, possibly thanks to a cheeky long weekend getaway for the Squire, today will be Skell-ectrically good, we can be confident, anton

As IS put it, PT is 'in make-up' as he is presenting the BBC4 prom broadcast tonight. IS is doing the radio broadcast, which clearly doesn't require him to spend the whole day in preparation....

[Nick Armstrong]

As IS put it, PT is 'in make-up' as he is presenting the BBC4 prom broadcast tonight.

... yes, caught that! "Preparing for his close-ups" said IS....

[Nick Armstrong]

Cripes it's all a bit cheery cheery Irish Irish today, isn't it...