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Great Bustard

Chris Packham presents the great bustard.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Chris Packham presents the great bustard. Great bustards, one of the heaviest flying birds in the world, were most common in Wiltshire and East Anglia but in the past they were hunted to extinction and the last known breeding birds in the UK were in 1832.

Today, great bustards are back on Salisbury Plain, thanks to the work of the Great Bustard Group. The Group aims to establish a self-sustaining population in the UK.

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Mon 5 Feb 2024 05:58

Great Bustard (Otis tarda)

Webpage image courtesy of RSPB (rspb-images.com)

Broadcasts

  • Tue 4 Feb 2014 05:58
  • Fri 14 Oct 2016 05:58
  • Thu 9 May 2019 05:58
  • Fri 19 Jun 2020 05:58
  • Tue 13 Jul 2021 05:58
  • Mon 5 Jun 2023 05:58
  • Mon 5 Feb 2024 05:58

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