Manx Radio's Tweet of the Week

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 17.08.2023 1:56 ↓

A well known game bird - but sadly little seen these days, The partridge

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 03.08.2023 1:58 ↓

Tweet of the Week Supremo Tim Earl brings us the elusive water rail - often heard, less often seen!

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 05.06.2023 2:02 ↓

Perhaps the best known and most loved of our summer visitors - the swallow

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 18.04.2023 2:31 ↓

As we head towards summer Tim gives you the tiny but unique meadow pipit!

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 06.02.2023 2:17 ↓

One of the few birds everyone can identify from its song alone. The increasingly rare cuckoo . .

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 30.01.2023 2:03 ↓

ooooOOOOOoooooh! It's Frankie Howerd's favourite bird. The eider duck . . . .

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 05.01.2023 1:20 ↓

The aptly named - and sadly less frequently seen - redshank

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 09.12.2022 5:14 ↓

Last but not least in our collection of Island birds of prey - the Royalty of Raptors, The Peregrine Falcon.

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 01.12.2022 2:57 ↓

In this penultimate look at the Island's raptors, Tim tells us about the ladies Hawk . . 

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 24.11.2022 2:56 ↓

How well are you feeding your birds? This raptor may give you a clue . . !

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 17.11.2022 3:30 ↓

The jewel in the crown of Island raptors - the Hen Harrier

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 08.11.2022 3:58 ↓

As we continue Tim's tour of the Island's raptors we hear about the Scottish tourist bird!

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 31.10.2022 3:49 ↓

We start our mini series of tweets from birds of prey found on the Isle of Man with perhaps the best known of our raptors - the kestrel. And we won't mention their old folk name . .  . .

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 18.10.2022 1:14 ↓

A great conversationist and a long-distance traveller . . . the Brent Goose

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 27.09.2022 2:32 ↓

Keep your eyes and ears open for our favourite drummer and a handy "picker" too . . .

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 20.09.2022 2:04 ↓

Another bird which sounds like it's name! The kittiwake .  .

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 05.09.2022 1:54 ↓

The tweet of the twite!

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 24.08.2022 2:09 ↓

One for H! And others of course. The increasingly endangered stock dove and it's single hoot . . .

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 15.08.2022 1:49 ↓

Two pebbles clicking against each other? Must be the stonechat!

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 01.08.2022 3:36 ↓

Two of our best known seabirds - one more comical than the other for some no doubt . .

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 26.07.2022 2:19 ↓

A little bit of bread and no cheese . . . . . have you heard one . .?

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 18.07.2022 1:35 ↓

It's big. It's lovely. It goes "craaaak!". It's the grey heron . . 

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 11.07.2022 1:14 ↓

The ever chatty - or is it argumentative - house sparrow . . 

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 06.07.2022 1:37 ↓

A relatively new attendee at our bird tables - the diminutive but lovely siskin

Tweet of the week - the original and best twitterati 30.06.2022 1:22 ↓

Count your coos! It's the wood pigeon   . . . !