Episodes
A well known game bird - but sadly little seen these days, The partridge
Tweet of the Week Supremo Tim Earl brings us the elusive water rail - often heard, less often seen!
Perhaps the best known and most loved of our summer visitors - the swallow
As we head towards summer Tim gives you the tiny but unique meadow pipit!
One of the few birds everyone can identify from its song alone. The increasingly rare cuckoo . .
ooooOOOOOoooooh! It's Frankie Howerd's favourite bird. The eider duck . . . .
The aptly named - and sadly less frequently seen - redshank
Last but not least in our collection of Island birds of prey - the Royalty of Raptors, The Peregrine Falcon.
In this penultimate look at the Island's raptors, Tim tells us about the ladies Hawk . .
How well are you feeding your birds? This raptor may give you a clue . . !
The jewel in the crown of Island raptors - the Hen Harrier
As we continue Tim's tour of the Island's raptors we hear about the Scottish tourist bird!
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 . . . .
A great conversationist and a long-distance traveller . . . the Brent Goose
Keep your eyes and ears open for our favourite drummer and a handy "picker" too . . .
Another bird which sounds like it's name! The kittiwake . .
The tweet of the twite!
One for H! And others of course. The increasingly endangered stock dove and it's single hoot . . .
Two pebbles clicking against each other? Must be the stonechat!
Two of our best known seabirds - one more comical than the other for some no doubt . .
A little bit of bread and no cheese . . . . . have you heard one . .?
It's big. It's lovely. It goes "craaaak!". It's the grey heron . .
The ever chatty - or is it argumentative - house sparrow . .
A relatively new attendee at our bird tables - the diminutive but lovely siskin
Count your coos! It's the wood pigeon . . . !
It's the yessir bird or Chiswick flyover, take your pick. The pied wagtail
An iconic sound of the Island and a special song for TOTW supremo Tim . . . .
This week a bird with its own charm - the goldfinch
This week - the avian chimney sweep, better known as the jackdaw.
A winter visitor and star of Watership Down - the black headed gull