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Jun 2017
1m 28s

Gary Moore on the Capercaillie

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

Wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore describes for Tweet of the Day, the surprising encounter he had with capercaillie when in the Scottish Highlands.

Producer Tom Bonnett.

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