Stuart Butchart on the Bronze-Winged Jacana
BirdLife International's chief scientist Dr Stuart Butchart reveals the bronze-winged jacana, also known as the lily trotter.
BirdLife International's chief scientist Dr Stuart Butchart reveals the bronze-winged jacana. He shares what he found out whilst spending three years studying them at Vembanur Lake in India, surrounded by water lilies and patiently watching on a canoe.
Producer: Eliza Lomas
Photograph: Prerna Jane.
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- Mon 9 Oct 2017 05:58BBC Radio 4
- Sun 15 Oct 2017 08:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 20 Jun 2019 05:58BBC Radio 4
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