#TodayILearned that why the woodpecker in ‘Bagpuss’ is called Professor Yaffle

Every day is, indeed, and school day

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RobGMacfarlane: Word of the day: “rain-bird” - common name for the green woodpecker (Picus viridis), because it was thought to herald bad weather. Also “yappingale” & “yaffle” (cf Professor Yaffle in Bagpuss) due to its laughing cry. A back-garden jester, in its fool’s cap of feathers..