diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bc3118b..b34bd21 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 }
 
-version "1.4.25"
+version "1.4.26-SNAPSHOT"
 
 group "au.org.ala.plugins.grails"
 
diff --git a/grails-app/views/species/_facebookTags.gsp b/grails-app/views/species/_facebookTags.gsp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a64832..0000000
--- a/grails-app/views/species/_facebookTags.gsp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<meta property="og:url" content="${grailsApplication.config.bie.baseURL}/species/${tc?.taxonConcept?.guid}">
-<meta property="og:type" content="website">
-<meta property="og:title" content="${tc?.taxonConcept?.nameString} ${(tc?.commonNames) ? ' : ' + tc?.commonNames?.get(0)?.nameString : ''}">
-<meta property="og:description" content="${raw(grailsApplication.config.skin.orgNameLong)}">
-<g:if test="${grailsApplication.config.facebook.app_id}">
-    <meta property="fb:app_id" content="${grailsApplication.config.facebook.app_id}">
-</g:if>
-
-<g:if test="${tc.imageIdentifier}">
-    <meta property="og:image" content="${grailsApplication.config.image.thumbnailUrl}${tc.imageIdentifier}">
-    <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/jpeg">
-    <meta property="og:image:width" content="300">
-    <meta property="og:image:height" content="225">
-</g:if>
-<g:else>
-    <g:if test="${logoFile}">
-        <meta property="og:image" content="${resource(dir: 'images', file: logoFile)}">
-        <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/png">
-        <meta property="og:image:width" content="300">
-        <meta property="og:image:height" content="271">
-    </g:if>
-    <g:else>
-        <meta property="og:image" content="${resource(dir: 'images', file: 'noImage.jpg')}">
-        <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/jpeg">
-        <meta property="og:image:width" content="300">
-        <meta property="og:image:height" content="300">
-    </g:else>
-</g:else>
diff --git a/grails-app/views/species/_facebookTwitterTags.gsp b/grails-app/views/species/_facebookTwitterTags.gsp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..821a230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grails-app/views/species/_facebookTwitterTags.gsp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<g:set var="description" value="${raw(grailsApplication.config.skin.orgNameLong)} species page for the ${scientificName}"/>
+
+<meta property="og:url" content="${grailsApplication.config.bie.baseURL}/species/${tc?.taxonConcept?.guid}"/>
+<meta property="og:type" content="website"/>
+<meta property="og:title" content="Species: ${scientificName}${commonNameDisplay ? ' (' + commonNameDisplay +')' : ''}"/>
+<meta property="og:description" content="${description}"/>
+
+<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/>
+<meta name="twitter:description" content="${description}"/>
+
+<g:if test="${grailsApplication.config.facebook.app_id}">
+    <meta property="fb:app_id" content="${grailsApplication.config.facebook.app_id}"/>
+</g:if>
+
+<g:if test="${tc.imageIdentifier}">
+    <g:set var="image" value="${grailsApplication.config.image.thumbnailUrl}${tc.imageIdentifier}"/>
+    <meta name="twitter:image" content="${image}"/>
+    <meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="Photograph of ${scientificName}"/>
+
+    <meta property="og:image" content="${image}"/>
+    <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/jpeg"/>
+    <meta property="og:image:width" content="300"/>
+    <meta property="og:image:height" content="225"/>
+</g:if>
+<g:else>
+    <g:if test="${logoFile}">
+        <g:set var="image" value="${resource(dir: 'images', file: logoFile)}"/>
+        <meta name="twitter:image" content="${image}"/>
+        <meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="logo"/>
+
+        <meta property="og:image" content="${image}"/>
+        <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/png"/>
+        <meta property="og:image:width" content="300"/>
+        <meta property="og:image:height" content="271"/>
+    </g:if>
+    <g:else>
+        <g:set var="image" value="${resource(dir: 'images', file: 'noImage.jpg')}"/>
+        <meta name="twitter:image" content="${image}"/>
+        <meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="no image"/>
+
+        <meta property="og:image" content="${image}"/>
+        <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/jpeg"/>
+        <meta property="og:image:width" content="300"/>
+        <meta property="og:image:height" content="300"/>
+    </g:else>
+</g:else>
diff --git a/grails-app/views/species/show.gsp b/grails-app/views/species/show.gsp
index 21a4b57..e188574 100644
--- a/grails-app/views/species/show.gsp
+++ b/grails-app/views/species/show.gsp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
     <title>${tc?.taxonConcept?.nameString}<g:if test="${commonNameDisplay}"> : ${commonNameDisplay}</g:if> | ${raw(grailsApplication.config.skin.orgNameLong)}</title>
     <meta name="layout" content="${grailsApplication.config.skin.layout}"/>
 
-    <!-- facebook tags -->
-    <g:render template="facebookTags"/>
+    <!-- facebook and twitter tags -->
+    <g:render template="facebookTwitterTags"/>
 
     <asset:javascript src="show.js"/>
     <asset:javascript src="charts.js"/>