Farnboro John
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I caught Countryfile for a change, can't be doing with it normally but they were showing the Cairngorms so I thought I'd give it a go.
Unfortunately the BBC chose to use Alf McGregor - I'm sure that's the bloke that took Bill Oddie to look for Capercaillie and told him in advance they wouldn't see them (they didn't). On this occasion he was used to look for Red Squirrels, which they did see, but AM passed a Bank Vole (of which they had footage) off as a mouse, which is inexcusable incompetence from a hired expert let alone from BBC editing.
I was impressed with the photographer who took Ellie Harrison out after Mountain Hares, though: good technique and certainly delivered on close views. However..... the BBC narration described Mountain Hares as one of Scotland's most elusive mammals - what???!! Stop in the Glenshee car park and you can't miss them (indeed the carnage on the roads suggests many people do fail to miss them). I'm sick to death of false jeopardy. It's straightforward rubbish reporting is what it is.
Anyway, back to not watching Countryfile.....
John
Unfortunately the BBC chose to use Alf McGregor - I'm sure that's the bloke that took Bill Oddie to look for Capercaillie and told him in advance they wouldn't see them (they didn't). On this occasion he was used to look for Red Squirrels, which they did see, but AM passed a Bank Vole (of which they had footage) off as a mouse, which is inexcusable incompetence from a hired expert let alone from BBC editing.
I was impressed with the photographer who took Ellie Harrison out after Mountain Hares, though: good technique and certainly delivered on close views. However..... the BBC narration described Mountain Hares as one of Scotland's most elusive mammals - what???!! Stop in the Glenshee car park and you can't miss them (indeed the carnage on the roads suggests many people do fail to miss them). I'm sick to death of false jeopardy. It's straightforward rubbish reporting is what it is.
Anyway, back to not watching Countryfile.....
John