Wild China 26th-31st Dec 2010 BBC2 - 6 Parts (1 Viewer)

[Peewit]

Wild China 26 Dec 2010 - BBC2 – 1/6 - 10:40am–11:40am
Heart of the Dragon - Capturing China's most beautiful landscapes and their inhabitants. (R)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bf5b0

Wild China 27 Dec 2010 - BBC2 – 2/6 - 10:45am–11:45am
Shangri-La - Capturing the dazzling array of creatures that live in China's most beautiful landscapes. (R)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00brvjx

Wild China 28 Dec 2010 – BBC2 – 3/6 - 10:05am – 11:05am
Tibet - Capturing the vast Tibetan plateau, one of the world's most remote places. (R)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bwky1

Wild China 29 Dec 2010 – BBC2 – 4/6 - 10:00am – 11:00am
Beyond the Great Wall - . Examining the extreme landscapes in northern China, where life is always on the edge. (R)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bz1cf

Wild China 30 Dec 2010 – BBC2 – 5/6 - 09:55am – 10:55am
Land of the Panda - A look at China's heartland, home to the giant panda and the golden snub-nosed monkey. (R)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c5n6g

Wild China 31st Dec 2010 – BBC2 – 6/6 – 10:05am – 11:05am
Tides of change - Nature, culture and modern man jostle along China's east coast in a battle for resources. (R)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bybp3

Note: All these programmes are on BBC Two (except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

Look forward to this series as I know I have not seen all of these programmes myself.

Regards
Kathy
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[rockfowl]

A fantastic series of programmes and if you haven't seen it, a must...so good I bought the DVD

 

[Peewit]

Hi Rockfowl

I think that the series is fabulous and well worth a watch. OH and I have enjoyed the first 2 parts of the programme.

The first part had a great selection of birds in it:-

Cormorants: The film of the Cormorants catching fish, and the fisherman taking the catch from the bird - due the the fact the bird has a string around their necks to prevent them swallowing the fish(This is used as an advert on TV)

Other birds include: House Swifts, Red Rumped Swallows. Little Egrets, Bitterns, Tundra Swans, Storks, Siberian Cranes, not to mention all the other wildlife that was mentioned in the 1/6 of the programme

In Part 2/6 of the programme some beautiful Sunbirds where shown along with Hummingbirds and other various birds including Tree Creepers.

Of course Giant Pandas had to be shown, and the life cycle of Bamboo Trees.

Looking forward to part 3/6 tomorrow.

Regards
Kathy
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[moose1991]

Thanks for the heads up.
Cheers

 

[Peewit]

Hi there

Part 3 had a great selection of birds once more. The Great Crested Grebes looks as beautiful as ever building their nests on the water platform.

Bar headed Geese where everywhere throughout the programme along with Cormorants, Black Necked Cranes, Tibian(sp) Eared Pheasants.

The vultures where filmed doing what comes naturally. I loved the jumping spider that lived up the famous Everest Mountain. Pikers are very cute to look at too.

Watched part 4 today, and once more there was a good selection of birds. Stonechats (migratory birds) along with Cranes, Geese and Whopper Swans (breeding) ....and an Eagle (used for hunting purposes)

Great programme and I am looking forward to the last 2 parts.

Regards
Kathy
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[Peewit]

We did not see Part 5, but will watch it before the end of the holiday

Part 6: Fabulous show once more and it had a lot more on the bird front in this programme articles about the whooper Swans in this case.

A bit of information about the migratory birds such as Whooper Swans, Cranes, Herons, Spoonbills, Waders and shorebirds.

...and I watched in horror while a snake swallowed a Kingfisher whole. :eek!:

Enjoyed the programmes a lot.

Regards
Kathy
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