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Birds Britannia 3 Nov BBC4 9pm (1 Viewer)
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northernloon
swimming in a virtual sea
The Guardian carried this article
Good first programme, looking forward to the next few now.
Didn't learn much new info but liked the comments near the end about house sparrows sharing our urban "habitat" and the (still unconfirmed) causes of their decline potentially affecting us further down the line. Illustrates the links between all biodiversity and perhaps also the real importance of studying and conserving birds.
Didn't learn much new info but liked the comments near the end about house sparrows sharing our urban "habitat" and the (still unconfirmed) causes of their decline potentially affecting us further down the line. Illustrates the links between all biodiversity and perhaps also the real importance of studying and conserving birds.
NoSpringChicken
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I enjoyed it and found it very interesting. I noticed one minor oddity though. In the section about the Victorians keeping caged wild birds, they played a scene from the BBC's recent production of Bleak House. Pauline Collins, as Miss Flite, was releasing all the caged birds, including two Siskins, one of which carried a very bright orange ring on its leg! I missed that the first time round.
Ron
Ron
The sniper
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Haven't seen it yet,going to watch it in an hour or so,am sure it won't provoke as much discussion as Mondays twitcher programme though
gareth_blockley
Smile people
Weren't they Canaries? I could be wrong as I was only half watching whilst reading another thread about another BBC4 programme!
Gareth
NoSpringChicken
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You could be right. My ID skills are not exactly cutting edge. It's on iPlayer now and the Bleak House piece is about 11 mins in.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vnf8d/Birds_Britannia_Garden_Birds/
Ron
NoSpringChicken
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I shall never look at Dunnocks in the same light again. Shy demure birds my a***.
Ron
Ron
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
NoSpringChicken
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Robert Wallace
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Good start looking forward to future programmes. Good to hear from some genuine experts as well some of the characters of birdwatching.
A good balance
Much better than that awful programme on "twitchers"
A good balance
Much better than that awful programme on "twitchers"
naturistbird
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Not as amusing as Twitchers programme (I have now watched it 4 times and enjoyed it every time!) but BB is very interesting factual programme, full of little titbits of knowledge.
naturistbird
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However, I don't agree with the programme makers who assert that the reason we feed the birds in the garden is to have some control of them.
I put out scraps at night for the fox and badger, whom I rarely see.
Likewise, you put out bird food because the weather is cold and avian life gets hungry!
I put out scraps at night for the fox and badger, whom I rarely see.
Likewise, you put out bird food because the weather is cold and avian life gets hungry!
Don't recall the comments in question but I hate blanket statements like this that there is no evidence for/proof of. How do the programme makers know why any individual feeds birds?!
NoSpringChicken
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Just a reminder that the second part of 'Birds Britannia' is on BBC4 tonight at 9.00pm, after Johnny Kingdom. I watched the first episode of 'B B' again the other night and enjoyed it even more the second time as I wasn't so tired. It's the sort of quirky programme that could only appear on BBC4. Tonight's episode is entitled Waterbirds.
Ron
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