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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pe'rigin" data-source="post: 3408240" data-attributes="member: 48320">The simple answer is if you don’t like it…. then don’t watch it. I’m sure there’s something more suitable on Freeview for those who find the programme ‘boring’.The clue is in the title – Springwatch, and it’s aimed at what people can see within reason within the UK and I think the BBC does a very good job in presenting footage we can all enjoy and is suitable for all ages.It’s ridiculous to want to see European species such as Black Woodpecker, so you’ll see the same footage of a hole with the male visiting every hour for 10 seconds, that’ll be boring too.  Most of the audience will or have never seen this Woodpecker, you can’t see it here, so why show it?This isn’t a programme for the twitching brigade, a Gull Billed Tern will have no relevance to the wider audience, it’s a white bird with a black bill – so what, I can’t see it here in the UK.The BBC try and show a broad spectrum of species that the majority of the viewers can connect with and I think they do a pretty good job to educate, inform and show behaviour patterns.</blockquote>