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Springwatch 28 May - 15 June (1 Viewer)

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A CHAPLIN

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Hi Folks,

Just to remind you about the series and to whet your appetites.

The main programme will be shown Mondays to Thursdays as usual on BBC 2 from 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm. This year there will also be a nightshift programme for nocturnal creatures, if the badgers will co-operate, again on BBC2 from
11.20 pm - 2.00 am. There will be the usual children's programmes during the day if anyone would like me to list those in the tv diary please let me know or I will leave them out.

This year the programme is also featuring more of the river, they have placed 8 Kingfisher boxes and already a pair are nesting in one and some may be used by Sandmartins, cameras will be placed in at least one occupied nest, so keep your fingers crossed Ben.

There will also be 4 web streams 24 hours a day, no details as yet.

Simon King will be on the Isle of Islay over seeing a Golden Eagle Eyrie.

Ann
 
A CHAPLIN said:
Hi Folks,

Simon King will be on the Isle of Islay over seeing a Golden Eagle Eyrie.

Ann
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:clap:

Wow! Can't wait for that, should be amazing. My favourite was when he followed the peregrine's for a week (not in London) a few years ago. One of them tried to nick a nearby jackdaw chick and got mobbed by the whole flock almost instantly!
 
Hi Simon,

Thanks for the post, Bill's main fan Euan is on holiday this week it is good to know someone else is looking forward to the series.

I remember the peregines and jackdaws well, they were all nesting in a quarry, Simon always seems more at ease out in the wilds with his camera than being interviewed his enthusiasm shines through if that makes sense like the Scottish cameraman Gordon Buchanan.

Ann
 
I think that's the difference between today's crop of presenters and the last generation. Don't get me wrong, if it wasn't for the older 'narrator' style presenters, i probably wouldn't have as much knowledge as i do now (which still isn't much!)
The new style presenters, though are just brilliant. It's not like they are describing what's happening like a narrator would. It's more like they're letting you see a part of their life. They get involved, they show emotion. Simon King is brilliant for this... who doesn't remember the very first big cat diaries?!
The enthusiasm they show for their subjects just makes for more captivating viewing.

Obviously, this is purely my opinion, and i'm sure there will be people who disagree with me.
 
This is taken from the springwatch website, for those wanting a wee bit more info:

Join Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King in a celebration of UK wildlife and wildlife people, live and interactive across the country.

The Devon farm
Bill and Kate once again join the wildlife living on an organic farm in Devon to watch the daily lives of nesting birds and other wild inhabitants.

More than 50 secret mini-cameras and miles of fibre-optic cable allow viewers to get an intimate view of animals battling to raise their young. This year Bill and Kate hope to watch swallows, woodpeckers, kingfishers, barn owls and badgers amongst others.

Islay
Meanwhile Simon is exploring the Scottish island of Islay, in the Hebrides. From his own farm location he follows the stories of some of the UK's most special animals, from golden eagles to corncrakes and choughs. He also takes a closer look at one of the UK's most prolific inhabitants, the rabbit. See them as you've never seen them before!

Passionate people
Meet some people with unusual ideas about how to help wildlife living in their local patch, including a man with a mission to observe the miniscule and a woman who overcame addiction with the help of some small mammals.

Caught on camera
Watch the best wildlife videos that viewers have filmed and sent in. Last year saw a family of stoats playing in a back garden, a pine martin with its baby in a nest box and frolicking fox cubs.

Fox Diary
Discover Glasgow's wild side. Follow the story of the urban foxes raising their families in the heart of the city's West End. Dangers lie around every corner: rival families compete for food, trains fly by, busy main roads need to be crossed. Will the foxes raise a successful family able to navigate our modern urban landscape?


Can you tell i'm a fan? :)
 
llendorin said:
including a man with a mission to observe the miniscule
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What's the BBC coming to? Surely the correct spelling is minuscule?

Despite that I'm still looking forward to Springwatch. My eleven year old daughter loves it and anything that encourages youngsters' enthusiasm for the natural world can only be a good thing as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks for the reminder Ann.

Woody
 
Thanks Woody,

Glad your daughter loves the series and personally I hope a few young lads get hooked too. If they start caring about wildlife when they are young enough to appreciate them they may look after them as they grow older (teenagers) and not harm them.

Get every lad watching and we might just get rid of the knives, guns and gang culture we have, teach them how to care for things not destroy them.

Rant over.

Ann :egghead:
 
A CHAPLIN said:
Hi Simon,

Thanks for the post, Bill's main fan Euan is on holiday this week it is good to know someone else is looking forward to the series.

I remember the peregines and jackdaws well, they were all nesting in a quarry, Simon always seems more at ease out in the wilds with his camera than being interviewed his enthusiasm shines through if that makes sense like the Scottish cameraman Gordon Buchanan.

Ann
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two things I am looking for from this series...
  • No deer with soppy names
  • No 'Kate's tits' gags from Bill
Apart from that, cant wait..
 
I can see how the kate's 'tits' gags could annoy some, but consider my humour to be at the basest level at times, so always tickles me...
 
Hi Folks,

Did anyone see Kate on the BBC 6 o'clock news tonight? sadly the Blue Tits have fledged their young but there are Great Tit chicks, spring was 2 weeks earlier for them this year but not for the Swallows who have just laid their first egg and there is a camera watching that nest.

Have a good weekend everybody in the UK I don't know if it is a holiday Monday anywhere else in the world, if so enjoy the holiday and Springwatch on Monday as well.

Ann :egghead:
 
Hi Woody,
Either spelling- miniscule - or minuscule- is acceptable by dictionaries, so BBC was correct on "Springwatch" website!
(Nothing about birding but I did work as a teacher!)
 
Well I'm back from my holidays and had a good time you can read what I saw in my Updates from The Outer Hebrides in Your Birding Day Section. I'm looking forward to Springwatch with me. I took the book with me on holiday just to get in the mood.
 
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