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Originally Posted by tigger

I really enjoyed it... It's not perfect but I really like Chris Packham as a presenter (geekiness and all) and Kate is very professional and manages to hold it all together well (in my opinion )

I got two mentions during the show. The Jackdaw question (on unsprung) and the short film of the wasp stealing the bee at the end of the program (which I actually missed cos I had popped to the loo! whoops!).

I agree that we could do without the red deer rut but overall I like the new format. I think it gives the team more to play with and allows them to interact more with us "the wildlife nuts" and find out what we have seen/done.

I for one will continue to send them my photos, films and questions over the next few weeks. Maybe others in WAB would like to do the same? That way we can help to spread the "wildlife" message around the UK. It's not just professionals who can help to do this... we can do our bit as well! Just imagine how great it would be if just one kid was inspired to do something for nature because of something he/she had seen on AW.

Keep up the good work AW! I'm looking forward to seeing how the series progresses during Autumn.

Jane

i see where you folks are coming from on the deer rut - but remember we've already seen it all before on previous autumn watches - if you look at it from the perspective of "just one kid who was inspired to do something for nature because of something he/she had seen on AW" then may be he'd have never seen or heard of the deer rut before and might be inspired to visit bradgate, or richmond, or cannock or wherever to see for him or her self.