Bill Oddies Top Ten Birds

[jdurbo]

Originally Posted by Lance Morgan

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Arrr yes i remember now!! thank you!

jen xxx

[jdurbo]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

sarcasm or just being dumb?...it was ducks....as was leaked in the beginning of this thread.

Neither of the above i meant his number 1 bad bird

jen xxx

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

sarcasm or just being dumb?...it was ducks....as was leaked in the beginning of this thread.

Ok i clearly didnt read it properly i blame the alcohol still being consumed at 7am this morning....

[jdurbo]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Ok i clearly didnt read it properly i blame the alcohol still being consumed at 7am this morning....

Thats ok i quite understand when alcohol is involved

jen xxx

[Quackers]

Originally Posted by rscott74

It's been on before. No.1 is the duck because it's the one that introduces children to birdlife. I assume most toddlers feed the ducks at an early age.

I'm afraid you are incorrect about that actual programme as it's never been on before - possibly you saw something similar.

The programme was only filmed a few months ago in Regent's Park. The reason I know this is because I was there when Bill Oddie was filming it.

I was actually only standing a few feet away from Bill and the camera team when they were doing the bit on the Herons.
In fact if you have a recording of the programme, about 23 minutes into it, Bill does a piece too camera with a long shot of a path behind him - the person in the background with the light jacket bending down over by the fence, was in fact me feeding the squirrels.

[September]

Originally Posted by Quackers

I'm afraid you are incorrect about that actual programme as it's never been on before - possibly you saw something similar.

The programme was only filmed a few months ago in Regent's Park. The reason I know this is because I was there when Bill Oddie was filming it.

I was actually only standing a few feet away from Bill and the camera team when they were doing the bit on the Herons.
In fact if you have a recording of the programme, about 23 minutes into it, Bill does a piece too camera with a long shot of a path behind him - the person in the background with the light jacket bending down over by the fence, was in fact me feeding the squirrels.

I'm fairly certain it has been on before, I watched the first airing. A top ten of the favourite/most loathed birds, presented by Bill Oddie, with ducks as the favourites and pidgeons as the least favourite. There would have to be some major coincidence going on there!

And as I recall, the magpies once again got a bad rap! They are adorable birds with wonderful character. I remember waking one morning recently to a ten way magpie skirmish; a fantastic (if noisy) spectacle.

Also, I think it a shame the humble blackbird was not a favourite, I guess you can't please everyone!

[jamie_from-kent]

It has 100% been on before, ive seen it twice before.

[Quackers]

Originally Posted by jamie_from-kent

It has 100% been on before, ive seen it twice before.

My apologies guys *you* are correct.

I did a bit of Googling and it appears that it was first broadcast on 11th June on BBC 4. My Tv mag didn't list it as a repeat so I was going by that.

All I can say is that they must have edited the programme together very quickly, as it was late May when they did the filming and it was on air by the 11th of June - most of the bird sequences looked like stock footage anyway, so that probably explains the quick on air date.

My apologies again for the wrong info.

[jamie_from-kent]

On the programme Bill says "THE WREN" is the smallest bird in Britain. But I thought it was the goldcrest. Which is the smallest bird in Britain? ? ?

[Ukwildlifeo]

I watched last night (I love the BBC iplayer - I always forget stuff is on) and I really enjoyed it. Thought the top 10 was pretty good, ducks should be no1 as people who arnt a fan of birds still like ducks. Bute with all the bird species in britain there was always gona be some favourites missed out

Originally Posted by jamie_from-kent

On the programme Bill says "THE WREN" is the smallest bird in Britain. But I thought it was the goldcrest. Which is the smallest bird in Britain? ? ?

I thought that too. A quick look through my RSPB book shows the goldcrest 8.5-9cm and only 5-7g and the wren 9-10cmlong and 8-13g. Maybe he meant smallext garden bird?

[jamie_from-kent]

Im not sure, did he say garden bird on the programme?

[Ukwildlifeo]

direct quote "In fact the tinyist bird in britain"

Bill Oddie being wrong on birds - its enough to question your perceptions of reality! lol

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

I managed to be in while this was on...quite enjoyed it...although was all very basic?

oh and whats with BILL ODDIE telling us the wren is the uks smallest bird?...hmmmm

Indeed...i thought i had mentioned this but no one picked up on it until now.

[Pete Collins]

Originally Posted by Quackers

My apologies guys *you* are correct.

I did a bit of Googling and it appears that it was first broadcast on 11th June on BBC 4. My Tv mag didn't list it as a repeat so I was going by that.

All I can say is that they must have edited the programme together very quickly, as it was late May when they did the filming and it was on air by the 11th of June - most of the bird sequences looked like stock footage anyway, so that probably explains the quick on air date.

My apologies again for the wrong info.

Quackers,

Don't worry about it, not your fault at all. I also saw it in a TV Guide where it was not marked as a repeat, but I knew I'd seen it before.

Pete