The Nature of Britain

[goosey]

Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger

Apologise if this is old news. I've just discovered on the BBC nature of Britain web site that you can watch a lot of the local area clips. This is the link,

BBC - Nature UK - Map for nature of britain, geolocatable and dummy

just zoom in and click on the item you want. Interesting to see what others have been watching.

I must plug Chimeny Meadows in Oxfordshire, shown last night.

BWD

Thanks for the link BWD. I just get to see the London local area 10 minutes at the end of the programme in Holland now I can see Cumbria - which interests me more .

[smartie]

I'm assuming the Chris Packham programme is an amalgam of all the local 10 minute slots that are featured on the main progamme with a bit of "get out and help" added in. I certainly see the Eastern 10 minute slot twice every week. Are others having the same experience?

[vole-woman]

Not noticed that. But thanks for the link, Billy. It's been great to catch up on the other local bits and pieces. Nice piece on Chester Zoo's release of captive-bred water voles!

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Scarlet Pimpernel

I have got to be honest....I think the A.Titchmarsh programme is awful....How can the 'Nature of Britain' be about feral pigeons, half tame foxes and badgers and Ring-neck Parakeets? Not to mention the pheasants last week, the red deer and the squirrel! And then finally we got one tiny section of Crayfish which are native! I understand that someone will say that it was only this episode and it will be better next week but there have been 3 awful weeks so far!

The Packham version is so so so much better and it talks about nature not released pets/feral animals! Sorry to vent my disappriciation on here but it definately is NOT the 'Nature of Britain' but the released animals of Britian.

Thing is how are people to know they're not native unless its explained in a program like this, how may queries do we get on here about strange ducks that are no only non-native but actually domestic and native wildlife to nowhere for example. There's a gap out there in this kind of knowledge and I'm happy for it to be filled even through a series like this

[Dan Salter]

Yes i agree with Gill above...

With regard the Chris Packham prog i may have to eat my words a bit?
im actually now dissapointed...Indeed...the FIRST Chris Packham program was a superb hour of fact, ecology and conservation history...featuring Chris for the whole hour....now though as pointed out
i realise its just an hour of various regional ten minute segments pasted together with Chris doing links...And as stated we all get to see a repeat of our local ten minute segment...

Im NOT in any way saying the program is bad or rubbish and i like to see voluntry work from all over the country i am just gutted the Chris Packham programs didnt continue in the same vein as the First of his Programs in which i learnt so much stuff.....oh well...Both Nature of Britain progs are still excellent...AND ABOUT BRITAIN !

[Gaina]

Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger

Apologise if this is old news. I've just discovered on the BBC nature of Britain web site that you can watch a lot of the local area clips. This is the link,

BBC - Nature UK - Map for nature of britain, geolocatable and dummy

just zoom in and click on the item you want. Interesting to see what others have been watching.

I must plug Chimeny Meadows in Oxfordshire, shown last night.

BWD

I'm more interested in the fact I can see my garden on that thing!

[pressld2]

Only just watched this week's programme and thought it had some of the best footage yet. And the gannets on the preview for next week's programme looked amazing...

Dave P.

[Stewy]

Liked the Minki whales, anyone know what fish they were feeding on, sprats perhaps?

[mrs fish]

I really enjoyed last nights episode, "The woodlands" There were honey buzzards, cross bills, dormice, fungi, trees, wild boar, red kites, it was great

[greenie]

I enjoyed it as well, Mrs Fish! I thought the bit about the fungi was great. And the cross bills! I had never heard fo them until last night...