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04-02-2010, 01:05 PM
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| | | The Wild Places of Essex
Is the title of the next episode of Natural World on BBC2 at 8pm next Wednesday 10th February. From the BBC web site... "Multi-award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane sets out on a journey to explore the unexpected landscapes and natural history of Essex, revealing that there is far more to the county than the stereotypes of white stilettos and boy racers.
Macfarlane spends a year travelling the county's strange and elemental landscapes of heavy industry, desolate beaches and wild woods. He encounters massive knot flocks over the Thames, peregrine falcons at Tilbury Power Station, water voles within sniffing distance of the municipal dump, deer rutting in earshot of the M25, barn owls, badgers and bluebells in Billericay as well as a large colony of common seals." One for the recorder, I think.
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04-02-2010, 02:36 PM
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I saw this advertised - I think I may work at/visit regularly a lot of these places  |
04-02-2010, 06:01 PM
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Will have to have a look at that. I started my birdwatching at Belhus countrypark, the old Hornchuch RAF site before it became a country park down to the ingrebourne valley and berwick ponds, Rainham marshes when part was still an MOD shooting range, the thames at rainham near cold harbour lane rubbish tips and when I could drive , the big reservoirs at hanningfield and abberton, the dengie pennisular and Bradwell Bird observatory.
The memories are flooding back 
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04-02-2010, 06:05 PM
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I record every Natural World that i can....but this one is a MUST ! 
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07-02-2010, 07:56 AM
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Thank you! .... I was not aware that this was upcoming.
I will certainly be watching and playing the "have I been there?" game.
So we have Essex on Wednesday and Simon King on Shetland on Thursday .... I live in one and have visited the other twice .... there are some quite distinct differences .
P.S I assume that the Wednesday programme will be the natural wild places of Essex rather than downtown Basildon on Firday and Saturday nights
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07-02-2010, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by rlchew  P.S I assume that the Wednesday programme will be the natural wild places of Essex rather than downtown Basildon on Firday and Saturday nights | Certainly hope so Richard!
So far the only Essex site I've been to is Rainham Marshes so I'm looking for some good places to check out North of the river.
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07-02-2010, 05:29 PM
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Essex is a very much under-rated county, overshadowed by Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Cheers,
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07-02-2010, 05:38 PM
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I'll watch anything with water voles in it! |
07-02-2010, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by pressld2 Certainly hope so Richard!
So far the only Essex site I've been to is Rainham Marshes so I'm looking for some good places to check out North of the river.
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07-02-2010, 09:27 PM
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I'll take you up on that Neil. Although you seem to spend more of your time in Kent these days!
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