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Where else can you see me take on a massive litter mission?

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Where else can you learn how to make a fantastic eco-pocket

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using just a juice carton?

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Where else can you get behind-the-scenes access

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-to Springwatch?

-I think it's today's live Blue Peter Does Springwatch.

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-We've got to be over there, come on.

-Run!

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Wow.

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Look at that.

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-I didn't know we had a helicopter shot.

-Amazing.

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That's amazing. I want one every week. Hi.

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-Hello.

-How are you? You're watching Blue Peter.

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Studio's bigger this week, as you can see.

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We're live from RSPB in Minsmere.

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-It's amazing, isn't it?

-It is amazing.

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The view's incredible. We love being here.

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Look, we're in the heart of the action.

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If you look just over there you can see the Springwatch team

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warming up for tonight's show. They're getting ready.

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-You probably noticed someone's missing today.

-Oh!

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-Yeah, Radzi's not here.

-Oh, he's not here!

-You just realised?

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-Where is he?

-He's filming something very cool,

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but you have to wait and see. That's next week.

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That's right. Now, being here in the wildlife got us thinking.

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-Always thinking.

-Always thinking.

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And we want to know what has been your best wildlife spot ever.

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-What's been yours?

-I was in Costa Rica a few years ago

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and I took this photograph.

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-It's an ant on a leaf.

-LINDSEY GASPS

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There was a rainstorm and the ant was under the leaf

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sheltering from it. A little insight into this creature's world.

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I loved it, it was my favourite moment ever.

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It's teeny tiny. I saw a cool one.

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I went to Borneo. A bit bigger than an ant.

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I got to see pygmy elephants,

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about 20 of them in the wild spraying each other with water.

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They are bigger than ants, yes.

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The people in the distance are the same size as ants

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cos they're so far. They're trying to find their wildlife spot now.

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That's to inspire you. What would your wildlife spot be?

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What have you seen? Where was it?

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And, why did you love it?

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Get in touch.

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We'll try and read out as many of your comments later in the show.

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-Now, come down the hill with us.

-Let's go this way,

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because over the last six weeks we've had a spring in our step,

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and that's all about the green badge.

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And clearly, you have too, because over 2,000 of you now

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have got in touch and sent us in some great green post.

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Take a look at the big badge covered in all your eco-amazingness.

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Check this out, on its own very own close-up.

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This is Amy from Surrey's booklet.

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It says how to look after the environment.

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We've got our lovely ship on the front, and inside, a letter

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that tells us what she's been up to, and on the back,

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look at that - a lovely underwater scene with lots of fish.

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I love it. Thank you very much, Amy.

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That's brilliant. This is from Mia from Hertfordshire.

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She sent in this kind of apron-dress thing.

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I don't know what it is but I'm going to wear it.

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And it's made out of recycled plastic bags. It's incredible.

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Thank you very much, Mia, and everyone who sent in something.

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We absolutely love it when you get in touch,

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so please keep it coming in.

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Now, remember, your badge gets you in to one of over 200 attractions

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-in the UK...

-for free.

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So, what are you waiting for? Get in touch.

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That's right. Loads of your post and everything you've sent in

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has been about recycling. And it got me thinking,

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we should probably show you how to make a recycled eco-pocket.

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-So, hello, team. ALL:

-HELLO.

-Hello.

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Here to join me today are Rosie, Astor, Billy and Grace.

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How are you doing?

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Now, Grace, you go to eco-school.

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That sounds very fun. What is it?

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Well, we make dens, and we climb trees, and we make rope swings,

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and it's really fun. We actually did it today.

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You did it...? All at school? You get to climb trees?

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That sounds incredible. Shall we start with this eco-pocket?

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It looks a little bit like this when you're finished.

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And you simply unscrew the lid, and you can get into it.

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Oh, this is a little bit stuck.

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You can get into it and keep anything you want in there.

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So, shall we get started?

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What are we going to need, Rosie?

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We're going to need an empty, washed...juice carton.

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Very nicely done.

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It's really important that your juice carton looks just like this one.

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It's got to be square, and it's got to have a screw top.

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What else do we need? Go on, Astor.

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We need some scissors.

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Lovely. What else do we need, Billy?

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A template from the Blue Peter website and a pen to draw around it.

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I love it. We're all in a very good mood here.

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What about you, Grace?

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A compass and a ruler to score the lines on the carton.

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Beautifully delivered. All the details on the website.

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So, make sure you get your template from there.

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Check out all the details later.

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But, for now, sit back and relax, and watch as we make this eco-pocket.

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Now, the first thing we need to do is obviously wash it out,

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cos you don't want orange juice in your eco-pocket.

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-It'd be a cup.

-It would be an eco-cup, wouldn't it?

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-I had milk when I did it for the first time.

-Oh, no.

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No, you don't want milk, so make sure you wash it out properly.

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Billy's being sick. He doesn't like that thought.

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The first thing you need to do is... Oh, I can smell orange juice.

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Tear it apart like that, and then simply rip it open.

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It's super easy.

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And then, carefully get your scissors...

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Thank you very much, Astor.

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..and down the back is where you need to cut a straight line...

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like...so. There we go.

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Thank you, was that a good cut? Do you like that?

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Uh, and then once you've done that, it should look something like

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this one.

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As you can see, we've neatened that up a little along the top.

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We've got a nice straight line.

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And also here, there's a hole because we've popped out the lid.

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Ah, thank you very much, Rosie.

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We'll save that for later. It's very important.

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It's quite difficult to pop out, so get an adult to help.

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-You got your teacher, didn't you?

-He didn't get it out.

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He couldn't even get it out. So, maybe get a couple of adults to help.

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Now, once you've done that, head onto the website and get your templates.

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And, if I can get those from you, Billy, you can see

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that, actually, the templates come in two pieces...

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Hello. ..like so.

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So, make sure you stick your templates together.

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I'm going to swap with you, Billy.

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Can I swap that?

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And, once you've stuck your template together like so,

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you need to lay it down on your card.

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And I'm going to do that carefully, making sure that I line the holes up.

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So, you can see, this hole on the template is lined up

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with this hole on the card.

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Then, we're going to get our pen, and just carefully draw ar...

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That's... Hold on, it's windy here.

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Draw around the template like so. Be as neat as you can.

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And, as you go around, just mark on everywhere like that,

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where you're going to fold later, make it nice and clear.

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And once you've gone all the way round neatly

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it should look something like...that one, shouldn't it?

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Thank you, Grace. It should look something like this

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when you've nearly done it. Now, all these lines are where

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you're going to fold, so...

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just to make it easier to fold,

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I'm going to grab the compass and ruler.

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Thank you very much.

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And I'm going to put them along here.

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And as you can see, guys, if I just score along there

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makes it much easier to do, doesn't it?

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-You had a go at school, didn't you, Astor?

-Yes.

-How did it go?

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We did it in the end

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-but we didn't do a...we didn't do a hole there, so...

-OK.

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Well, it's funny you say you didn't do a hole

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because that's our next step, so, thanks for reminding me.

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And as you fold it over...

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you need to... Where's that pen gone? There we go.

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You need to mark on the hole like so.

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-Is that what you forgot to do?

-Yes.

-OK, so, that's very important...

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that you mark on that hole, cos later you're cutting it out.

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Again, you might need an adult to help, cos it's a little bit fiddly.

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And then, once you've done it, at the end, it should look like this.

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Rosie, you've got the finished pieces there for me.

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You can see, it just folds open, a bit like a little fan there.

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And you need to put that through...

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Oh, dear. There we go.

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-..keep you cool like a fan though.

-It wouldn't keep you cool like a fan.

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It's definitely better as an eco-pocket.

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And then once you've put the lid on, there you have it. How good is that?

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Really good for keeping your money, maybe stickers if you play swapsies.

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Barney, do you like yours?

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I love mine, yes. And I'm actually not storing money in mine.

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I'm keeping something that's far more valuable.

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Look at this, it's a lovely picture of Blue Peter's favourite pet,

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I think. Dreamy Shelley, isn't she lovely.

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Now, this is a classic example of turning something old

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into something new rather than just throwing it away,

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because litter is a real problem.

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Now, this year, Keep Britain Tidy is 50 years old,

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and so, I went to celebrate by taking a pair of these...

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one of these,

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and heading to a local park.

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Say hello to my team of litter pickers.

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-Litter pickers, say hello.

-ALL:

-Hello.

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-Are you ready to pick up other people's rubbish?

-ALL:

-Yeah.

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-Are you all excited?

-ALL:

-Yeah.

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-What's the opposite of no?

-ALL:

-Yeah.

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Follow me over here, you need some equipment.

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According to Keep Britain Tidy, more than 2 million pieces of litter

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are dropped across the UK every single day.

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OK, get one if you haven't got one. Take a stick.

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So, properly equipped, my team set to work,

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because litter can also be a problem in parks.

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Let's ask a serious question, what do you guys think

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when you see litter on the floor in a park? Does it bother you?

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Yeah, because it makes you feel that you don't want to come here again

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if there's loads of litter on the floor.

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We've got to put it in the bin cos it really

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affects the environment with the litter on the floor.

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Which is why we're here doing a great job.

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As you were, soldiers. Keep it up.

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-What've we got in here so far? What sort of stuff?

-Packet.

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-Tin cans.

-Tin cans, crisp packets, sweet packets - usual suspects.

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-Do you put litter in the bin?

-BOTH:

-Yeah.

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-Do you really?

-BOTH:

-Yeah.

-Good girls. OK, as you were.

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'We've cleaned up but not everyone does.

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'Rubbish isn't just in our parks, you see it on the streets too.

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'Towns spend millions trying to keep their streets clean up litter

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'every year.

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'This town has a secret weapon. Say hello to Gary.

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'And check out his wheels.

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'Gary has been keeping Bury's town centre clean for nine years.'

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How much do you collect?

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Well, me personally, I collect half a tonne a week in this.

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-And that's just you?

-Yes, that's just me.

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And there's actually five of us

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that work in the town centre.

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You know, if we didn't clean litter up there'd be

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thousands of rats everywhere.

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Well, I'd like to do my bit.

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I've got my yellow coat on, and I don't get dressed up for nothing.

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And, it just so happens I like driving. You know, I like driving,

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I like getting behind the wheel of a vehicle and...

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-Would you like a go?

-(Yes!)

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Please. I thought you were never going to ask.

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-I'm good to go.

-Simple, Barney.

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I'll put you in sweep mode...

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..and off you go.

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See you later.

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-RADIO SPEAKER:

-Good morning, friends. Thanks for tuning in, welcome to...

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MUSIC: "Dance The Night Away" by The Mavericks

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HE WHISTLES

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It's like driving a giant vacuum cleaner.

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The front brushes suck up the rubbish,

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and it's stored in the big grey tank at the back.

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Look at all these people just walking past,

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so much litter on the street.

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'According to the RSPCA,

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'7,000 animals are injured by litter every year.

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'It isn't surprising when you hear that 30 million tonnes of litter

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'are dropped every year in the UK,

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'which is equal to Gary filling up his modest sweeper

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'a staggering 60 million times.

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'But what happens to everything we throw away?

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'I went along to a recycling centre to meet manager Andy

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'to find out more.'

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Andy, I did my bit last week. I collected litter from the streets,

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but I'm guessing there was more than what I collected.

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-Can we see it?

-Of course we can.

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This is a week's worth of rubbish just from the streets of Bury.

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There's about 75 tonnes of material here.

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It's incredible how much it is in just a week.

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-I mean, that's the same weight as 40 family cars, isn't it?

-It is, yeah.

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So, what happens to it now?

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Well, what we'll do now is, we'll recycle as much as possible

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out of this.

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But that still leaves a big pile of rubbish

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that will end up in landfill.

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And some of it doesn't need to.

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I'm seeing things that shouldn't be in the bins.

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Plastic bottles, cardboard boxes,

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recyclable things, but people still put them in the same bin

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-as everything else, don't they?

-Yeah. We want people

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to start recycling more and more.

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Put the right stuff in the right bin.

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'But with so many types of rubbish, recycling can be confusing.'

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So, I've come to a school for a bit of help.

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I've brought my bag of rubbish,

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and we're now going to find out just how much of this can be recycled.

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Good to see you. Hello.

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Well, there's a few smiley faces. Hello.

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Come and stand round the table.

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Pick a place at our recycling table.

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Lots of things in here we're going to try and recycle.

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So, let's start to create these two piles.

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OK. Things that can be recycled, things that can't over here.

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It's all yours.

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These guys seem to know exactly what they're doing.

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So, we've got two very definite piles. Lots of cardboard here,

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lots of plastic. What do you think can be recycled and what can't?

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Um, you can recycle tins and plastic bottles.

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Cardboard sometimes goes in green bins.

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We've also got foodstuffs like old carrots and vegetables,

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-what can you do with those?

-If you want to be really eco-friendly

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you can make your own compost.

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'That's after you wash your hands when you've touched old carrots.

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'And that just leaves us with the rubbish that can't be recycled.

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'So it ends up here in landfill where I met the manager George.'

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We're just at the top of what is an enormous landfill site.

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I mean, how big is this place, George?

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This site is approximately 66 football pitches in size.

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It's huge, isn't it?

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-It's big.

-And, at the moment it's being filled.

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You'd have thought it takes hundreds of years

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before this place is full, but it's a lot less than that, isn't it?

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At current recycling rates we're looking at 20 year life span.

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'Waste that comes here can take a long time to decompose.

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'Two years for a banana skin, up to 20 years for a carrier bag,

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'or around 450 years for a plastic bottle.

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'And it's all stacking up.'

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Do you know, I really have no idea about what goes into managing

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the waste that we throw away.

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But now, we know more about recycling,

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and we know more about the small things we do

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that make a big difference, not just to wildlife, but to us too.

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We live here, so why not make it a cleaner and healthier place to be?

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It's good to be green.

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-Hello.

-Hi.

-We're over here now.

-We're up here.

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We've changed positions for you.

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To get involved with the tidy up all you've got to do is

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head to our website with a grown-up and try to pick an area

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that's local to you to find out what you can do to help.

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That's right. The Springwatch team are currently rehearsing

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for their show on BBC Two tonight.

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And we thought, "They won't mind if we pop in and say hello."

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Of course we don't.

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Hello, Springwatch team. How you doing?

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-Good, thanks.

-Good.

-Great to see you.

6:44:546:44:56

Let's discuss the new location. Here we are, RSPB reserve in Minsmere.

6:44:566:45:00

-What have we seen so far?

-It's fantastic.

6:45:006:45:01

It's a brilliant place for wildlife and a perfect place for us.

6:45:016:45:04

One of the highlights though, undoubtedly, have been the bitterns,

6:45:046:45:07

these shy, secretive birds that produce this extraordinary sound.

6:45:076:45:11

And you can see one now. Just look and listen to this.

6:45:116:45:14

LOW MELODIC HUM

6:45:166:45:19

-Wow.

-Come on!

6:45:216:45:23

-Fantastic.

-How is it doing that?

-It's very low.

6:45:236:45:25

-You can impersonate it.

-Do you want me to do one?

-Absolutely.

6:45:256:45:28

SHE MAKES A DEEP SOUND

6:45:286:45:29

That's was even louder.

6:45:296:45:31

It's very good.

6:45:316:45:33

SHE CROWS

6:45:336:45:34

-Sounded like...

-Bitterns have just fled.

6:45:346:45:36

Bitterns are fleeing over the horizon as we speak.

6:45:366:45:39

-That was beautiful.

-What a nice moment. Thank you.

6:45:396:45:41

We've got really exotic and exciting things here.

6:45:416:45:43

We've got a thing called an antlion which is like...

6:45:436:45:46

-Sounds epic...

-It's epic.

-..but also tiny.

-Tiny.

6:45:466:45:48

-If it was 6ft long it would be scary to...

-I wouldn't be out here.

6:45:486:45:52

-We can see it.

-It's just monstrous.

6:45:546:45:56

It grabs ants, it just thrusts up from inside the sand.

6:45:566:45:59

I've only ever seen them in Africa, those things. They're terrifying.

6:45:596:46:03

Put horror music over that, it's quite a scary thing to watch.

6:46:036:46:05

-It is a horror movie.

-Tiny monsters.

-Do you know what?

6:46:056:46:08

I reckon lots of insects like that will have inspired horror movies.

6:46:086:46:11

But the antlion's amazing. It's only found here,

6:46:116:46:13

just down the road in Norfolk - in the whole of the UK.

6:46:136:46:16

-Really rare.

-And whilst it's a larva it never defecates.

6:46:166:46:18

-Really?

-So it doesn't poo for a long time, does it?

6:46:186:46:22

-I was using the scientific term, defecate.

-It's got a blue bottom.

6:46:226:46:25

It's actually got a blue bottom.

6:46:256:46:27

It's got a blue bottom and then eventually does one big poo.

6:46:276:46:29

It does a great big poo when it's an adult, yeah.

6:46:296:46:32

I love Blue Peter, it's great.

6:46:326:46:34

Lots of poos and animals here today.

6:46:346:46:35

That's what zoom lenses are for, everybody.

6:46:356:46:37

Now, Michaela, what can we be excited about for tonight's show?

6:46:376:46:40

Well, we're actually featuring one of the nation's

6:46:406:46:43

best-loved mammals, which is the hedgehog.

6:46:436:46:46

-It was actually voted in a magazine, Britain's best-loved mammal.

-Wow.

6:46:466:46:49

Um, we'll also be looking at our characters.

6:46:496:46:52

I think a lot of your viewers would really love our tawny owl chick

6:46:526:46:56

that we've named Grubby,

6:46:566:46:57

because when it eats slugs it gets all those sort of grubby,

6:46:576:47:00

-snotty slime all over its face.

-I saw him this morning

6:47:006:47:03

on the live feed.

6:47:036:47:04

-You want to get a wet wipe, don't you?

-Sort him out.

6:47:046:47:07

Yeah. Sort him out.

6:47:076:47:08

We're speaking to our viewers about their favourite wildlife spots.

6:47:086:47:11

Things that they've seen in the wildlife, what they saw,

6:47:116:47:14

why it was amazing.

6:47:146:47:15

You've seen many things over the years, do you have a favourite?

6:47:156:47:18

I do. Last year on Springwatch we had a water rails' nest.

6:47:186:47:20

And just like the bittern, these are very shy, secretive birds.

6:47:206:47:23

We never dreamt that we would watch them at the nest. And, at one stage

6:47:236:47:26

we were looking at the female sat on the eggs, waiting for them

6:47:266:47:29

to hatch, and she fell asleep. And then she was sort of nodding off.

6:47:296:47:32

-Ah.

-But you could actually see her dreaming.

6:47:326:47:35

And, you know, this is a bird dreaming.

6:47:356:47:36

I was thinking, "What's it dreaming about?

6:47:366:47:39

-"Catching a fish?"

-We actually have a clip of this.

-Can hear it.

6:47:396:47:42

WHIMPERING

6:47:426:47:43

-Sounds like a little puppy!

-Amazing. Absolutely amazing.

6:47:476:47:51

It was a real treat. That's what Springwatch is all about.

6:47:516:47:53

What about you, Michaela? What's been your wildlife highlight?

6:47:536:47:57

-Worldwide?

-Yes.

-OK, I think it's...

6:47:576:47:59

-Well, I'm a big fan of sharks.

-Oh.

6:47:596:48:01

-I really enjoy shark diving.

-We're not going to get on.

6:48:016:48:03

-I hate sharks and whales.

-And in particular...

6:48:036:48:05

You're really not going to like this then - great white sharks.

6:48:056:48:08

-Oh.

-For The Really Wild Show, and various other programmes

6:48:086:48:11

I've dived in a cage with great white sharks.

6:48:116:48:13

-LINDSEY GASPS

-And it is just an awesome

6:48:136:48:15

experience. And I've done it in South Africa.

6:48:156:48:17

And also when you see them on the boat...

6:48:176:48:19

And, you know, I know a lot of people are scared of sharks, but

6:48:196:48:22

when you see them in their natural habitat, they're just awesome.

6:48:226:48:26

-And do you want to know a good fact actually?

-Always.

6:48:266:48:28

More people are bitten by people in New York than are bitten

6:48:286:48:32

-by sharks in the world.

-What?!

6:48:326:48:33

-There we go.

-Brilliant. Now, there's a feature.

6:48:336:48:35

It's not just diving underwater though, is it?

6:48:356:48:38

It's diving in the sky as well, Martin.

6:48:386:48:39

-This clip is incredible. Can you talk us through it?

-My favourite.

6:48:396:48:42

What we did, we wanted to try and find out how fast a

6:48:426:48:44

peregrine falcon, bird of prey,

6:48:446:48:46

could actually stoop through the air.

6:48:466:48:47

-Incredible.

-Here it comes.

-GASPING

6:48:476:48:49

What we did is, we jumped off a hot-air balloon

6:48:496:48:51

carrying a speedometer, and our presenter fell...

6:48:516:48:55

Here he is. ..158mph.

6:48:556:48:57

Could the peregrine falcon catch up? Yes. It caught up with them.

6:48:576:49:01

So we knew... Look at it! In that mummy position.

6:49:016:49:03

They can fly faster than 158mph.

6:49:036:49:07

-And it sort of tucks its wings in like a fighter jet.

-Yeah...

6:49:076:49:10

-..through the sky. It's incredible, isn't it?

-Speed just racking up.

6:49:106:49:13

-Hope I remembered it right.

-180.

-180!

6:49:136:49:16

OK, I added 6mph. But that was absolutely awesome, yeah.

6:49:166:49:19

It's a challenge for you in one of the programmes.

6:49:196:49:21

-Ah, bring it.

-As long as it's not great whites, that's fine.

6:49:216:49:25

That's what it's all about. Well, make sure you watch

6:49:256:49:28

Springwatch tonight, that's 8 o'clock, live on BBC TWO.

6:49:286:49:30

And it's on next week Monday to Thursday. Brilliant show.

6:49:306:49:33

-Make sure you're watching.

-That's right.

6:49:336:49:34

Thank you so much.

6:49:346:49:35

Remember to head to the website bbc.co.uk/bluepeter

6:49:356:49:39

because, actually, we've got a live feed. We've got a live camera there.

6:49:396:49:42

And you can check out what's going on on the website.

6:49:426:49:44

There's loads of different ones you might get,

6:49:446:49:46

so make sure you head there. It's changing all the time.

6:49:466:49:48

It could be goldfinches, owls, it's changing lots.

6:49:486:49:51

-Bitterns.

-Bitterns as well, nightingales,

6:49:516:49:53

there's loads. Guys, thank you very much for joining us.

6:49:536:49:55

Make sure you're watching Springwatch later on.

6:49:556:49:58

That's right. Now, here in Minsmere we are just minutes from the coast.

6:49:586:50:01

And whilst there's the whole team here looking after wildlife,

6:50:016:50:04

there's a whole team out there at sea looking after people.

6:50:046:50:07

'Meet Josh, he's 17 years old and lives in Swansea.

6:50:106:50:14

'Josh lives a pretty normal life.

6:50:146:50:17

'He goes to sixth form college, enjoys walking his dog Billy...

6:50:176:50:20

'..and playing rugby with his mates.

6:50:236:50:24

'But there's one thing that makes him different to other teenagers.

6:50:286:50:31

PAGER BEEPS

6:50:316:50:32

'In his spare time, Josh is a hero.'

6:50:326:50:34

Someone's in trouble, I've got to go.

6:50:346:50:36

'Josh saves lives.'

6:50:366:50:37

-Josh, good to meet you.

-Hi. Nice to meet you too.

6:50:536:50:56

-So, you're a volunteer for the RNLI?

-Yeah, yeah.

6:50:566:50:58

-Our boat's in here. Do you want to come and have a look?

-Absolutely.

6:50:586:51:01

'The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a charity

6:51:036:51:06

'that saves lives at sea.

6:51:066:51:08

'There are lifeboat stations all over the UK.

6:51:096:51:13

'And last year, the RNLI rescued over 8,000 people.

6:51:136:51:18

This is the crew area where you drive the boat from.

6:51:186:51:21

This place is like a spaceship. Who sits here? This looks like the boss.

6:51:216:51:24

Yeah, this is the boss.

6:51:246:51:26

He's got one heck of a view there. It's like a computer game.

6:51:266:51:29

You have the little joysticks to steer and to go.

6:51:296:51:33

-I was expecting a steering wheel.

-It's all done on the computers now.

6:51:336:51:36

'When emergencies come in

6:51:386:51:40

'the RNLI need to get to sea as quickly as possible.

6:51:406:51:43

'To do this, they need some serious power.'

6:51:436:51:47

We're in the engine room now.

6:51:476:51:48

We have two engines, 1,000 horsepower each.

6:51:486:51:51

That's like having a Lewis Hamilton Formula One engine, and two of them.

6:51:516:51:55

-Yeah.

-And, Josh, what does being a volunteer actually involve?

-Uh,

6:51:556:52:00

each volunteer carries around these pagers,

6:52:006:52:04

and they go off whenever anyone needs help at sea.

6:52:046:52:07

It could go off at any time, 24/7.

6:52:076:52:10

Always got to be ready.

6:52:106:52:11

Have you had to rescue anybody yet?

6:52:116:52:13

Yeah, I have. The day after my birthday I made my first rescue.

6:52:136:52:17

There were two French tourists stuck on the island.

6:52:176:52:20

-A lot of people get cut off by the tide.

-And you went and rescued them?

6:52:206:52:23

Yeah. Got there just in time, really.

6:52:236:52:25

-So they were happy to see you?

-Yeah, very.

6:52:256:52:27

MUSIC: Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap

6:52:276:52:29

That rescue off the coast of Mumbles

6:52:296:52:31

made Josh the youngest ever lifeboat volunteer in active service.

6:52:316:52:35

And to make sure he's always prepared

6:52:356:52:37

when a real emergency happens,

6:52:376:52:39

the RNLI carry out practice drills...

6:52:396:52:42

like this one.

6:52:426:52:44

As we head out to sea Josh has got a surprise for me.

6:52:566:53:00

Today, it's me that's going to be rescued.

6:53:026:53:06

-HE SHOUTS:

-I don't have a motor and

6:53:066:53:07

I don't have any oars,

6:53:076:53:09

so, unless they come for me I'm going to be pretty stuck.

6:53:096:53:14

I hope Josh comes.

6:53:146:53:16

-OVER RADIO:

-Radzi's about 200m ahead.

6:53:186:53:22

OK. Preparing Y boat now.

6:53:226:53:24

In today's drill Josh is using the smaller Y class boat.

6:53:266:53:29

It's easier to manoeuvre and he can get as close to me as possible.

6:53:296:53:33

Straight ahead, straight ahead.

6:53:336:53:36

Keep going.

6:53:366:53:37

As Josh gets to work I await my fate.

6:53:386:53:41

Think they're coming in this direction.

6:53:426:53:44

Now, if you look around, the sun's just come out,

6:53:446:53:47

the waves aren't too choppy, and I'm in a boat.

6:53:476:53:50

Can you imagine how scary it would be if I was actually in the water,

6:53:506:53:54

it was dark, I couldn't see anyone?

6:53:546:53:57

I've swam in water this cold, and I know exactly what it's like.

6:53:576:54:00

'But it's not long before Josh is with me.'

6:54:016:54:03

You OK, mate? How's it going?

6:54:046:54:06

I'm glad to see you guys.

6:54:066:54:08

-Hanging in?

-Yeah, just about.

6:54:086:54:10

I'm in.

6:54:136:54:15

Yes!

6:54:156:54:17

Thank you, guys.

6:54:176:54:18

-HE TALKS OVER RADIO

-We have Radzi aboard.

6:54:256:54:27

Roger that. We're just going to drop the door. Make your way in.

6:54:276:54:30

Come on.

6:54:366:54:38

That is impressive stuff.

6:54:386:54:40

Josh, thank you so much for today.

6:54:436:54:45

Not only was it my very first experience on a lifeboat,

6:54:456:54:48

but I took part in a real-life RNLI rescue.

6:54:486:54:52

Doesn't get any better than that.

6:54:526:54:54

-PHONE BEEPS

-Josh. Josh?

6:54:546:54:57

Josh?

6:54:576:54:58

-HE SHOUTS:

-Josh!

6:54:586:54:59

SEAGULLS SQUAWK

6:55:036:55:04

Don't take any notice of that face, as long as he's got cold water

6:55:066:55:08

and sport, Radzi's a happy man.

6:55:086:55:10

Last week if you were watching you would have seen

6:55:106:55:12

the relaunch of Blue Peter's sport badge 2014. Look at it.

6:55:126:55:16

To earn your own Blue Peter sport badge, all you have to do is

6:55:166:55:18

inspire a friend or relative to take up the sport that you love.

6:55:186:55:21

Yes. If you're struggling for ideas then maybe this summer's

6:55:216:55:23

Commonwealth Games could help you.

6:55:236:55:25

It's a shame there's no song, really, that explains it better.

6:55:256:55:28

-I love a song.

-Yeah, me too.

6:55:286:55:30

Here's Brett Domino.

6:55:306:55:31

# Commonwealth Games

6:55:326:55:35

# The Commonwealth Games

6:55:356:55:38

# This is a song that's all about the Commonwealth Games

6:55:386:55:43

# Yeah

6:55:436:55:44

-HE RAPS

-The Commonwealth Games is a regular thing

6:55:446:55:46

It dates back to a time when George V was king

6:55:466:55:49

Although the first official event was held in 1930

6:55:496:55:51

But let's stop the history there before I get too nerdy

6:55:516:55:54

PERCUSSION

6:55:566:55:59

-HE TALKS

-So what is the Commonwealth?

6:56:056:56:06

I've got an idea but I'm not confident.

6:56:066:56:08

It's basically a family of nations across all the different continents.

6:56:086:56:10

Once upon a time these were all part of the British Empire,

6:56:106:56:13

but we'll just have to cover that in another song cos,

6:56:136:56:15

you know, it'll just take too long.

6:56:156:56:16

-HE RAPS

-Lots of people move to Britain from Africa and Asia

6:56:166:56:19

Others went to places like New Zealand and Australia

6:56:196:56:22

Although the different nations have their own independence

6:56:226:56:24

They have regular meetings at which they're all in attendance.

6:56:246:56:27

Right, so, what's the Games bit? Can you be more specific?

6:56:276:56:29

Steven, you know what Games are.

6:56:296:56:31

Do you not remember the Olympics?

6:56:316:56:32

So, it's like the Olympics but just with Commonwealth countries?

6:56:326:56:34

-Understood.

-Yeah, it's like the Olympics

6:56:346:56:36

But just not as...big.

6:56:366:56:38

-HE RAPS:

-There's 10 core sports that they do every time

6:56:386:56:40

Then there's seven different ones the host city decides on

6:56:406:56:43

That's 17 in total

6:56:436:56:44

And they range from long distance triathlon

6:56:446:56:46

To that one with the...

6:56:466:56:47

-HE TALKS:

-Tell you what, I'll just list them.

6:56:476:56:49

There's aquatics, gymnastics, badminton and boxing.

6:56:496:56:51

Cycling, shooting, athletics and hockey.

6:56:516:56:53

Netball, judo, squash, triathlon, rugby sevens.

6:56:536:56:55

Table tennis, weightlifting, lawn bowls and wrestling.

6:56:556:56:57

-HE RAPS:

-So, this year the Games is being hosted by Glasgow

6:57:006:57:02

It's the first time that they've hosted

6:57:026:57:04

But not the first time Scotland has though

6:57:046:57:05

The Games took place in Edinburgh in '86 and 1970

6:57:056:57:08

It's held every four years The last one was held in Delhi.

6:57:086:57:10

So what's the Queen's baton relay?

6:57:106:57:12

-Is that something to do with it?

-Yeah.

6:57:126:57:13

It's a bit like the Olympic torch, part of the opening celebrations

6:57:186:57:21

It'll pass through 70 places in 288 days

6:57:216:57:24

It's coming back to the UK at the end of May

6:57:246:57:26

You might see it, It's travelled over 100,000 miles

6:57:266:57:29

That's like going around the Earth's surface 4¼ times

6:57:296:57:32

# Ah, ah, ah, ah

6:57:326:57:34

-# Commonwealth Games

-(It's the Commonwealth Games)

6:57:346:57:36

-# The Commonwealth Games

-(Commonwealth Games, oh)

6:57:366:57:39

# So, look out for the Games in July. #

6:57:456:57:50

Thanks.

6:57:506:57:53

-It's quite easy to dance to really, isn't it?

-I love Brett Domino.

6:57:536:57:56

If you want to see that song all over again

6:57:566:57:58

head to the website.

6:57:586:57:59

We love him. We're obsessed.

6:58:016:58:02

You've been in touch and told us what your wildlife spots are.

6:58:026:58:05

Violet Mashstag says,

6:58:056:58:07

"I went to the Norfolk Broads with school last year

6:58:076:58:09

"and saw some amazing swallowtail butterflies

6:58:096:58:11

"which are really rare, and I think are only found near there."

6:58:116:58:14

-Well done, Violet Mashstag.

-This is one of my favourite ever.

6:58:146:58:17

Purple Caramel Gadget says, "Once, I was playing with my friends,

6:58:176:58:20

"and a grey squirrel jumped onto my head."

6:58:206:58:22

-What?!

-That's really bizarre.

6:58:226:58:25

That's genius. Maybe it was just comfy there.

6:58:256:58:28

Navy Blue Squashy Lettuce...

6:58:286:58:29

Honestly, these names get better by the second.

6:58:296:58:31

"A heron landed in my garden with a fish in its mouth."

6:58:316:58:34

-LINDSEY GASPS.

-Wow, that's got to be good.

6:58:346:58:35

My goodness! And, the last one, Maroon Ice Angel says,

6:58:356:58:38

"I went to Canada. We spotted a bear at the side of the road

6:58:386:58:40

eating berries from a tree."

6:58:406:58:42

-How often do you see that?

-As they do.

6:58:426:58:44

Thank you so much for getting in touch. That's it for today.

6:58:446:58:46

On next week's show we're back in the lovely sunny Salford.

6:58:466:58:49

Yes! That's right. We are getting super excited about the World Cup

6:58:496:58:52

in Brazil very soon,

6:58:526:58:53

and we'll be live from the Blue Peter garden.

6:58:536:58:55

We'll catch up with Leah from Newsround. She's in Rio,

6:58:556:58:58

-and going to be talking to us...

-Jealous.

-I know, how lucky?

6:58:586:59:00

She'll tell us about the World Cup as it kicks off.

6:59:006:59:02

And, we're playing this sport. Check it out.

6:59:026:59:04

It's called bubble football.

6:59:046:59:07

I'll also show you how to make this unique Fathers' Day card.

6:59:076:59:09

Have a lovely week. This is where we smile and wave.

6:59:096:59:11

-Smile and wave. See you next week, same time! All:

-Bye.

6:59:116:59:14

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