0:00:09 > 0:00:12# Listen up, look around you
0:00:12 > 0:00:16# There's a magical world to explore
0:00:22 > 0:00:32# There's a major adventure
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Is everybody here? Lily-Rose.
0:01:47 > 0:01:53me Skipper's going to quack as well?
0:01:53 > 0:01:59Don't be silly. She's a dog. Dogs don't quack, they woof.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Quack, quack. Quack, quack.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack!
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Now for the Green Balloon club
0:02:46 > 0:02:51# We love animals, plants and birds
0:02:51 > 0:02:54# Large and small, we love them all
0:02:54 > 0:03:00# And we love all the snakes as well cos we are the Green Balloon Club! #
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Right, let's see if we can spot
0:03:05 > 0:03:11I spotted a mallard duck the other
0:03:14 > 0:03:20later. A special report's coming in.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Who is it? Louis and Stanley.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32We live at the lock keeper's cottage. Our dad is a lock keeper.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35We're going on the canal. Come on!
0:03:39 > 0:03:43it's made by humans, not by nature.
0:03:43 > 0:04:02It still has lots of wildlife.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13We love coming on the boat.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18It's small from the outside
0:04:18 > 0:04:21There's lots of room for our coats.
0:04:21 > 0:04:30And to have a nice relaxing time
0:04:34 > 0:04:40so we can spot the wildlife.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48That's not seaweed, that's algae.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55There's two pigeons up there.
0:04:55 > 0:05:01There are some seagulls over there.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Look, there's some mallard ducks.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20There are some mallard ducklings.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24We're coming up to some more geese.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29We'll pass through the lock. The water is higher than in the canal.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37We're going down very quickly.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40We're going back out again.
0:05:40 > 0:05:46Thanks for coming to the canal with us, Green Balloon. BOTH: Bye!
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Thanks for showing us your canal.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56brilliant for looking for wildlife.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01I loved all them water birds.
0:06:25 > 0:06:32If you're by the river in the countryside, see if you can spot one of Britain's rarest creatures.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I'm a water vole. I live in a burrow.
0:06:46 > 0:06:56I'm the same size as a guinea pig.
0:07:43 > 0:07:57Many animals make a quick meal
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Eeek! That was a lucky escape.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15for when there's not much food
0:08:15 > 0:08:20Hmmm! My favourite - fresh apple.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35Water voles are very interesting.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I saw something very interesting.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49What's Skipper up to? I think she may have a job for the ground crew.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Would you like some help, Skipper?
0:08:59 > 0:09:04"Put a smile on our face by helping us make our breathing place."
0:09:16 > 0:09:20There's our mission, ground crew.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24What have you got there, Adam?
0:09:24 > 0:09:31What does it say? "Put a smile
0:09:39 > 0:09:44A positive labyrinth? It's a maze!
0:09:44 > 0:09:49There's only one path to the middle.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54Oh, look a snail. Can you see the snail? Yes, I can see one.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58It's coming out. It is coming out.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02You've got some stuff growing
0:10:02 > 0:10:06This is all woodland. It's lovely.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10You've got silver birch trees.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12And a pine tree. It is a pine tree.
0:10:12 > 0:10:18And pine cones everywhere as well. These have given me an idea.
0:10:18 > 0:10:24We're going to take these things we found in your woodland and garden
0:10:52 > 0:11:34What do you want to do, Amy?
0:11:34 > 0:11:40It'll look great in the labyrinth.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54And we found the Mission Machine.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Back to you in the Green Balloon.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09pinecones and bark to print with.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21It's really interesting to see
0:12:21 > 0:12:26I've got this one, and a big leaf.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36And a conker. Yes, a conker.
0:12:40 > 0:12:46Let's do it on the veiny side. Let's do a red colour. Okey-dokey.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52The veins are poking through.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11Yeah, that's done. Very good!
0:13:11 > 0:13:17You can see it coming through. Put it on a piece of paper.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35It's very squidgy. Oooh-er!
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Squeeze as hard as you can.
0:13:44 > 0:13:50Shall we do another one? Yeah. Let's do the conker now. Yes.
0:13:50 > 0:13:56Roll it in a different colour.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04I think that'll be all right. We can scratch it across the paper.
0:14:04 > 0:14:21Now I've got a new sheet for you,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46I'm in Bill Oddie's garden!
0:14:49 > 0:14:55I've put some food out for the birds.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58We're going to see what comes. Yes.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02But you do have to be quiet. I KNOW!
0:15:02 > 0:15:06REALLY quiet. Yes. Can you do that?
0:15:06 > 0:15:10I hope we see something I've never
0:15:15 > 0:15:20I've seen lots of pigeons, bluetits
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Well, there's a pigeon now. Yeah.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33and there's lots for them both
0:15:33 > 0:15:37but they're always fighting. Hmm.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42What I'm really looking for
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I didn't know you could get
0:15:50 > 0:15:53It's got blue on it! He's got
0:15:53 > 0:15:58it's got white on its rump - do you know what that is? That's its bum.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Bottom. Bottom. Whichever you like.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04And it's got a lovely crest,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10They make a horrible noise. I don't know if they will now
0:16:10 > 0:16:15but sometimes they go, "Wagh!", like a cat. They squeal at each other.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27I've got a friend called Jay!
0:16:32 > 0:16:35It is absolutely fantastic. Right.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39You know, people are always surprised
0:16:43 > 0:16:47They mistake it for something else.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Fair enough, parrots are usually
0:16:54 > 0:16:58No, you wouldn't. Yes, you would.
0:16:58 > 0:17:05Oops! There's one coming right now!
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Just like me! Just like you, yeah.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Do you want to know what it is?
0:17:11 > 0:17:15All right, fine. It's not exactly a parrot. It's called a parakeet.
0:17:15 > 0:17:24So it's like a small parrot.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29And they make terrible noises.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34You think the jay makes a horrible noise? Well, a parakeet, ooh!
0:17:48 > 0:18:03Yes, I saw the Parakweet...
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Right in your back garden.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Our back garden. All right, go on.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19They're amazing birds, aren't they?
0:18:19 > 0:18:23But they're quite difficult to see
0:18:26 > 0:18:30What's that Skipper? Have you seen
0:18:40 > 0:18:45If you go on our website you'll have to choose from a ladybird or a jay.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49I'm sure you want to choose the jay,
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Hey, Jay. You never told us about those mallard ducks you saw.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Green Balloon Club members!
0:19:17 > 0:19:21of duck and at this time of year
0:19:22 > 0:19:28The males, that are called drakes,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34And the females are mostly brown.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39After they have chicks in the summer,
0:19:39 > 0:19:44all their old, worn feathers fall out
0:19:44 > 0:19:47nice new feathers for flying.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56This means they don't stand out much.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01Look for male mallards with green and brown feathers on their heads.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05You might find their old feathers
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Try spotting moulting mallards at your local pond or river.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15A mix of green and brown feathers
0:20:31 > 0:20:39That's what I noticed! That the males were losing their green heads.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29# There's a great big world
0:21:43 > 0:21:45# Where the sun shines bright
0:21:53 > 0:21:57ALL: # Let's go play outside
0:22:03 > 0:22:07# You can go out where the air
0:22:10 > 0:22:13# Skip through fields so fast
0:22:13 > 0:22:16# And we'll make daisy chains
0:22:23 > 0:22:26# Our friends will all be there
0:22:26 > 0:22:30ALL: # Let's go play outside
0:23:03 > 0:23:05# Mother Nature feels so right
0:23:11 > 0:23:13# You know you wanna play out
0:23:23 > 0:23:27# You know you wanna play outside
0:23:32 > 0:23:36# You know you wanna play outside
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