:00:13. > :00:19.. The swallows have gone to Africa. . The swallows have gone to Africa.
:00:19. > :00:24.I can hear the Russell of a wood louse over there. It is the season
:00:24. > :00:28.of mists and mellow fruit. There is something new around, what is it?
:00:28. > :00:32.The smell of The smell of something new. The
:00:32. > :00:41.swallows may have gone but I am here to keep these buys no check for this
:00:41. > :00:51.year's Autumnwatch Live. SNP. Es s?
:00:51. > :01:11.
:01:11. > :01:14.Hello and welcome to Autumnwatch Hello and welcome to Autumnwatch
:01:14. > :01:16.Live 2011. I don't know about you gits, I am excited about this
:01:16. > :01:21.series. We have eight weeks, we will be spreading ourselves all
:01:21. > :01:25.the country and our objective as usual is to bring you the very best
:01:25. > :01:31.of British wildlife at this time of year. We have great things in
:01:31. > :01:34.bag. We have also, Martin, got a brands new rose in town. I can hug
:01:34. > :01:38.brands new rose in town. I can hug strak stack whenever I want to. I am
:01:38. > :01:43.already worried. I know that is not usually this
:01:43. > :01:45.is not usually this nice, he is easing me in. It will go down. You
:01:46. > :01:49.easing me in. It will go down. You have been on the programme for 40
:01:49. > :01:53.seconds and insulted me. We have to explain where we are just
:01:53. > :01:59.off, we have come to a place we think is the best to bring you the
:01:59. > :02:05.start of autumn, the National Arboretum in Gloucestershire, an
:02:05. > :02:10.extraordinary place. 240 hectares, 16,000 trees here, and more than
:02:10. > :02:14.3,000 different species. I can tell you that 2000 of those are the
:02:14. > :02:18.exotic maims, which are famed for turning reds in the autumn. Of
:02:18. > :02:23.course, we will have our eyes on the natives, we will look at the
:02:23. > :02:27.fantastic spread of colour will which burst here. I love the burst.
:02:27. > :02:32.I have to say this is for me a really gorgeous place to start
:02:32. > :02:36.Autumnwatch. I find it romantic, I find autumn romantic with the
:02:36. > :02:42.changing colours of the leaves, the reds and all that testosterone of
:02:42. > :02:48.the deer, the rutting deer, the spawning salmon. Steady. Take it
:02:48. > :02:54.easy. Have you signed the contract. You are jealous you can't compete
:02:54. > :02:58.with spawning salmon and rutting deer. What I do like about autumn is
:02:58. > :03:03.the cozy at night-times. For the next eight weeks on Friday
:03:03. > :03:12.live, I will be getting cozy with these boys. What more could a
:03:12. > :03:15.want? Chocolates? I was thinking the same. Mussel, wealth, intelligence.
:03:15. > :03:19.Fortunately, it is not just about Friday nights. All week the
:03:19. > :03:23.will be out and about to bring the best of British wildlife in the
:03:23. > :03:28.autumn, all the drama that the season brings. We will feature
:03:28. > :03:32.places throughout the UK that we think are special, from Exmoor to
:03:32. > :03:34.Anglesey to the Caledonian forests. It is not just the three of us, we
:03:34. > :03:38.have special guest have special guest presenters as
:03:38. > :03:40.well. This autumn, we will
:03:40. > :03:44.This autumn, we will be visiting This autumn, we will be visiting
:03:44. > :03:53.some of the most iconic wild places, to bring you the very best of the
:03:53. > :04:03.season's wildlife. We will be joining familiar faces, sharing wild
:04:03. > :04:04.
:04:04. > :04:14.And we say hello to new faces and And we say hello to new faces and
:04:14. > :04:18.
:04:18. > :04:25.Sit back, relax and enjoy watching Sit back, relax and enjoy watching
:04:25. > :04:26.But of course Autumnwatch crucially But of course Autumnwatch crucially
:04:26. > :04:33.Sit back, relax is about you. We need to hear from
:04:33. > :04:36.you. It is your programme. So get in contact with us, if you can. What a
:04:36. > :04:42.strange summer it has been. It very, very cold, the coldest summer
:04:42. > :04:47.since 1993. Then we had that blazing ends to it, boiling hot. Must have
:04:47. > :04:52.had bizarre effects on our wildlife, my garden was aflame with
:04:52. > :04:56.butterflies. Aflame. That is talk we like on Autumnwatch. Let us
:04:56. > :05:04.know what you have been seeing in your garden, you have been getting
:05:04. > :05:11.in contact. . They have seen bunting and waxwing. He is excited already.
:05:11. > :05:16.I would like to say that. And. There are ladybirds and a humming bird,
:05:16. > :05:22.quite late. And the hedgehogs have been eating him out of house and
:05:22. > :05:32.home, they will fatten up for winter. Keep that stuff coming in,
:05:32. > :05:35.Hold on. Let's keep the Post Office Hold on. Let's keep the Post Office
:05:35. > :05:39.in business. You could write a letter. Get an envelope and put
:05:39. > :05:45.stamp on it. I like real letters. Or you could get a pigeon and attach
:05:45. > :05:49.the letter to the pigeon. Or a cleft stick with a runner. Moving on, I
:05:49. > :05:52.think it is official. Autumnwatch Live has started. As we
:05:52. > :05:56.we have been out and about, we started at the beginning of this
:05:56. > :06:06.week in the glorious weather. We went to a very beautiful part of
:06:06. > :06:09.
:06:09. > :06:18.What better place to explore the What better place to explore the
:06:18. > :06:20.autumn season than the for et Dean and the Wye Valley.
:06:20. > :06:24.Nestling on the border of England Nestling on the border of England
:06:24. > :06:34.and Wales, this place is not only famed for its iconic scenery
:06:34. > :06:35.
:06:35. > :06:39.look at that, but also for its great diversity of rich habitats.
:06:39. > :06:44.This is the River Wye, 130 miles This is the River Wye, 130 miles
:06:44. > :06:49.wrong, which makes it Britain's fifth longest river. And it is
:06:49. > :06:57.teeming with wildlife, we have kingfishers, otters and it is the
:06:57. > :07:00.life-blood of the forest that surrounds it.
:07:00. > :07:04.Right now in autumn is one of the Right now in autumn is one of the
:07:04. > :07:14.best times to explore the woods, from the canopy to the forest floor,
:07:14. > :07:16.
:07:16. > :07:19.it is home to more wildlife than any other habitat in the UK.
:07:19. > :07:23.We did find some little gems in the We did find some little gems in the
:07:23. > :07:27.Wye Valley. It was such a beautiful couple of days to be there. We
:07:27. > :07:32.looked for slightly different things. I went looking for a rather
:07:32. > :07:37.unusual mammal that had I lived in mediaeval times would have been
:07:37. > :07:40.to spot. It disappeared, it has come back to the delight of most people,
:07:40. > :07:46.but it has caused a lot of controversy. I will be finding out
:07:46. > :07:50.about that. I didn't need ex-mediaeval ma'am apples, I needed
:07:50. > :07:56.what Michaela found in an old tree. It was just as exciting. That
:07:56. > :07:59.coming up later in the show. I had a strange, mysterious nocturnal
:07:59. > :08:09.encounter with one of my favourite animals right here in the Wye
:08:09. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :08:23.Have you ever heard the term SSSI, Have you ever heard the term SSSI,
:08:23. > :08:30.site of special scientific interest. And the smallest site of special
:08:30. > :08:38.scientific interest in England is right there. So the question is:
:08:38. > :08:41.What could possibly be inside that building to make it so special?
:08:41. > :08:45.I am about to find out from the man I am about to find out from the man
:08:45. > :08:50.responsible for making this a protected site in the first place.
:08:50. > :08:59.David is a licensed expert, he will keep a careful eye on everything we
:08:59. > :09:04.are about to do. There are
:09:04. > :09:10.We will leave them sleeping. Right. We will leave them sleeping. Right.
:09:10. > :09:16.Let's reveal what they are, these are lesser horseshoe bats.
:09:16. > :09:20.Excellent. Correct. Autumn is the last chance to see lesser horseshoe
:09:20. > :09:24.bats, soon, them disperse and disappear into their winter
:09:24. > :09:31.hibernation sites. Tonight, we will use an array of technology to see
:09:31. > :09:34.and hear the bats as they emerge. This is fascinating. They
:09:34. > :09:40.starting to wake up. They are. They are doing their equivalent of
:09:40. > :09:47.morning abluinges. He is having a good scratch. They will have a good
:09:47. > :09:52.cleanup. Yes. Why are they called horseshoe bats. That is interesting.
:09:52. > :09:59.Instead of through the mouth, they hum them through the nose. In order
:09:59. > :10:05.to get a concentrated beam they have the weird horseshoe shaped
:10:05. > :10:08.nose leaf. You can see it there. On the nose leaf, yes you can.
:10:08. > :10:15.That one there has a hole in its That one there has a hole in its
:10:15. > :10:21.wing. He stretched out. Yes. Can they repair that? They can, yes. It
:10:21. > :10:27.heals quickly. And amazingly, with virtually no scar tissue. It fades
:10:27. > :10:32.David, there is a lot more active David, there is a lot more active
:10:32. > :10:37.now, etc getting darker. They are moving around, everyone is awake.
:10:37. > :10:41.They will fly around in the to the building to see how dark it
:10:41. > :10:46.is, only when it is dark enough will they venture out and go into the
:10:46. > :10:54.night to feed on insects. Shall we go down? Yes. A lot of activity now.
:10:54. > :11:00.David and our bat detectors. They David and our bat detectors. They
:11:00. > :11:10.will hiss but this will bring the bat echo location into our hearing
:11:10. > :11:11.
:11:11. > :11:21.change. These bats make the most extraordinary sound. (bat sounds).
:11:21. > :11:25.
:11:25. > :11:35.It is the X Files, isn't it? That is It is the X Files, isn't it? That is
:11:35. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:43.the normal flight route. Straight past us into the woods.
:11:43. > :11:49.I think that one went through our I think that one went through our
:11:49. > :11:53.legs. Very agile flyers, I have seen one fly under an inch and a half gap
:11:53. > :11:58.under a door with a level floor. That is good. The sound sick
:11:58. > :12:02.purchase is so accurate, they can fly in between bushes, trees and
:12:03. > :12:07.pick a spider off a leaf. Yes. They can twist and turn through the
:12:07. > :12:14.twigs. They will fly knew these trees without slowing down, right
:12:14. > :12:20.How many do you think there are in How many do you think there are in
:12:20. > :12:28.the roost at the moment? At the peak in July, including babies, 739
:12:28. > :12:32.year. 739. Why is this area in Wye Valley so good for these bats? I
:12:32. > :12:36.think it is just got the right combination for them. It is fairly
:12:36. > :12:42.mild still, a lot of woodland they like. And it is less
:12:42. > :12:52.intensively farmed. Basically, all that builds up to lots of insects
:12:52. > :13:02.Let's be quiet for a moment and Let's be quiet for a moment and
:13:02. > :13:04.
:13:04. > :13:10.listen to this extraordinary sound. (bat sounds).
:13:10. > :13:15.Thank you for to date my top autumn Thank you for to date my top autumn
:13:16. > :13:17.Thank you for to date my top autumn I tell you what, Martin, it is not
:13:17. > :13:18.I tell you what, Martin, it is not I tell you what, Martin, it is not
:13:18. > :13:22.Thank you for unusual for bats to be active
:13:22. > :13:27.at this time of year, if it is like this. Because like those who
:13:27. > :13:31.are shoes, many will move to winter roosts. It is worth thinking
:13:31. > :13:36.about, if you are walking back from the pub, depending which time
:13:36. > :13:39.to the pub. There will be bat activity if it is warm for the
:13:39. > :13:46.foreseeable future. We have just asked you to get in contact with us.
:13:46. > :13:55.And you have. On Twitter says: An owl calling on Autumnwatch. We heard
:13:55. > :13:59.it. Tawny owl. Right. Bats again, you can, get a bat detector. It
:13:59. > :14:04.massively enhances your enjoyment, some of them are expensive of the
:14:04. > :14:10.but anything from �30 to 300 for the fancy ones. They are brilliant. They
:14:10. > :14:15.bring the bats' worlds into our world. They are fabulous. Plug over.
:14:15. > :14:21.What fw the bats you encountered, they are extraordinary. One could
:14:21. > :14:27.say they were grimly fiendish. This picture taken by the guy I was with,
:14:27. > :14:34.you can properly see that bizarre looking horse sloo face. Isn't that
:14:34. > :14:39.weird? They emit that sound through it. It comes out through their
:14:39. > :14:43.noses, not through their mouths. We have had all day you could think
:14:43. > :14:49.about emiting that sound. You produced a sound that is more akin
:14:49. > :14:56.to a cow than a bat. Let me move on. I have commissioned something
:14:56. > :15:03.special here. This is a facsimile of the - make sure you get a perfect
:15:03. > :15:07.shot. I am pleased with this, it neat, neat. This was made by a
:15:07. > :15:12.wonderful researcher. This is the bat's nose showing the architecture.
:15:12. > :15:17.What this is about, as you know, is about projecting a cone of sound
:15:17. > :15:22.forward from the nose so it will bounce back from the objects the
:15:22. > :15:25.bats encounter and be received in their ears. This is what this
:15:26. > :15:31.leaf-like structure is about, shaping a cone of sound. What a
:15:31. > :15:38.triumph of evolution and modelling clay this is. Are you sure that is a
:15:38. > :15:43.bat's nose? It looks donlg to me. Dodge? A bit of a worry. Going
:15:43. > :15:47.to the photograph, the photograph of the bat, that looks like a player in
:15:47. > :15:55.the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. That has been smacked in the face.
:15:56. > :16:01.Look at that nose. Can she stay? Only a mother could love. We follow
:16:01. > :16:04.the beautiful game. I can't believe inthe one talking about rugby, my
:16:04. > :16:07.partner would be proud. Something people are talking about, mind you,
:16:07. > :16:11.it is a British pasttime to be talking about the weather, it is
:16:11. > :16:17.this extraordinary weather we had this week. We started off this
:16:17. > :16:21.week in t-shirts. It was beautiful, glorious sunny weather. We had a
:16:21. > :16:28.record temperature for October in Cambridge, 29.
:16:28. > :16:35.Cambridge, 29.3C. Now it is turned into autumn, this is what you would
:16:35. > :16:39.expect. How does that affect the wildlife. We have monitored it, the
:16:39. > :16:44.cameramen got these pictures. is a species that over winters as an
:16:44. > :16:47.adult. What you can see it doing, along with this is topping up on
:16:47. > :16:52.late summer nectar, to they have enough reserves to
:16:52. > :16:58.through the hibernation period. soon as it gets nasty, they
:16:58. > :17:02.hibernate. We saw large dragonflies. Look at this, an adder basking.
:17:02. > :17:08.Depending on the weather, this can be unusual. They will be thinking
:17:08. > :17:12.about moving under ground to hibernate. Can I say something about
:17:12. > :17:17.adders. I think this last letters burst of warm weather may have been
:17:17. > :17:23.a huge benefit to our adders. I found out that adders eat between 7
:17:23. > :17:28.and 9 approximately mice or voles per year. Not very many. It takes
:17:28. > :17:33.them ten to 14 days to digest that. They are thinking about going into
:17:33. > :17:38.hibernation now. They cannot start to hibernate with a halfdy jerted
:17:38. > :17:46.mouse in their stomaches. Who can. Terrible wind. This burst of
:17:46. > :17:51.might have raised their metabolism and digest that last mouse. They
:17:51. > :17:55.hibernate earlier. With a full stomach to see them through the
:17:55. > :17:58.winter. Adders are in trouble. I guess this discussion about the
:17:58. > :18:05.weather throws out the question what is in autumn and when does it
:18:05. > :18:11.start? Martin, what would you say? I would say the 1 October. I would say
:18:11. > :18:21.21 September, the equinox. There is no conSeine us. I have to ask, what
:18:21. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:32.Just look at this, there can't be a Just look at this, there can't be a
:18:32. > :18:37.finer place anywhere in the lands to answer this question. Than
:18:37. > :18:41.National Arboretum. Complete the collection of exotic trees,
:18:41. > :18:46.including these acer species North America and Asia.
:18:46. > :18:52.the ones famed for having their leaves turn red during this season.
:18:52. > :18:56.Autumn, what in a word? We used to call this harvest before we moved
:18:56. > :18:59.into towns and took up the French autumn. Then the Americans call it
:18:59. > :19:03.the fall. Not for the falling leaves actually but because it comes from
:19:03. > :19:07.the old Norse, to fall from a great height, meaning the change in
:19:07. > :19:13.seasons. That of course is what autumn is all about, the season
:19:13. > :19:18.between summer and winter. It is governed by the astronomical
:19:18. > :19:23.exknocks, in reality nature doesn't listen. We enjoy thermal lag,
:19:23. > :19:28.basically, the ground warms up it delays all of the changes that we
:19:28. > :19:31.equate to that season. Of course, one of the joys of autumn no autumn
:19:31. > :19:35.is like the other, we is like the other, we get a new one.
:19:35. > :19:40.Some people think autumn might be early on account of the dry spring.
:19:40. > :19:47.If you have looked at horse chestnuts, they are yellow earlier.
:19:47. > :19:52.That is likely to be due to that spring, perhaps the insidious leaf
:19:52. > :19:58.bug. Other trees, we will be carefully monitoring the turn in
:19:58. > :20:05.colour here at the National Arboretum. Stay tuned to see when
:20:05. > :20:11.I feel that answered the question. I feel that answered the question.
:20:11. > :20:14.Thank you very much, we now know. Good. Now, if you remember
:20:14. > :20:19.springwatch, one of springwatch, one of the highlights
:20:19. > :20:23.for me was our ospreys. We joined forces with the project. They put a
:20:23. > :20:28.camera in an osprey's nest. Let's remind ourselves what it looked
:20:28. > :20:35.For the first time in hundreds of For the first time in hundreds of
:20:35. > :20:43.years, a pair of ospreys bred on the estuary in west Wales. Nora, the
:20:43. > :20:48.play, had three eggs, all of them hatched out. It was great
:20:48. > :20:52.at the as tray project, which is down the road from where we were.
:20:52. > :20:57.far as anyone knows, there are three breeding pairs in the whole country.
:20:57. > :21:02.That makes these chicks very important for the recovery of the
:21:02. > :21:08.osprey in Wales. When we left at the end of Springwatch the
:21:08. > :21:13.were less than two weeks old, tiny things crouched in the nest, reliant
:21:13. > :21:15.on on their parents, Monty and Nora.
:21:15. > :21:19.We couldn't just leave those chicks We couldn't just leave those chicks
:21:20. > :21:23.all alone, we wanted to find out we could what happened to them next
:21:23. > :21:27.in their lives. They are not going to stay in Wales, they will
:21:27. > :21:33.undertake a migration. How are going to do that? We had to get in
:21:33. > :21:39.contact with someone very special to fit satellite trackers on them. This
:21:39. > :21:45.would not be easy. We called the when it comes to ospreys. He will be
:21:45. > :21:51.embarrassed by me, he is a legend. Some people call him the Clint
:21:51. > :21:56.Eastwood. He has the right haircut. It is more about his attitude, they
:21:56. > :22:00.acconservationist who gets things done. He is a ledge jemdz.
:22:00. > :22:03.Brilliant. Roy Dennis is the man with a licence to fit these
:22:03. > :22:09.satellite trackers to ospreys. One other thing, when he started his
:22:09. > :22:17.work, if I got in right, there was one osprey nest in the UK, now 250.
:22:17. > :22:24.That is in part. A testament to his work. OK. He agreed to join us. Roy
:22:24. > :22:26.takes up the story in his takes up the story in his own words.
:22:26. > :22:30.The big day was planned very The big day was planned very
:22:30. > :22:36.carefully. It was the first time anyone had approached the nest since
:22:36. > :22:42.the chicks hatched. Mum, Nora, flew high above us calling out to her
:22:42. > :22:49.chicks. She was keeping a very close eye on what we were up to. The
:22:49. > :22:56.osprey project team and I had to get everything just right. We have three
:22:56. > :23:00.birds, great that they were fed on fresh food. The weather is perfect.
:23:00. > :23:03.Excellent opportunity to do it. The timing was crucial, the chicks
:23:03. > :23:08.to be exactly the right to be exactly the right size so
:23:08. > :23:12.their satellite tags would fit. They are a good size but still have
:23:12. > :23:18.growth in the tail and wings. We ringed all three chicks to give
:23:18. > :23:23.a unique ID. That is a 99 on there. These rings will help us identify
:23:23. > :23:29.the individual chicks by sight. it was time tort more important
:23:29. > :23:36.of the day, fitting each chick with its own satellite transmitter. These
:23:36. > :23:40.have a solar panel. They take a GPS reading every hour of daylight. If
:23:40. > :23:45.the bird is flying, they give the speed of the night, direction of
:23:45. > :23:51.night and the altitude the flying. They tell us a lot of
:23:51. > :23:58.information. Each sat lie tag wares just 30 grams. The same as a packet
:23:58. > :24:03.of crisps. I will sew these together with pure cotton. Assix or
:24:04. > :24:08.years, the cotton rots. Then the raid yok can fall off. Having the
:24:08. > :24:13.birds outof the nest like that was a rare opportunity to see them up
:24:13. > :24:20.close. This is the last one, this is the female. It is heavily
:24:20. > :24:24.on the front of each weather. they are adult, the females are much
:24:24. > :24:32.more heavily streaked males. The other noticable thing is
:24:32. > :24:39.the juvenile eyes are oaker. When the adult is full, the adult eyes
:24:39. > :24:48.are yellow. Tremendous change. These are our three chicks. How will
:24:48. > :24:53.When will they set off on their When will they set off on their
:24:53. > :24:58.migration? Will all three of them make it safely to west Africa?
:24:58. > :25:02.will be exciting following them on their autumn migration. That is a
:25:02. > :25:07.really good brood, two males and female, excellent type for ringing
:25:07. > :25:12.and tagging them, fully grown, not ready to fly, another week or so
:25:12. > :25:17.before they nigh. They are back into the nest, laying down, we
:25:17. > :25:20.go away, and the female should be back within ten minutes, quarter of
:25:20. > :25:29.an hour. The rain held off, it wasn't windy, perfect conditions. I
:25:29. > :25:33.That was fantastic. Roy said she That was fantastic. Roy said she
:25:33. > :25:37.should be back in ten mitts, she was back in eight minutes. Everybody
:25:37. > :25:42.safe. No problems. Got the expert atz work. Look, I have one of the
:25:42. > :25:49.transmitters, this is one of the ones we are using, 30 grams as
:25:49. > :25:54.has said. This is very exciting times for us to live. Whilst a lot
:25:54. > :25:59.of birds are in troubling, we are able to learn so much more about
:25:59. > :26:03.them, so much more quickly. Ten years ago, we wouldn't have been
:26:03. > :26:10.able to do this. This would have been the size of a double-decker
:26:10. > :26:15.bus, way too heavy for an osprey. It wares the same as 211,
:26:15. > :26:22.wares the same as 211,666 packets of crisps. What flavour, Chris? Smoky
:26:22. > :26:27.trout. We will continue to osprey story later on. Now, Michaela. Do
:26:27. > :26:32.you what I love is they reintroduced themselves into Wales. Normally,
:26:32. > :26:36.when we talk about reintroducing an animal into the UK, there is endless
:26:36. > :26:42.forums and discussions and analysis that takes a couple of years, if you
:26:42. > :26:48.are lucky, the animal will go back into the wild like the beavers.
:26:48. > :26:54.There is a management plan in place. What happens When an animal escapes
:26:54. > :26:57.into the wild? Thz what happened in the forest of Dean. Although the
:26:57. > :27:07.escapeees are a great tourist attraction, they have also caused a
:27:07. > :27:10.There is one animal that you might There is one animal that you might
:27:10. > :27:16.be lucky enough to spot here in Forest of Dean, that you won't get a
:27:16. > :27:20.chance to see in many UK. That is the wild boar.
:27:20. > :27:26.Historically, the forest of Dean was a royal hunting ground. Wild boar
:27:26. > :27:30.was so popular at mediaeval banquets, they were hunted to
:27:30. > :27:35.extinction by the 13th century. The boar have reappeared in the forest,
:27:35. > :27:42.by escaping from farms and illegal dumping. Their comeback has
:27:42. > :27:47.controversy. They can overturn a lot of soil when they are feeding, this
:27:47. > :27:53.digging is beneficial for the forest as it encourage new species,
:27:53. > :27:58.understandably, isn't so popular in gardens and parks. Some people,
:27:59. > :28:07.especially dog walkers, are worried about the boar being aggressive. But
:28:07. > :28:13.the biggest concern is that they are prolific breeders, one sow can have
:28:13. > :28:17.100 piglets. As the population grew, there was a public consultation, the
:28:17. > :28:25.commission, who are responsible for managing the forest, introduced
:28:25. > :28:30.cull. Ian Harvey needs to balance at the needs of the boar and people who
:28:30. > :28:34.use the forest. The balance is to keep a low population in the forest,
:28:34. > :28:39.not to eradicate them, hopefully away from the communities and the
:28:39. > :28:43.centres of population, where people are living, so the interactions
:28:43. > :28:47.where they are getting into gardens and causing problems are reduced.
:28:48. > :28:51.Not everyone believes the boar are managed effectively. I am meeting
:28:51. > :28:56.Alastair Frazier from the boar, who thinks the cull is no
:28:56. > :28:57.longer necessary. I have a lot of sympathy with the force industry
:28:57. > :29:03.commission. They don't there are, I don't
:29:03. > :29:08.there are. What I do know, there aren't as many as there were. I
:29:08. > :29:12.think we reaped the stage where we need a proper scientific
:29:12. > :29:18.of the boar numbers. That is exactly what the commission are trying to
:29:18. > :29:23.do. I am joining Ian on a boar census to get a better idea
:29:23. > :29:33.many boar are living in the forest. Ian has a night scope he uses for
:29:33. > :29:34.
:29:34. > :29:44.Can you see them. Yes. On the bank Can you see them. Yes. On the bank
:29:44. > :29:45.
:29:45. > :29:49.That is the coolest thing. I can see That is the coolest thing. I can see
:29:49. > :29:54.three of them, is that what you saw? Three. What sort of age
:29:54. > :30:00.is it difficult to tell? Looking at the body size and shape, about six
:30:00. > :30:04.to eight months. Why do you have to do this census at night? It
:30:04. > :30:09.difficult. Without this, you see them. No. That is right. It
:30:09. > :30:14.gives us a better chance of seeing a true reflection on the number of
:30:14. > :30:19.animals because they are nocturnal in their feeding patterns. They come
:30:19. > :30:26.out and feed through the night and lay back up in thick cover in the
:30:26. > :30:32.day. When they first were released, they were much tamer? Yes. They have
:30:32. > :30:37.become shier and nocturnal. That is right. They were
:30:37. > :30:42.people, they came from a boar farm. In a natural state, they are more
:30:42. > :30:49.nocturnal and wary. Before we out tonight, I did think
:30:49. > :30:55.they have a vague idea of how there are. I see the problem. This
:30:55. > :31:00.is guesstimate stuff? It is the first time woe carried out, the more
:31:00. > :31:06.frequently we do it, the more accurate it becomes. Will these
:31:06. > :31:11.three stay for hours. It is fallen acorns which are nutritious, a
:31:11. > :31:17.of energy. If they are happy, they will feed until they push on
:31:17. > :31:25.feed on something else or they have had enough. Very cool to see them. I
:31:25. > :31:30.I would like to explain something, I would like to explain something,
:31:30. > :31:34.Martin and Chris. Because that film makes me look half blind. You can
:31:34. > :31:38.see me looking at the boar. But it was actually pitch black. Unless you
:31:38. > :31:48.use the scope or at the special its camera equipment, you couldn't see
:31:48. > :31:52.
:31:52. > :31:56.You are a fine one to talk. Joking You are a fine one to talk. Joking
:31:56. > :32:00.aside, there is something important to say. Boar can be a great asset to
:32:00. > :32:05.the environment. When it comes to woodland, what they do is smash it
:32:05. > :32:10.up literally. Their eco-system engineers. What they are doing
:32:10. > :32:14.turning over the soil and one thing this does is allows the seed bank,
:32:14. > :32:17.all of those seeds left in the soy, which are perfectly able to become
:32:17. > :32:21.active, to germinate, seeds that might have been there for 50 years.
:32:21. > :32:27.If they do it over a wide area, you get new plants growing. They clear
:32:27. > :32:31.away the Bracken and the bramble all of this increases the
:32:31. > :32:36.biodiversity. If you get more species of plant, you get more
:32:36. > :32:41.species of insect and then birds everything else. Boar can be a great
:32:41. > :32:46.enhancement to woodland. Another crucial point, they are indigenous,
:32:46. > :32:51.not an invasive species fmtdz they are set to be here. They are
:32:51. > :32:56.controversial. What concerns of the boar is if there is
:32:56. > :33:00.be a cull, you need to know how many boar are there? That is a crucial
:33:00. > :33:06.question and secondly, when would you cull? You don't want to cull
:33:06. > :33:10.sows when they have piglets. I personally have a suspicion we are
:33:10. > :33:14.zoophobic, we are fine with cuddly animals, when they are big and
:33:14. > :33:18.fierce and can't control them, we don't like them. That is just me. We
:33:18. > :33:25.don't live withmy large predators, the only country that doesn't have
:33:25. > :33:30.any large predators. Do you think we are intolerant? We are used to
:33:30. > :33:34.living outthem. You are right. We have our own opinions. It is not our
:33:34. > :33:39.opinions that count on this. We want to know what you think, what are
:33:39. > :33:46.your views and get a discussion going on our blog. Check out our
:33:46. > :33:52.website and let us know what you think. Where did he go? He
:33:52. > :33:59.the boar is chasing him. Look at him. I haven't seen him go so fast.
:33:59. > :34:08.We have talked as boars as foragers. He is not a hairy boar, he is a
:34:08. > :34:14.hairy bringsly Andy. Sorry for that intro. Andy will prepare something
:34:14. > :34:21.from things he found around here, in the wild. In the wild. It smells
:34:21. > :34:25.strange. Gorgeous. We will find out more about this later on. Smells
:34:25. > :34:33.like booze. Back to Chris Michaela.
:34:33. > :34:39.I feel Sendentory. Have you had Andy's delights? Put it this way,
:34:39. > :34:47.I had cons pace - I couldn't get the words out. It would have solved the
:34:47. > :34:50.problem. Was it a natural enema. Public enemy. Chris doesn't like
:34:50. > :34:56.surprises, I found something a little special that I wanted to keep
:34:56. > :35:05.as a surprise for him. I think, Chris, you weren't disappointed. It
:35:05. > :35:13.Start looking up and tell me what Start looking up and tell me what
:35:14. > :35:16.you can see. Trees. Look around. A wonderful dead tree. What is
:35:16. > :35:23.wonderful dead tree. What wonderful dead tree. What is in it?
:35:23. > :35:30.I can't believe you can't see it. Can't you see? Wow. One of my
:35:30. > :35:34.favourite animals. Hornetss,. They are going strong. Look at that
:35:34. > :35:39.gorgeous nest. The interesting thing once one has a role like the
:35:39. > :35:44.century, it does that every day. It does that one thing. That animal
:35:44. > :35:49.there poised, waiting to see if anything intrudes, if it does, it
:35:49. > :35:56.will investigate, if it thinks it a threat, it will warn it first by
:35:56. > :36:03.head butting. We are very safe here. Because these insects cannot sting
:36:03. > :36:09.you. They won't say sting unless you move. If I were to go up to the nest
:36:09. > :36:17.slowly, coy stick my nose into it, they don't like mammal breath. They
:36:17. > :36:24.probably equate it to a bear. You can get close and the guards will be
:36:24. > :36:29.like this. Then if you go like in with your arm, them immediately
:36:29. > :36:35.sting you. They are easy to live with, you have to be passive,
:36:35. > :36:42.out of their way. Looking at the nest, it is almost a paper bark
:36:42. > :36:48.nest. That is chewed up old wood and saliva. . Yes. They chew specific
:36:48. > :36:53.wood of the right dense at this. They will put their saliva with it,
:36:53. > :36:57.if they are thirsty, they will have a drink and go out with water
:36:57. > :37:03.land on the wood, turn it into a pulp and lay it down in these
:37:03. > :37:08.delicate ribbons. The purpose of that is to twofold, it is to protect
:37:08. > :37:11.the comb inside. It is principally about thermal regulation, to keep
:37:11. > :37:16.the comb at the optimum for the development of the young, to
:37:16. > :37:21.keep it kooltd awarm. Sometimes if it gets hot, you will see the
:37:21. > :37:27.animals around the outside fanning with their wings to ventilate
:37:27. > :37:35.nest. Are you impressed? You didn't think it would be hornets. I thought
:37:35. > :37:40.you found funghi or something. An impressive top of the food chain
:37:40. > :37:43.insect predator, a terminator. loves them.
:37:43. > :37:47.You see that was a little surprise You see that was a little surprise
:37:47. > :37:53.gem for you in the woods. Started so well. You have led me astray in the
:37:53. > :37:58.woods, now we have had fun in the bushes. It is getting worse. Going
:37:58. > :38:02.back to the hornets, which we should, is it normal to see hornets
:38:02. > :38:06.that late? They are a larger insect than wasp. Critical is firstly
:38:06. > :38:10.making sure all the males can the nest. They will hang about for a
:38:10. > :38:15.couple of weeks. Then the Queens. The males will mate with them,
:38:15. > :38:19.fertilise them, all the workers will die and the males. It will be the
:38:19. > :38:23.Queens which will over winter and find somewhere to hibernate and go
:38:23. > :38:28.into November sometimes. Look out for them. It was a treat. I
:38:28. > :38:33.thoroughly enjoyed watching those hornets. Good stuff. I have been
:38:33. > :38:41.corrected. Right at the thing, I said the swallows had gone. David on
:38:41. > :38:44.Facebook said house Martens today. It is still summer, folks. Sorry. He
:38:44. > :38:48.had his surprise, I am a surprise of my own in Autumnwatch.
:38:48. > :38:54.I am going badger watching. With a difference. For the very
:38:54. > :38:59.we will go live underground with badgers, not today, later on in the
:38:59. > :39:04.week. Monday will start that. Are you sure? I am positive. Is it going
:39:04. > :39:09.to work? Are you like a Womble that goes underground? I hope so. It is
:39:09. > :39:14.bugged, it is bugged with cameras. Hopefully fantastic. That is not a
:39:14. > :39:19.cultural point of reference. To another surprise, our cameramen,
:39:19. > :39:24.whilst down to the forest of Dean, saw these birds. Cross bills, two of
:39:25. > :39:30.them up there feeding on the cones. You can see a male regurgitating
:39:31. > :39:38.food to a youngster. Using its cross bill to prise open to get the
:39:38. > :39:42.out. The youngster is flickering, begging behaviour. Look at this,
:39:42. > :39:49.look at the bird's bill. If it turns, you can see that it has
:39:49. > :39:55.cross there. These crossing starts whilst they are in the nest.
:39:55. > :39:59.the male, larger, much more formidable bill, matured for opening
:39:59. > :40:06.cones. When they hatch, their bill is conventional, they begin to cross
:40:06. > :40:10.in the nest. 50% of them cross to one side, 50% to the other side. The
:40:10. > :40:14.reason is they open cones, therefore, from one side or another.
:40:14. > :40:17.This means that half of the cross bills can feed on one side,
:40:17. > :40:23.the other, you can have twice as many in the same place at the same
:40:23. > :40:29.time. That is extraordinary. How do you know that? He is so clever. It
:40:29. > :40:33.is a miracle of nature. As well as of those, there are other animals
:40:33. > :40:39.storing up for the winter. Lots people do it, put on extra fat. For
:40:39. > :40:45.animals, it is a crucial time to get thosecalries in. Where do they
:40:45. > :40:55.for that special autumn meal? What do they get out of it? I think we
:40:55. > :41:01.
:41:01. > :41:05.When it comes tots autumn harvest When it comes tots autumn harvest
:41:05. > :41:10.for birds, there can't be richer pickings than our hedgerows. In
:41:10. > :41:16.UK, we are lucky to have masses of them, fact, dp we lined them end
:41:16. > :41:20.end, they would stretch 20 times around the planet. They are a rich
:41:20. > :41:27.habitat. Replicating woodland edge, they can contain 600 different
:41:27. > :41:31.species of plants and trees. Many of which produce fruit and berries. In
:41:31. > :41:36.the wintertime, birds would do best by eating seeds and insects, the
:41:36. > :41:41.trouble is they have to find them and handle them. Berries occur in
:41:42. > :41:46.vast numbers and they are easy to spot. In one metre of a hedge like
:41:46. > :41:52.this one, in a bumper year, you can find 10,000 berries. They are
:41:52. > :42:02.to spot. Bright red against the green. What do the birds get out
:42:02. > :42:10.
:42:10. > :42:13.them, energy and lots of it. In 100 grams of blackberries, 50 calories:
:42:13. > :42:17.That is the birds get out of it? That is the birds get out of it?
:42:17. > :42:21.What about the plants? What they are demonstrating is a fantastic example
:42:22. > :42:27.of co-evolution. You see these plants have put energy and resources
:42:27. > :42:32.into producing these berries. They have invested. What do they get?
:42:32. > :42:37.Dispersal. The birds eat the berries, they digest them, but not
:42:37. > :42:43.the seed inside. They fly many away, it passes through them to
:42:43. > :42:46.germinate? Where where it is not in competition with the parent plant
:42:46. > :42:55.and colonised a new area. It is win-win. As you shall ooh, in
:42:55. > :43:00.science, we have a name for it, we call it:
:43:00. > :43:05.How many calories in 100 grams of How many calories in 100 grams of
:43:05. > :43:10.blackberries? 80. I don't know why I bother. I speak to farmers
:43:10. > :43:14.be watching the programme, think about leaving your hedges to grow
:43:14. > :43:21.into longer. If they don't frz the longer growth patterns in them, they
:43:21. > :43:27.can't produce the frurtd for the birds. We shouldn't underestimate
:43:27. > :43:31.how important hedges are, 80% of birds rely on hence for food and
:43:31. > :43:36.shelter. Talking of shelter, we haven't been into the studio. Follow
:43:37. > :43:43.me, Chris. You are excited about this. It is lush. It looks gorgeous.
:43:43. > :43:51.It is all cozy. These windows looking out are fantastic. We have
:43:51. > :43:57.our little cushions, leather sofa. Do you like it? Yes, OK. Understated
:43:57. > :44:01.reaction. It is very, very posh. Way too posh for me. I can't get that
:44:01. > :44:06.excited about domestic thingsment however, there are - aside from
:44:06. > :44:14.getting food from hedgerows, other animals have different strategies.
:44:14. > :44:22.One we saw in the Wye Valley was animals caching food. Here is a
:44:22. > :44:29.vole, if you look, she picked up a beech nut. Look, rather eat it,
:44:29. > :44:37.takes it away and hides it. Scirls are famous for caching. They bury
:44:37. > :44:44.lots of acorns. They do mischievous things lie pretending to bury them.
:44:44. > :44:49.Look at the wiggle. Bum wiggle that goes on. Cool. That is excellent. Of
:44:49. > :44:55.course, people will see all this going on in their gardens and
:44:55. > :44:59.woodlands. Look out for it, see if you see squirrel or the birds and
:44:59. > :45:05.mammals getting their nuts. Or caching them in strange places.
:45:05. > :45:15.Animals will cache them into flower pots. You never know. You might get
:45:15. > :45:20.cache in the attic. Oh! Mind you, it would only be worth peanuts. Peanuts
:45:21. > :45:25.to coffee apples, out with Martin. She gave it away. I would say
:45:25. > :45:34.are you going to make? It are you going to make? It is toffee
:45:34. > :45:39.apples. It is coffee with a twist. We are using sloes and things you
:45:39. > :45:47.can collect. I don't know if you can see this. It is boiling away. This
:45:47. > :45:55.one is ready to go. That is almost ready, sticky. You will roll the
:45:55. > :46:01.apples in the coffee. To give the flavour, you have wide herbs and
:46:01. > :46:03.things. It is the wild fruit which gives it colour. Depending on what
:46:04. > :46:09.colours you colours you are using. I can't wait.
:46:09. > :46:10.Chris, here is your helper. Coffee apples. He
:46:10. > :46:19.apples. Chris, here is your helper. Coffee
:46:19. > :46:23.April always. Right. It is time for the second instalment of the osprey
:46:23. > :46:28.story. We have left Roy Dennis, who managed to put the satellite tags on
:46:28. > :46:33.the osprey chicks. Over a month later, he went back to see how they
:46:33. > :46:38.Throughout the summer, the chicks Throughout the summer, the chicks
:46:38. > :46:44.were monitored at their nest site in west Wales. The project had their
:46:44. > :46:49.cameras recording the birds' move. I was keen to find out how
:46:49. > :46:54.they got on, at the end of met up with one of the staff at the
:46:54. > :47:01.project who spent hours watching our family grow up. What we are seeing
:47:01. > :47:06.is a selection of highlights to show you. They certainly developed into
:47:06. > :47:12.individual characters, firstly, we have the elder male, blue ringed.
:47:12. > :47:18.When it came to fledgling, he was more advanced. He was calm and did
:47:18. > :47:22.very sensible flights, was quick explore the area more. The next one
:47:22. > :47:28.down seemed a little more wet. Him and the little girl stayed in the
:47:28. > :47:34.nest, were afraid to go. The of the three birds, she is very keen
:47:34. > :47:41.on her food, it took her longer to fly. She got a reputation as a sit
:47:41. > :47:47.around and eat a lot of kind of girl. It seems this is the confident
:47:47. > :47:52.one. This is the anxious chick, a slow starter. And the
:47:52. > :47:56.laidback one to sit and watch they are brothers tested
:47:56. > :48:02.wings. All three chicks took to the air eventually, only after a lot of
:48:02. > :48:06.practice. They were constantly doing what I call helicopter flying, build
:48:06. > :48:11.up the flight muscles, which is concerningment you see them drifting
:48:11. > :48:18.up and going off the screen and back down. They are worried they
:48:18. > :48:24.make it. Then they finally go. Yes. Especially our baby girl. Being the
:48:24. > :48:28.heaviest, it took her more effort to off the nest. She helicoptered up,
:48:28. > :48:32.wasn't as controlled as the males and went over the edge. I think it
:48:32. > :48:38.panicked her more than anything. She flew and landed on the ash tree and
:48:38. > :48:43.sat there for half an hour before back to the nest. That is one of the
:48:43. > :48:47.risks, if they fall in the vegetation, I have known ospreys
:48:47. > :48:51.occupied the tree. A few days earlier, when we
:48:51. > :49:00.earlier, when we panned down, there was a fox under the nest. They would
:49:00. > :49:03.Once the young flenned, mum set off Once the young flenned, mum set off
:49:03. > :49:07.on her migration, leaving dad in charge. It was up to him to make
:49:08. > :49:14.sure his chicks were well fed, in the best possible condition for
:49:14. > :49:19.This is a wonderful viewpoint This is a wonderful viewpoint
:49:19. > :49:25.looking across the estuary. Yes. You can see dad is not having to go
:49:25. > :49:29.far, the main part, which is he is getting their supply of food.
:49:29. > :49:33.At this stage, even though they are fledged and not far away from a big
:49:33. > :49:39.journey, our youngsters are be catching any fish for themselves.
:49:39. > :49:45.They are reliant on a good supply of food from dad. This is a superb
:49:45. > :49:49.habitat, you can see why your chicks are so good. It's deal to have such
:49:49. > :49:53.easily accessible food is undoubtedly what led to all
:49:53. > :49:58.going on successfully. It is no different to having a supermarket on
:49:58. > :50:01.your doorstep. Our three chicks have had the best possible start to life
:50:01. > :50:05.here in Wales. They will need They
:50:06. > :50:12.They are about to undertake an extraordinary 3,000-mile journey all
:50:12. > :50:18.the way to west Africa. Our studies show only half of ospreys survive
:50:18. > :50:25.their first migration. In the next few days or next week, they will
:50:25. > :50:30.head over those hills? That will a happy and sad occasion when we see
:50:30. > :50:35.that. When we had the pair settle April, we never expected three eggs.
:50:35. > :50:40.We never expected three to hatch. We never expected three to fledge.
:50:40. > :50:45.Extremely pleased and proud. Qualitily, from will be that tinge
:50:45. > :50:48.of sadness. We know the statistics, we know what a hard journey they
:50:48. > :50:58.will have and have to prepare ourselves to let them go and
:50:58. > :51:01.
:51:01. > :51:04.Such beautiful birds. Stunning. Such beautiful birds. Stunning.
:51:04. > :51:11.Powerful birds, every step of their lives is fraught with danger from
:51:12. > :51:15.now on. It has already. He said they will go down, fly south to Africa.
:51:15. > :51:23.Whereabouts? What is your journey. I have
:51:23. > :51:28.Map of journey, here is Scotland and Wales. We expect them to go across
:51:28. > :51:32.the channel, some of them go around the coast of France, some cut across
:51:32. > :51:38.the middle, many of them will nip across Spain to this area,
:51:38. > :51:45.across Spain to this area,gy bral tar, across the Bay of Biscay. They
:51:45. > :51:50.seem to work their way down the coast of Africa down here, Gambia,
:51:50. > :51:53.great river system for them forage in. We know this because 2,
:51:53. > :51:58.forage in. We know this because have been ringed in the UK, we only
:51:58. > :52:02.had 145 recoveries ever. We will learn so much more about these
:52:02. > :52:09.things now we have the satellites. Something strikes me, they have
:52:09. > :52:16.feed on the way, find fish. They don't fatten up, they feed. Every
:52:16. > :52:19.day. We know only half of them will survive. We are going to be able to
:52:19. > :52:24.follow every step of their journey. Very exciting.
:52:24. > :52:28.We think the weather is important to us, just think what it must be
:52:28. > :52:33.like for the osprey chicks flying thousands of kilometres. If there is
:52:33. > :52:38.a dramatic change, it is a matter of life of death, not just can we have
:52:38. > :52:44.a nice day out on Sunday. To find out what the weather holds for us
:52:44. > :52:49.and the wildlife who has to battle, let's go live to the BBC weather
:52:49. > :52:54.stenter. Is it going to stay autumnal or summer?
:52:54. > :52:59.Hello. I love your studio, it is better than mine. It is going to
:52:59. > :53:03.change a lot over the next few days, my advice is if you are heading
:53:04. > :53:09.this weekend, leave it until Sunday when it is warmer. This weekend sees
:53:09. > :53:13.a lot of cloud heading our way, a freshening breeze. As far as rain,
:53:13. > :53:23.Saturday is mainly in the west, Northern Ireland and western
:53:23. > :53:23.
:53:23. > :53:26.Scotland. Eastern areas, dry but not much sunshine and really cold.
:53:26. > :53:30.We have this chunk of cold air in We have this chunk of cold air in
:53:30. > :53:33.the east on Saturday. There is warmer air in the west. That pushes
:53:33. > :53:36.eastwards overnight, into Sunday. you are badger watching, you
:53:36. > :53:41.notice the rise in temperature. You will notice a stronger wind
:53:41. > :53:45.Sunday. We have rain to come towards the northwest, most other areas will
:53:45. > :53:50.be dry. We will be warmer, noticeably so in the southeast,
:53:50. > :53:54.sunshine and temperatures hitting 20 or 21C. Of course, it is no
:53:54. > :53:58.heatwave. It seems if you want to see an adder
:53:58. > :54:02.go on Sunday. They will keep their heads down on the Saturday. When it
:54:02. > :54:04.comes to wildlife and weather, one thing we are interested in is what
:54:04. > :54:08.thing we are interested in is what the winds are doing. Can you tell us
:54:08. > :54:13.about that? It is about the wind direction. Let
:54:13. > :54:17.me take you back to last weekend. We had this southerly wind bringing the
:54:17. > :54:21.record temperatures from North Africa, I understand it brought
:54:21. > :54:26.insects, some of which we wouldn't find on our shores. The last few
:54:26. > :54:30.days has seen the wind direction switching, much colder. The wind has
:54:30. > :54:36.been particularly strong, so much so the conquer championships had to be
:54:36. > :54:40.cancelled. This weekends see sees a westerly wind, it won't be strong on
:54:40. > :54:46.Saturday but a stronger wind if you are heading out during the course of
:54:46. > :54:50.Sunday. What impact that has on the wildlife and bird, you can tell
:54:50. > :54:54.Chris. Thanks for accurate information. I
:54:54. > :54:59.tell you what happens in terms of wildlife. Darren mentioned the
:54:59. > :55:06.warmer weather at the the week. We had these crimson
:55:06. > :55:12.footmen from Africa, the moths. A few of those appeared as is becoming
:55:12. > :55:21.typical, we also had glossy ibis coming from southern Europe, some
:55:21. > :55:28.have appeared in the UK. The infamous - I will leave it down
:55:28. > :55:33.there, the infamous magnetic map has failed. With an unsticky ibis.
:55:33. > :55:39.Hoping for more traction, from up north, the winds will be blowing
:55:39. > :55:45.birds from Iceland. We can expect Hooper swans into the northwest.
:55:45. > :55:55.Along with grey legged gOes and pink footed geese, staying in this area,
:55:55. > :55:55.
:55:55. > :56:03.a few might push south. Next week, I promise you no slippage.
:56:03. > :56:09.I am getting over the fact that the I am getting over the fact that the
:56:09. > :56:17.conker championships were cancelled. They look fantastic. Help
:56:17. > :56:27.yourselves. Will this gum my together? I cannot get through that.
:56:27. > :56:28.
:56:28. > :56:36.I thought Roman and now I have a toffee apple. Doubling as a mallet.
:56:36. > :56:39.Your recipes are on the website. This is on at the website.
:56:39. > :56:42.I am try that later on. Cheers. I am try that later on. Cheers.
:56:42. > :56:45.I hand you that? I don't know to do with it? We are coming
:56:46. > :56:51.the end of the programme. I would like to show the photographs we have
:56:51. > :57:01.had sent in to our Flickr site. at this super photograph of a red
:57:01. > :57:04.
:57:04. > :57:06.squirrel, taken by Highland Andy. We had this red deer stag.
:57:06. > :57:12.That is a Roman take photo. I love That is a Roman take photo. I love
:57:12. > :57:16.Tell us about this one. This is Tell us about this one. This is
:57:16. > :57:24.That is a something I did earlier, a few days
:57:24. > :57:30.ago. This is what my six-year-old and I did with these leaves. It is a
:57:30. > :57:33.butterfly. If you fan at this yourself as a Michaela Strachan,
:57:33. > :57:38.take your photographs of badly crafted butter nice. We would
:57:38. > :57:42.to see them. You have upset a six-year-old now. We are coming to
:57:42. > :57:46.the ends of the show, we will be back next week. We will be back for
:57:46. > :57:52.back next week. We will be back Autumnwatch Unsprung. And where are
:57:52. > :57:58.we going? We are spending to Spurn Point. It is a wild and wind swept
:57:58. > :58:04.place but fantastic for migrating birds. We are hoping to find plenty
:58:05. > :58:10.down there. Amazing looking spot. will be a tempting to go underground
:58:10. > :58:15.with the badgers. Will they turn up? Will our cameras work? I am hopeful
:58:15. > :58:20.this year, I think they will. We have extraordinary views of one of
:58:20. > :58:24.the most exciting migrants, salmon, with Charlie Hamilton-James. Stay