Episode 4

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0:00:44 > 0:01:07finding out what a bird's life

0:01:33 > 0:01:47'before he begins a mammoth journey he'll get from his parents

0:02:00 > 0:02:06'They grew up watching and

0:02:06 > 0:02:17'And other animals sharing

0:02:42 > 0:02:49at the different ways birds make

0:02:49 > 0:02:59'the structures we build,

0:03:24 > 0:03:37are fighting over a piece

0:03:37 > 0:03:42'Early morning in

0:03:42 > 0:03:53'A goldcrest is busy looking

0:03:53 > 0:04:02'Most of us don't realise

0:04:02 > 0:04:14'Beside the main road

0:04:14 > 0:04:17It's really unusual to be eye level

0:04:33 > 0:04:47which means they laid eggs

0:04:47 > 0:05:05They've got this prehistoric 1,000 years ago, not now.

0:05:22 > 0:05:38returns to the nest,

0:05:38 > 0:06:12dishevelled looking birds

0:06:32 > 0:06:42people and birds alike.'

0:06:42 > 0:06:44But it's not always the case. that's quite poor for birds.

0:06:50 > 0:07:01They'll attract the insects.

0:07:01 > 0:07:19And we're talking here about birds on earthworms and grubs.

0:07:52 > 0:08:01'These are the gardens of Gregynog

0:08:01 > 0:08:10appeared on the Welsh landscape

0:08:15 > 0:08:22This is a great tree. It's a

0:08:46 > 0:08:55But if we want to see it, we've early morning and then flies off.

0:09:25 > 0:09:44His face and his belly to be insulated all around.

0:09:54 > 0:10:04variety of possibilities

0:10:04 > 0:10:07'Jackdaws use chimneys as

0:10:22 > 0:10:38warming themselves up

0:10:42 > 0:10:45'These have discovered

0:11:09 > 0:11:27'All over Wales,

0:11:53 > 0:12:10'Because they're usually

0:12:10 > 0:12:22There's a lovely old barn here.

0:12:24 > 0:12:33from the wind, from the rain,

0:12:50 > 0:13:04'But this family

0:13:17 > 0:13:23season for them, as all the

0:13:23 > 0:13:34'There must have been

0:13:34 > 0:13:43'The weakest perish.

0:14:01 > 0:14:08'as they help keep rodents to accommodate barn owls

0:14:25 > 0:14:40'and they're nesting on the pier 'These are kittiwakes

0:15:10 > 0:15:46better than some of the

0:15:46 > 0:15:52'And generations of chicks have

0:15:52 > 0:15:54that nest here.

0:16:19 > 0:16:34'presumably because with the the chicks have hatched,

0:16:34 > 0:16:38'Compared to sea cliffs,

0:16:38 > 0:16:47of visitors keeps predators,

0:16:59 > 0:17:04'In the port of Holyhead

0:17:26 > 0:17:35'They're beautiful birds

0:17:35 > 0:17:57'And currently, there's only one and crevices in sea cliffs.

0:18:38 > 0:18:50in our urban surroundings

0:18:50 > 0:19:09It's incredible just how adaptable

0:19:31 > 0:19:39countryside for them.

0:20:04 > 0:20:18'Here, the anchor point

0:20:25 > 0:20:30'Although in the middle of town, the

0:20:34 > 0:20:58is from predatory birds,

0:20:58 > 0:21:06'This is the River Leri

0:21:06 > 0:21:17Cambrian railway, which joins

0:21:23 > 0:21:39'They've discovered that the

0:21:44 > 0:22:07are not the correct shape

0:22:40 > 0:22:56'Pretty much everything impressed by the activity.

0:23:06 > 0:23:15'Gulls have been active

0:23:15 > 0:23:26'It's an activity that you'll only looking for food.

0:23:26 > 0:23:37efforts of the gulls

0:24:01 > 0:24:11seems to dominate others

0:24:19 > 0:24:22'Gulls are not popular with the

0:24:40 > 0:24:48'And this is very important

0:24:54 > 0:24:58'And there's a good reason

0:25:09 > 0:25:21near the centre,

0:25:25 > 0:25:36with food for their chicks

0:25:36 > 0:25:45'they return and regurgitate 'With their gullets full,

0:26:17 > 0:26:24because they know when it's bin day are really intelligent birds

0:26:24 > 0:26:42small patch of space on this

0:26:42 > 0:26:50'there's always a possibility from their own patch,

0:26:50 > 0:27:07numbers during the breeding season,

0:27:07 > 0:27:15'but you have to admire beautiful views of the bird world,

0:28:02 > 0:28:27'In my next Secret Life of Birds,