Episode 4 Iolo's Secret Life of Birds

finding out what a bird's life

'before he begins a mammoth journey he'll get from his parents

'They grew up watching and

'And other animals sharing

at the different ways birds make

'the structures we build,

are fighting over a piece

'Early morning in

'A goldcrest is busy looking

'Most of us don't realise

'Beside the main road

It's really unusual to be eye level

which means they laid eggs

They've got this prehistoric 1,000 years ago, not now.

returns to the nest,

dishevelled looking birds

people and birds alike.'

But it's not always the case. that's quite poor for birds.

They'll attract the insects.

And we're talking here about birds on earthworms and grubs.

'These are the gardens of Gregynog

appeared on the Welsh landscape

This is a great tree. It's a

But if we want to see it, we've early morning and then flies off.

His face and his belly to be insulated all around.

variety of possibilities

'Jackdaws use chimneys as

warming themselves up

'These have discovered

'All over Wales,

'Because they're usually

There's a lovely old barn here.

from the wind, from the rain,

'But this family

season for them, as all the

'There must have been

'The weakest perish.

'as they help keep rodents to accommodate barn owls

'and they're nesting on the pier 'These are kittiwakes

better than some of the

'And generations of chicks have

that nest here.

'presumably because with the the chicks have hatched,

'Compared to sea cliffs,

of visitors keeps predators,

'In the port of Holyhead

'They're beautiful birds

'And currently, there's only one and crevices in sea cliffs.

in our urban surroundings

It's incredible just how adaptable

countryside for them.

'Here, the anchor point

'Although in the middle of town, the

is from predatory birds,

'This is the River Leri

Cambrian railway, which joins

'They've discovered that the

are not the correct shape

'Pretty much everything impressed by the activity.

'Gulls have been active

'It's an activity that you'll only looking for food.

efforts of the gulls

seems to dominate others

'Gulls are not popular with the

'And this is very important

'And there's a good reason

near the centre,

with food for their chicks

'they return and regurgitate 'With their gullets full,

because they know when it's bin day are really intelligent birds

small patch of space on this

'there's always a possibility from their own patch,

numbers during the breeding season,

'but you have to admire beautiful views of the bird world,

'In my next Secret Life of Birds,