:00:09. > :00:16.It's day three and already we have had action, intrigue and beauty.
:00:17. > :00:29.Breaking news, beneath the shimmering surface of the swallow
:00:30. > :00:35.something is stirring. And I am looking for creatures in the muck.
:00:36. > :00:51.This is Springwatch. Hello! Welcome to Springwatch 2017.
:00:52. > :00:56.It's day three from the wonderful Sherbourne Park estate here in
:00:57. > :00:59.Gloucestershire run by the National Trust, 4,000 acres of fantastic
:01:00. > :01:02.farmland packed with wildlife. Day three, what do you think of the
:01:03. > :01:08.previous two, it's been going all right? I think so. We have had live
:01:09. > :01:13.barn owls, peregrines, Jays, I could go on. What about today? It's all
:01:14. > :01:18.been kicking off today. Certainly has. You start. There has been
:01:19. > :01:23.breaking news. Literally. Let's start with our swallows, let's look
:01:24. > :01:27.at our swallow live. As Chris said, she is a shimmering beauty and
:01:28. > :01:34.underneath that beauty she hides a secret. You got a peak there, she is
:01:35. > :01:41.in fact sitting on chicks and they hatched today. Let's have a look.
:01:42. > :01:47.This was this morning when a lot of you were having breakfast. You can
:01:48. > :01:54.see why she is a bit fidgety, there is the first chick hatching. She's
:01:55. > :01:58.looking down and grabs that broken egg shell and drops it. Now she
:01:59. > :02:03.should fly off with it or even swallow it, so that was an oops.
:02:04. > :02:09.Settles down again. The other adult comes back. Celebrating the new
:02:10. > :02:14.birth. Then almost an hour later she gets
:02:15. > :02:19.fidgety again and that's because the second chick is breaking out of the
:02:20. > :02:26.egg. Just think about how small these chicks are. They're absolutely
:02:27. > :02:29.tiny. They're about the size of a Ely bean or kidney bean. This time
:02:30. > :02:35.she gets that egg shell and does what she's supposed to do, she flies
:02:36. > :02:41.off. She topples out of the nest and out the window. Back they both come
:02:42. > :02:45.and they start to try and feed those brand new chicks. Not an easy job
:02:46. > :02:54.when they're that small. Settles down again. Starts to brood. At 2.
:02:55. > :02:58.55pm, gets fidgety, same reason. The third egg is hatching. You can just
:02:59. > :03:05.about see that if you look into the middle of that nest. Not sure the
:03:06. > :03:09.swallow realises what's going on. More interested in preening! But
:03:10. > :03:13.that's brilliant news. Breaking news, four eggs, that's what she was
:03:14. > :03:16.sitting on. Now three chicks. Interesting enough there is one egg
:03:17. > :03:21.left. What do you reckon the chances are? 50-50, I think. This morning I
:03:22. > :03:24.would have said there was a good chance of it hatching, if it's not
:03:25. > :03:28.hatched by tomorrow we are with those three which is nice. It's
:03:29. > :03:32.getting late. When I got into birds I was never into swallows, I didn't
:03:33. > :03:38.used to rate them. Really? They're beautiful. I was into much more
:03:39. > :03:41.obvious birds. But now they're a lovely shape, beautiful colours. The
:03:42. > :03:46.way it falls off that nest and swoops through the window so
:03:47. > :03:50.effortlessly. Acrobatic. Wouldn't you love to do that. Last night I
:03:51. > :03:53.will be honest we got pushed for time, we were going to introduce you
:03:54. > :03:58.to another nest but we ran out of time and couldn't do it. But let's
:03:59. > :04:02.go live to it now. We would still like to show it to you. It's down on
:04:03. > :04:06.the ground actually. As you can see, not a lot of activity there and
:04:07. > :04:11.that's for the simple reason that they fledged. It's the nest of a
:04:12. > :04:15.chiffchaff. This little warbler nests on the
:04:16. > :04:20.ground. It's hidden amongst the nettles in the wood close to the
:04:21. > :04:24.blue tits. They were in the nest for about 12-14 days and we have been
:04:25. > :04:31.watching them the last few days. Very busy. The adult here bringing
:04:32. > :04:35.in caterpillars, they bring in flies, beetles, a broad range to
:04:36. > :04:40.feed the chickens. Initially we thought there were four. -- to feed
:04:41. > :04:45.the chicks. It's like a Wren's nest on the ground. A little domed nest
:04:46. > :04:48.the. Today they started to leave. They've been in and out. This is
:04:49. > :04:54.proper fledging, this is how they leave. They can't fly yet but they
:04:55. > :04:57.can hop out of the nest and scramble through the foliage. You might
:04:58. > :05:01.wonder why they want to do that, you don't want all your chicks in one
:05:02. > :05:05.basket. The sooner you can get them out, the better the chance some will
:05:06. > :05:12.survive, if a predator finds the nest. Something like, well we have
:05:13. > :05:16.seen adders and stoats, and mice in the woods there. Over a period of
:05:17. > :05:20.time this afternoon all five of these chicks have hopped out.
:05:21. > :05:23.What lays in store for them? The adults will continue to feed them
:05:24. > :05:27.for weeks until they can fly themselves. Then they'll start
:05:28. > :05:31.foraging. Those adults will immediately start to build another
:05:32. > :05:34.nest and start another brood. Somewhere between six and eight eggs
:05:35. > :05:37.down there in the same patch of woodland, I have no doubt. Then at
:05:38. > :05:40.the end of the September, they'll be heading off to the Mediterranean or
:05:41. > :05:44.even parts of North Africa and hopefully at least some of those
:05:45. > :05:49.chicks will find a way back here next March. I am chuffed for those
:05:50. > :05:56.chiffchaff chicks. Nice to see them leaving, we caught the end of it.
:05:57. > :05:59.Yesterday we saw the jays leave, they fledged. One fell out of the
:06:00. > :06:02.nest and three fledged. We promised we would let you know how they're
:06:03. > :06:07.doing. I am pleased to say that all four of them are doing pretty well.
:06:08. > :06:11.We have spotted all four branching out away from their nest and they're
:06:12. > :06:15.all looking pretty good. They're all calling. The adults, we have seen
:06:16. > :06:20.them come back and feed them. Fingers crossed, they should be
:06:21. > :06:25.doing pretty well. So, the chiffchaffs have fledged and left
:06:26. > :06:32.us. The jays have left and Martin is also leaving us! I thought he would
:06:33. > :06:38.never fledge to be honest! He has fledged. Don't panic. He's not lever
:06:39. > :06:41.forever, he is on a road trip. -- he's not left forever, he will bring
:06:42. > :06:45.us a report from Wales tomorrow. We like to aim high when it comes to
:06:46. > :06:51.trying to find wildlife that lives in this environment. After all, it's
:06:52. > :06:55.not all excessible, it can be rare or shy. One creature we like to
:06:56. > :06:58.capture here is the otter. Beyond the ridge in the dip is Sherbourne
:06:59. > :07:05.brook and we have cameras out there where we hope to find these animals.
:07:06. > :07:09.Let's go live to one of them now. This one is down Back On Top the
:07:10. > :07:13.Wyre. You can see the brook. There is a heron there. Yes on the right
:07:14. > :07:16.side of the bank patiently waiting to find a fish. Plenty of fish in
:07:17. > :07:18.here which is why the otters are about.
:07:19. > :07:22.In the background on the left side you can see the boat house. I will
:07:23. > :07:26.talk about that in a moment. Let's go underwater now. We have another
:07:27. > :07:31.camera under the water. Look there is a trout.
:07:32. > :07:35.It's a great view of a brown trout. That of course is otter food. What
:07:36. > :07:39.we are hoping is that we have put that camera in exactly the right
:07:40. > :07:42.spot for an otter to come up. No sign on those cameras yet. Remember
:07:43. > :07:45.the boat house, well, we have cameras inside there. Let's go live
:07:46. > :07:55.to that one now. If you look carefully in the
:07:56. > :08:01.foreground on those planks you can see some otter spraint the otters
:08:02. > :08:05.have been pooing in this spot, but no otters yet. Probably because
:08:06. > :08:09.there are not too many here T might be this is part of one animal's
:08:10. > :08:12.range and they will be moving up and down that brook visiting
:08:13. > :08:15.occasionally. Obviously, we are manning the cameras 24 hours a day
:08:16. > :08:21.throughout the night, as well. If one turns up, hopefully we will
:08:22. > :08:27.catch a view of it. What about others, we have seen plenty of
:08:28. > :08:32.stoats and badgers here, as well. We have cameras on no less than two
:08:33. > :08:36.sets. What is that? It's a Hercules, that aircraft is a Hercules. We have
:08:37. > :08:40.cameras on a couple of setts out there and we have been getting some
:08:41. > :08:44.activity. Look at this one. Here are some cubs, lovely to see them at
:08:45. > :08:47.this time of year. Very confident. Hopping around. Can't resist a bit
:08:48. > :08:54.of playing. More in the background there. There were four cubs in this
:08:55. > :08:57.sett. You can see the dominant female there who has given birth to
:08:58. > :09:01.them standing centrally in the background. We have been counting
:09:02. > :09:05.the badgers. We know that we have three adults in that sett and four
:09:06. > :09:08.cubs, that's seven. In the other sett another five animals. We
:09:09. > :09:14.probably haven't seen all of them as yet. Obviously, these animals play a
:09:15. > :09:18.prominent role in the eco-system here and we want to understand how
:09:19. > :09:21.they're using the land scape, where they're moving to and foraging
:09:22. > :09:27.throughout the year. The open way to really do that is to mark them. The
:09:28. > :09:34.best way to mark them is using a satellite radio collar. I went out
:09:35. > :09:38.with Dawn Scott to put one on. Sherbourne Park estate is home to a
:09:39. > :09:43.number of different badger setts and we want to find out how these
:09:44. > :09:47.animals are using the landscape. To help me achieve this I have enlisted
:09:48. > :09:52.the help of Dr Dawn Scott from the University of Brighton.
:09:53. > :09:56.Lots of bedding here, Dawn. Yeah, this is fresh excavation. The
:09:57. > :10:00.bedding is the straw inside. That's previous bedding that's been inside
:10:01. > :10:04.a chamber. They've cleared that out and brought fresh stuff in. This is
:10:05. > :10:11.a very active sett. Badgers are below ground. Beneath our feet
:10:12. > :10:16.probably. Chris, look at the other big mound
:10:17. > :10:22.up there. Yeah. More fresh digging. Look at that.
:10:23. > :10:26.The claws. Oh, yes, very clear. Nice and smooth. No leaves down there.
:10:27. > :10:33.All the leaves have been swept out constantly. It shows that it's
:10:34. > :10:38.definitely in constant use. And see that, that's a perfect badger print.
:10:39. > :10:43.You have the three at the back. And toes at the front. Not that it's a
:10:44. > :10:49.precise guide to population, but if we count the holes it we -- we might
:10:50. > :10:54.get an idea. One, two, three, four, five... Six, seven, eight nine.
:10:55. > :10:59.Plus those when we came in. Yeah, and some going into the field, as
:11:00. > :11:04.well. 12-14 at least. I think more, I think this is a main sett. It
:11:05. > :11:08.suggests it's a main sett with an active social group. Talking maybe
:11:09. > :11:13.up to six, eight animals. I think this is a really good place to try
:11:14. > :11:16.to see if we can catch an individual and follow that territory and see
:11:17. > :11:22.where it's going. It would be fantastic. So, plenty of badgers
:11:23. > :11:27.living in this wood land patch. In order to under-Stanmore about where
:11:28. > :11:31.the animals are roaming we want to put satellite collars on four
:11:32. > :11:40.badgers. We placed humane cages in various habitats around the estate.
:11:41. > :11:44.At dusk, Dawn and I bait and set the traps.
:11:45. > :11:49.We have no luck catching during the night, but the following morning I
:11:50. > :11:55.get a call from Dawn. By the time I get there, the animal is already
:11:56. > :12:01.sedated. Oh, you got one then. I got one, yeah. Just checking she's OK.
:12:02. > :12:07.It's a she? Yeah, it's an old adult female. Checking the body condition
:12:08. > :12:14.to see if she's suitable. Check eyes. Teeth are quite worn, you can
:12:15. > :12:20.see here. But no injuries, damage to the mouth. It's OK. Then we just
:12:21. > :12:27.check all over her. Check she's all right. Right, OK. So we will get the
:12:28. > :12:33.collar fitted and will take measurements.
:12:34. > :12:37.Skroop it under like that. -- scoop it under like that.
:12:38. > :12:44.Right. The collar has to be loose to make sure there is space for changes
:12:45. > :12:48.in body weight. Badgers change body weight in the year, but also make
:12:49. > :12:53.sure she doesn't pull it off over her head. It's got to be snug, but
:12:54. > :13:00.enough to allow that changes in body weight. We need a name, Chris. A
:13:01. > :13:05.name? I am going to seize responsibility here, Dawn and go for
:13:06. > :13:12.pop icons this year, since it's female, what about Madonna? Mads for
:13:13. > :13:18.short. Nice regular heart rate and breathing. It's fantastic. The heart
:13:19. > :13:22.beat of a badger before breakfast. Honestly, Dawn, you have delivered
:13:23. > :13:24.again. With the checks done and the collar on, it's time to release
:13:25. > :13:36.Madz. She went off OK. Yeah, it was funny,
:13:37. > :13:39.she went into this hole and there must have been another badger in so
:13:40. > :13:46.she decided against it and ran off to another sett. Happy, yeah. Very
:13:47. > :13:52.happy. Well done, Dawn. Bye, Madonna.
:13:53. > :13:56.What about that? The heart beat of a badger before breakfast. Before
:13:57. > :14:00.breakfast! It was long before breakfast. We got up really early,
:14:01. > :14:03.about quarter to four. You were a bit late, I saw you running in! You
:14:04. > :14:09.nearly missed it. You obviously slept in. I did not sleep in. I
:14:10. > :14:14.happened to be looking for a badger somewhere else.
:14:15. > :14:17.Honestly, slept in! That's... Of all the insults you have ever thrown in
:14:18. > :14:23.my direction, that's about the worst. The relationship's over. We
:14:24. > :14:27.now have a tracking device on Imagine the badger. Where has she
:14:28. > :14:31.been going? We have a map here. This is where we fitted that tag over
:14:32. > :14:34.here. This is the sett she's been. Look, this is all of the recordings
:14:35. > :14:37.we have subs request kwent to that, all the data we have from her. She's
:14:38. > :14:43.spending most of the time in the woodland. There is another sett
:14:44. > :14:46.she's moving to and here, as well. What's interesting is when she's
:14:47. > :14:50.foraging she is in that's pasture fields, it's damp down there and
:14:51. > :14:55.it's been raining so I wouldn't be surprised if she hadn't been after
:14:56. > :15:01.earth worms. This field is given over to oil speed rape, so if she's
:15:02. > :15:06.around the edge of the field, only once did she go to the middle of the
:15:07. > :15:10.rape there. Had that been barley and mature, or corn and mature, she
:15:11. > :15:16.might have gone into that actually because badgers will roll on that
:15:17. > :15:22.corn and then nibble the ears. Currently she's occupying an area of
:15:23. > :15:26.about 24. 6 hectares which isn't much when you think about it so
:15:27. > :15:30.she's obviously finding enough food. We have three more tags and hope to
:15:31. > :15:36.put them on other pop icons before the end of the year.
:15:37. > :15:43.Over the last year, we have learned a lot from a tag on a feathered
:15:44. > :15:48.favourite, the golden eagle. If you remember, last Springwatch, we
:15:49. > :15:53.featured a golden eagle chick in a nest in south-west Scotland. We
:15:54. > :15:59.started filming it at five days old, and we have watched it grow at an
:16:00. > :16:04.incredible rate. The parents were extremely attentive. You can see
:16:05. > :16:09.there, it has quadrupled in size. When it was eight weeks old, we
:16:10. > :16:14.filmed them tagging a chick. This will provide us with amazing
:16:15. > :16:18.information. Not only is that a GPS, it will also tell us about the
:16:19. > :16:22.altitude and body temperature. It means we can follow that chick,
:16:23. > :16:27.hopefully, until she has chicks of her own.
:16:28. > :16:33.Then at 12 weeks, we watched her leave the nest and fledge. There she
:16:34. > :16:37.is, looking very resplendent. At this point, we asked for viewers to
:16:38. > :16:43.come up with a name for. The name we chose was Freya, which I think it's
:16:44. > :16:50.a perfect name for such a glorious bird. Fantastic. And of course,
:16:51. > :16:54.equally fantastic, the data we have collected from Freya ever since. If
:16:55. > :16:56.you watched automatic Winterwatch, she didn't move very far by that
:16:57. > :17:05.time. She is going into her first winter,
:17:06. > :17:10.if she has learned the lie of the land and where food is, it may make
:17:11. > :17:14.sense to stay there. In spring, adults breed again, and they will
:17:15. > :17:19.turf her out. Where has she been? We have a map of Scotland, and she has
:17:20. > :17:25.covered a vast area of this part of Scotland. If I show you the close-up
:17:26. > :17:29.of that, here she is. This is where she hatched and we tagged her.
:17:30. > :17:38.Subsequent to that, she has roamed over no less than 4521 square: that
:17:39. > :17:42.is, a vast area. In February, she went all the way over here to
:17:43. > :17:46.Stirling, flighting over Stirling University, I wonder if any of these
:17:47. > :17:53.boarded her. Then she drifted back to Argyll. In May, she has been out
:17:54. > :17:58.in the island, Duran mole, and now she is back in the core area or she
:17:59. > :18:03.has been. Roaming about like this is something we expect golden eagles of
:18:04. > :18:07.this age to do. She is looking for a territory to eventually start
:18:08. > :18:11.breeding in, meeting other eagles, learning how to be an eagle,
:18:12. > :18:15.effectively. But the reason the tag is on, Dave Anderson who helped us
:18:16. > :18:19.and you saw in the clip, and Forestry Commission Scotland, are
:18:20. > :18:28.interested in how the Eagles will respond. Too many trees would crowd
:18:29. > :18:33.out the space, it is an investigation into how we can keep
:18:34. > :18:38.the number of eagles viable. We will continue to follow Freya, all the
:18:39. > :18:41.way through until she finds a territory and set up to breed
:18:42. > :18:46.herself. That is the news on Freya. But we also have news on her
:18:47. > :18:50.parents. Good news, Chris, they have successfully bred again. They are on
:18:51. > :18:54.a nest, and it looks like they have got one chick. That is a fourth
:18:55. > :18:58.attempt, so hopefully that chick will be as successful as Freya. Good
:18:59. > :19:03.news for Freya and her family, but unfortunately, not so good news for
:19:04. > :19:06.other tags golden eagles in Scotland. A paper that came out
:19:07. > :19:13.today by Scottish natural Heritage has revealed that a third of all
:19:14. > :19:18.tagged Golden Eagles have died under suspicious circumstances in the last
:19:19. > :19:24.12 years. The majority of those have been found near driven grouse moors.
:19:25. > :19:30.That information and those statistics have prompted, today, The
:19:31. > :19:34.Scottish O'mara Meant Secretary to announce that she is looking into
:19:35. > :19:39.coming up with stronger ways to protect birds of prey in Scotland.
:19:40. > :19:43.That in itself is very significant, and it is good news. What is really
:19:44. > :19:48.upsetting is how many birds of prey we are losing in Scotland. Imagine
:19:49. > :19:51.if it was Freya and how upset we would be.
:19:52. > :19:58.From eagles to owls, and tawnies particularly. Back in March, Martin
:19:59. > :20:00.went on a night-time mission to see how tawny owls are doing in a
:20:01. > :20:12.man-made conifer forest. Tawnies are one of the UK's most
:20:13. > :20:18.recognisable species of owl. Their call is a classic night sound of
:20:19. > :20:25.winter and early spring. Typically found in broad leaf forest, tawny
:20:26. > :20:29.owls can also thrive in parks, gardens, even urban areas. But no
:20:30. > :20:34.one really knows how well they are doing in man-made forests. Lee
:20:35. > :20:39.Barbour from the British trust for ornithology wants to find out. He is
:20:40. > :20:45.undertaking a study in Thetford Forest, the largest lowland man-made
:20:46. > :20:51.forest in the country, to understand the size and age structure of the
:20:52. > :20:54.publishing living there. -- Thefford forest. To do this, he has been
:20:55. > :21:00.catching and ringing owls through the winter months. That goes in
:21:01. > :21:04.there. That's it. It is now mid-March, and tonight is the final
:21:05. > :21:08.chance to put up nets before he has to stop for the remainder of the
:21:09. > :21:12.breeding season. Tawny owls are very, very aggressive, very
:21:13. > :21:18.territorial, aren't they. They are thinking about nesting now.
:21:19. > :21:24.Both male and female tawnies will respond to any owl that enters their
:21:25. > :21:28.territory. Lee harnesses this aggression. He plays a recording of
:21:29. > :21:36.various calls to draw birds into his net. He also put out a decoy to
:21:37. > :21:41.complete the illusion. I have been going out catching every
:21:42. > :21:47.week, once a week, since October. Once a week since October? Are you
:21:48. > :21:53.married, Lee? Just about! Very exciting. We can hear that
:21:54. > :21:59.call, that is your recording. Yeah, that's it. But there's another bird.
:22:00. > :22:05.That's it. Another bird is calling a bit further away. That is coming
:22:06. > :22:15.into your calling. It is another male as well. You can tell that?
:22:16. > :22:18.Yeah. I can hear it, I can hear it. Hearing those EU recalls coming out
:22:19. > :22:24.of the darkness. At this time of year, it is
:22:25. > :22:26.important not to distract the birds for too long, Liaoning plays the
:22:27. > :22:31.tape had ten minutes before moving it to another spot in the forest. We
:22:32. > :22:36.are kind of running out of time, aren't we. It is time to check the
:22:37. > :22:41.net, I think. You don't really know what you got until you get to the
:22:42. > :22:49.net. Sadly, this time, no luck.
:22:50. > :22:55.Nothing. There is the tawny owl. Just there. We can't turn it on
:22:56. > :23:01.again? We have to find another territory, unfortunately.
:23:02. > :23:11.It takes three more attempts before we finally strike owl gold.
:23:12. > :23:17.How amazing. It is a wee trap as well.
:23:18. > :23:24.We soon have the owl out of the net. And then I get my first close-up
:23:25. > :23:27.look at a wild tawny owl. Fabulous colours, aren't they.
:23:28. > :23:33.Absolutely incredible. Around the big, we have the whiskers which are
:23:34. > :23:38.just the feather shaft, without the outside of the feathers. It helps to
:23:39. > :23:42.protect prey when they go in. It is taught about how they fly silently,
:23:43. > :23:50.and they have a feathered edge on the feathers. Yes, yeah. And not
:23:51. > :23:54.being able to do that. On the leading edge of the feather, there
:23:55. > :23:59.is a rough edge. I can see it all the way down there. That increases
:24:00. > :24:03.turbulence and helps the bird fly silently. What an amazing
:24:04. > :24:10.adaptation. Because this bird has been ringed
:24:11. > :24:15.before, Lee knows he is a male. His vitals to system indicate he is in
:24:16. > :24:19.really good condition. But to understand how well tawnies are
:24:20. > :24:23.doing overall, Lee needs to work out the age structure of the whole
:24:24. > :24:27.population. But until now, ageing and adult bird has been all but
:24:28. > :24:33.impossible. Look at that. Please, Lee, what are
:24:34. > :24:38.we seeing under the UV light? The pink is the porphyrin in the
:24:39. > :24:44.feathers. A chemical in the feathers? It reflects back pink if
:24:45. > :24:51.it was quite a young feather, and gradually with age, that faves.
:24:52. > :24:55.Tawnies moult wing feathers at a specific point in development, like
:24:56. > :25:00.us with our tea. Combining this knowledge with a porphyrin pattern,
:25:01. > :25:03.revealed under the UV light, Lee can age the bird.
:25:04. > :25:08.This is at least four years old, this bird. We know exactly where we
:25:09. > :25:12.have ringed this bird. Now we know where we have caught it, so we are
:25:13. > :25:17.getting an ideal territory size. Fantastic. We are doing that with
:25:18. > :25:20.all the birds in the area. It helps you build up a detailed picture of
:25:21. > :25:26.the population here in the woods? That's it. We better get this one
:25:27. > :25:31.free as soon as possible. I think so.
:25:32. > :25:43.To help its eyes adjust back to darkness, we turn off our tortures.
:25:44. > :25:47.-- temperament. Top work.
:25:48. > :25:55.Back to our original question, how are tawny owls doing in man-made
:25:56. > :25:58.conifer forests? It's early days, but Lee's research has revealed
:25:59. > :26:02.surprisingly high numbers of territories in this apparently
:26:03. > :26:08.unlikely habitat. They are actually doing remarkably well.
:26:09. > :26:14.And that's actually really good news that they are doing remarkably well
:26:15. > :26:20.in that forest, because generally across the UK, tawnies are in
:26:21. > :26:24.shallow decline. And they are amber listed. Tawnies are one of three
:26:25. > :26:29.species we see at Sherborne. This is one of the other species of owl, the
:26:30. > :26:36.little owl. I love the little owl. Such a cute looking, little owl. It
:26:37. > :26:42.is half the site of a tawny, but it is percussive killer. That means it
:26:43. > :26:46.hunts at dawn and dusk. We often see them hunting for small mammals,
:26:47. > :26:50.pulling worms out of the ground, because they do that, and pull so
:26:51. > :26:55.hard that they fall over. It is a real tug of war taking place.
:26:56. > :27:02.Sometimes they are on tip toes. It is comical. That is tawnies and
:27:03. > :27:06.little owls. We all know the third hour we get here, because we have
:27:07. > :27:13.been showing it to you live, the barn owl. Let's look at them live
:27:14. > :27:16.now. We know that this on owl has three chicks. Quite interesting
:27:17. > :27:21.because they have taken a gap between the first and third attach.
:27:22. > :27:25.The first hatched on the 31st, on Sunday. The second hatched on the
:27:26. > :27:31.26th, Friday. The third on Monday. We are still waiting for the fourth
:27:32. > :27:40.egg catch. Did you see what it was doing? Breaking up the pallet to
:27:41. > :27:46.soften the nest. When they come out, they can be clustered on the
:27:47. > :27:51.surface, not soft. What she is doing is breaking it up to crumble it into
:27:52. > :27:54.a dust, so it is more comfortable. It is a good bit of behaviour. This
:27:55. > :28:00.is interesting behaviour from the barn owl as well, something that was
:28:01. > :28:07.quite curious for us. First of all, it is feeding the large chick. As I
:28:08. > :28:11.said, there were 8-9 days difference between the first and third chicks
:28:12. > :28:17.being born. A huge size difference. But listen...
:28:18. > :28:23.The adult bird is communicating. We thought maybe it was communicating
:28:24. > :28:28.to the smallest chick, to encourage it to eat. Apparently, we were
:28:29. > :28:31.completely wrong. We spoke to the Barn Owl Trust, they said the young
:28:32. > :28:36.chicks won't communicate at that age. It is more likely that she is
:28:37. > :28:41.communicating to the male adult to bring food. It is strange that she
:28:42. > :28:45.is over the chicks like that. If I was immigrating to my partner, I
:28:46. > :28:49.would be saying, "Come on, bring food!" If you stand on your tip
:28:50. > :28:54.toes, you are communicating like a barn owl. She still has the other
:28:55. > :28:58.egg, so she is doing three jobs at the same time. She is brooding and
:28:59. > :29:02.keeping them warm, she is feeding them and integrating the last eight
:29:03. > :29:05.as well. Females do that, you know, three jobs at once. Moving swiftly
:29:06. > :29:10.on... Now we have seen all three species
:29:11. > :29:15.of owl, Michaela has mentioned the little owl spends time hunting in
:29:16. > :29:18.daylight, let's look at their eyes. They are using their eyes in
:29:19. > :29:26.slightly different ways. In front of me, we have three birds' skulls. We
:29:27. > :29:31.have a little owls skull. It still has run the Tivoli large eyes when
:29:32. > :29:36.you look at the size of that skull. The bigger the eye, the more light
:29:37. > :29:40.you let in, and the better you should see in low light. Let's
:29:41. > :29:46.compare that to the barn owl, this one here. OK? That one has got
:29:47. > :29:50.slightly bigger eye sockets and massive ears, which occupy that
:29:51. > :29:56.part, there. If you look at the face of the barn owl, let's call this one
:29:57. > :30:00.up. It is very characteristic. It has prominent eyes, the facial disc
:30:01. > :30:05.around it are the ears of the bird for catching sound. But if we come
:30:06. > :30:11.lastly to this one, this is the skull of the tawny owl. Look at the
:30:12. > :30:16.size of the eye sockets there. They are absolutely huge. 70% of the
:30:17. > :30:22.tawny owl's 's goal is made up of its eyes.
:30:23. > :30:36.In our heads, how much do our eyes of Dubai? Not much, two or five? 5%.
:30:37. > :30:42.There's a replica here of the eye of the tawny owl that I can hold down
:30:43. > :30:46.here like this. What's interesting is that the rear
:30:47. > :30:50.surface of this bell-shaped eye which is so big that it can't move
:30:51. > :30:53.in its socket when it's inside there, now this means that the owl
:30:54. > :30:58.therefore can't move its eyes from side to side like this, can't see
:30:59. > :31:02.the camera crew over there, can only look forward T needs to turn its
:31:03. > :31:06.head to see which is why owls have it turn their heads through about
:31:07. > :31:11.360 degrees to look over their own shoulder. In the tawny owl the
:31:12. > :31:15.surface is huge. Let's compare it to Michaela. Look at that. The eye has
:31:16. > :31:19.a larger sensitive area where it captures the light and then sends
:31:20. > :31:24.the signals to the brain that develop the pictures. Tawny owls'
:31:25. > :31:27.eyes are about two-and-a-half times more sensitive than our eyes in low
:31:28. > :31:32.light levels. Let's look at the face of the tawny owl.
:31:33. > :31:39.Here it is with those very, very prominent chestnut eyes. Yes, bigger
:31:40. > :31:47.eyes than both the barn owl and the little owl. Principally because it's
:31:48. > :31:50.more nocturnal and that's how the form influences the function and
:31:51. > :31:54.behaviour and ecoology. You explained that very well. It's
:31:55. > :31:59.fascinating. The evolution of eyes. When I was a kid I found a dead
:32:00. > :32:04.tawny owl once and picked it up and took it home. I dissected it and
:32:05. > :32:09.when - I couldn't believe the size of the eye when I took it out, it's
:32:10. > :32:14.about the same size as a two pence piece. You can see that, it's
:32:15. > :32:20.massive. Something else fascinating. Look at this picture, it's been sent
:32:21. > :32:27.in by Sam Holman from near Bristol. Look, he asked us is that spiders,
:32:28. > :32:31.are those spiders' webs? I can tell you they're not spiders. So the
:32:32. > :32:35.question is what are they? Interestingly enough we also have
:32:36. > :32:37.them on the hedges around the estate here. Gillian went out to
:32:38. > :32:52.investigate. It looks like someone's gone really
:32:53. > :32:55.crazy with the Hallowe'en decorations and a lot of people
:32:56. > :33:03.think this is a spider silk but in fact this is the work of
:33:04. > :33:11.caterpillars. These are ermin moth calmer pillars,
:33:12. > :33:14.these gather -- caterpillars. They all use silk for all sorts of
:33:15. > :33:18.reasons but these guys use it for protection so it makes it difficult
:33:19. > :33:23.for birds to get at them. It's amazing to touch and to feel.
:33:24. > :33:27.It's so effective. They eventually can cover whole trees and stretches
:33:28. > :33:38.of hedgerow. It looks like a complete wasteland.
:33:39. > :33:42.They have stripped this tree bear but by summer these caterpillars
:33:43. > :33:45.will have emerged as adults and be on the wing. Beyond that it's hard
:33:46. > :33:53.to believe but this tree will actually recover.
:33:54. > :33:56.We are just a short drive from Sherbourne but you can come across
:33:57. > :34:00.this anywhere in the country at this time of year. Don't be alarmed,
:34:01. > :34:04.though, these are just hungry caterpillars. I think you should
:34:05. > :34:11.count yourself lucky because this is a magnificent sight.
:34:12. > :34:18.That was a magnificent sight. It's amazing. It was extraordinary. Even
:34:19. > :34:22.I was surprised. It was lovely. So those are the caterpillars, what do
:34:23. > :34:29.moths look like? Let's look at this photo. This is a photo of the
:34:30. > :34:34.spinnedle ermin moth, the adult. The caterpillars we saw will be pubating
:34:35. > :34:40.in a few weeks and will emerge to look like that. For them it's a
:34:41. > :34:44.short summer. They've got from June to July to fly, emerge animate, lay
:34:45. > :34:48.eggs and start the life cycle all over again. Now if you see anything
:34:49. > :34:51.like that on your hedges, you know exactly what you are looking at. I
:34:52. > :35:00.think I am going to fire some more questions at you. We are on a roll
:35:01. > :35:07.here, Gillian. This is one with a picture, clearly this is a moth but
:35:08. > :35:12.what type is it? It's a mint moth, they're dainty little moths, smaller
:35:13. > :35:16.than a thumbnail. When the adults emerge they look more purple than in
:35:17. > :35:20.this photo. They tend to lose their wing scales easily. So in that photo
:35:21. > :35:25.it has this rich brown but those golden spots on the wings are
:35:26. > :35:29.usually there. Beautiful moth. Is it easy to see? They're common in most
:35:30. > :35:34.of the countries, not so much in Scotland but for the rest of the
:35:35. > :35:38.country mostly find them in herb gardens landing on mint. Exactly!
:35:39. > :35:44.Another interesting photo has been sent in. Look at this one. This is
:35:45. > :35:48.from Kelly Hunt and she says what is this strange behaviour? First of
:35:49. > :35:52.all, we should say what they are. Exactly. These are slow worms.
:35:53. > :35:57.They're not worms. They're not snakes which is what most people
:35:58. > :36:01.think they are. They're actually legless lizards. In that photo it
:36:02. > :36:06.could be one of two things. It could be two males fighting. Or a male and
:36:07. > :36:10.a female in a courtship embrace. My money is that these are two males we
:36:11. > :36:14.were looking at. But if anyone out there thinks they can take a better
:36:15. > :36:17.guess, let us know. Also, keep your questions coming in on all the
:36:18. > :36:22.social media channels. Details on the website. Lots of you do get in
:36:23. > :36:28.touch via social mediaen and tell us about your passion for wildlife. But
:36:29. > :36:31.what is it that inspired you? What connects you to nature? It's
:36:32. > :36:36.something that Wellcome Collection in London want to know. They want to
:36:37. > :36:41.know what specific object represents your love of nature. It can be
:36:42. > :36:44.anything. For instance, mine I reckon was the ladybird books, do
:36:45. > :36:48.you remember there was a collection of books I had when I was a little
:36:49. > :36:54.girl and I still have them now. I had one on spring and one on British
:36:55. > :37:00.animals. That really inspired me and my love for wildlife. It can be all
:37:01. > :37:06.sorts of things. Lucy Cooke has met lots of people that have fascinating
:37:07. > :37:10.objects that connect them to wildlife. Her own object may seem
:37:11. > :37:13.like it's an obvious thing but actually it has real sentimental
:37:14. > :37:31.value. So these binoculars belonged to my
:37:32. > :37:36.grandfather. I never met him but he was a shepherd on rom knee marsh and
:37:37. > :37:42.he lived and breathed the landscape he worked in and had a deep
:37:43. > :37:46.connection with it. -- Romney. When he died he passed these on to my
:37:47. > :37:52.father who also inherited his love of nature and it was through these
:37:53. > :37:56.binoculars that my father taught me about the natural world. And we
:37:57. > :38:00.would sit and watch the birds and dad would talk about how they were
:38:01. > :38:10.connected to the seasons and the trees. My father passed away last
:38:11. > :38:20.year and now they belong to me. So, in a way these binoculars represent
:38:21. > :38:25.three generations of wonder. My grandfather's binoculars may seem
:38:26. > :38:30.like an obvious item to connect me to nature, but I have come to
:38:31. > :38:36.Sheffield to meet someone with a much more surprising choice.
:38:37. > :38:42.Sarah is creating a whole new dimension to wildlife in the city.
:38:43. > :38:46.Sarah, hi. Lucy, nice to meet you. Is this a good spot for lunchtime
:38:47. > :38:53.nature watching? Yeah, definitely. There's loads to see. What am I
:38:54. > :38:57.likely to see today? Lots of herones, kingfishers are here most
:38:58. > :39:01.of the time. Fantastic. Lots of little birds. Blue tits nesting and
:39:02. > :39:07.great tits as well. All sorts really. What I love about this is
:39:08. > :39:10.it's like we couldn't be in a more urban environment. I know, it's
:39:11. > :39:16.great. Yet all this nature is still here. Have you always been into
:39:17. > :39:20.nature? Yeah, my mum, we always lived in the countryside near a
:39:21. > :39:23.canal, we have had a nice close relationship with nature through my
:39:24. > :39:30.childhood. It inspires you obviously. Yeah, it's really
:39:31. > :39:34.inspiring, definitely. Sarah's clearly passionate about
:39:35. > :39:38.wildlife. And being a professional urban graffiti artist she's managed
:39:39. > :39:49.to combine her passion and artistic flair to bring wildlife to some of
:39:50. > :39:53.the more unusual parts of the city. Sarah's stunning street art can
:39:54. > :40:01.sometimes take days or even weeks to complete. This kingfisher took most
:40:02. > :40:05.of a day. She often does all the work herself but today I am lending
:40:06. > :40:10.a helping hand. What could possibly go wrong!
:40:11. > :40:14.Wow! Look at that!
:40:15. > :40:19.Beautiful. You have done a kingfisher. Yeah. Fantastic. I did
:40:20. > :40:24.get to see a kingfisher today, that's amazing. Yeah. How long have
:40:25. > :40:29.you been working on that for? I started it yesterday. Then it still
:40:30. > :40:36.needs some work finishing, that's where you come in. I am going to
:40:37. > :40:43.hold the stencil for you. We are using a stencil, that's good. That's
:40:44. > :40:47.it. Work your way down. OK. Take your finger off intermittently,
:40:48. > :40:49.that's it. Start and then carry on again.
:40:50. > :40:57.Great. OK. All right, there you go. That's my
:40:58. > :41:03.first bit of graffiti. Sarah, why did you choose to put a
:41:04. > :41:06.kingfisher on this wall? I liked the colours and they're an enjoyable
:41:07. > :41:09.bird to paint. Half the time people want to see one and don't get a
:41:10. > :41:14.chance to. If there is one here they'll get to see it. What is it
:41:15. > :41:20.about putting wildlife on walls that you like? I like to bring the, you
:41:21. > :41:25.know, nature imagery into the environment. People like to see a
:41:26. > :41:30.bit of nature if they get a chance and it beautifies the area and
:41:31. > :41:37.they're all the main reasons really. OK, there you go. That's actually
:41:38. > :41:42.not that bad. See, you are a good stencil artist. I feel I have
:41:43. > :41:47.cheated slightly but nevertheless I will feel proud of this moment. How
:41:48. > :41:54.amazing to think that a spray can could connect us to nature in the
:41:55. > :41:58.most unlikely places. Nice piece of street art there. It's
:41:59. > :42:02.always remarkable how quickly they can do that art work. Lucy will be
:42:03. > :42:05.meeting more people who have objects which have connected them with
:42:06. > :42:10.nature later in the series. Meanwhile, you can add your own
:42:11. > :42:14.wildlife stories, photos and films to the Wellcome online exhibition.
:42:15. > :42:18.Details on the website. You may wonder why we are presiding over
:42:19. > :42:23.this barrow full of muck. There is an expression, where there is muck,
:42:24. > :42:33.there is brass. I am going to change that, where there is muck there is
:42:34. > :42:37.biio-diversity. We brought this here from a giant muck heap. This is a
:42:38. > :42:40.fantastic resource for wildlife. We have been keeping our eye on it to
:42:41. > :42:45.see what's been turning up. Lots of birds have been visiting this muck
:42:46. > :42:51.heap. It's composed of animal bedding. Also feed waste. There is
:42:52. > :42:56.still a lot of seeds in there. That's why these birds, chaffinches,
:42:57. > :43:00.Goldfinches and yellow hammers have turned um. They're lovely to see.
:43:01. > :43:07.They're stunning. Of course, at this time of year if they've got young
:43:08. > :43:11.they'll be taking invert braets to take them back to feed their young.
:43:12. > :43:16.Look how this handles the corn. Twisting it in the beak, squeezing
:43:17. > :43:19.it in the right places to remove the husk, leaving the seed in its mouth.
:43:20. > :43:23.Imagine trying to do that in your teeth. You couldn't do it.
:43:24. > :43:26.Lots of birds have been coming to exploit this. These are really
:43:27. > :43:30.important resources. This one has been here for about 30 years, used
:43:31. > :43:35.on and off. Farmers can't use them continuously. Bats turn up after
:43:36. > :43:38.dark to take the insects here. Of course, animals like grass snakes
:43:39. > :43:42.visit these muck heaps to lay eggs and they're essential when it comes
:43:43. > :43:46.to grass snakes in the countryside. We have discovered is that if they
:43:47. > :43:52.lay eggs in a muck heap like this 71% of them hatch. If they're laid
:43:53. > :43:57.in a compost heap, 43%. If they're laid in an artificial grass snake
:43:58. > :44:01.nesting area, zero. Muck heaps are really important. But not just for
:44:02. > :44:07.vertbraets, but inverts too. Amazing. Let's look at what we might
:44:08. > :44:13.have in here. The birds come from the worms and the insects but
:44:14. > :44:21.they're also invertbrate predators in here. Beetles and look at this
:44:22. > :44:29.coach horse, another predatory beetle. Wolf spiders. All of these
:44:30. > :44:35.are skafagers that break down all this muck and turn over and release
:44:36. > :44:42.an enormous amount of energy. It gets incredibly hot, somewhere
:44:43. > :44:48.between 35 and 77 degrees in a muck heap. I couldn't resist a delve.
:44:49. > :44:52.Here a wood louse and loads of worms. These are all brilliant food
:44:53. > :44:57.for all sorts of wildlife. Now I am sure that most of you don't want a
:44:58. > :44:59.muck heap that size in your garden. But you could make yourself a
:45:00. > :45:04.smaller version of one. Here's how to do it.
:45:05. > :45:10.This is a spring washer SOS, something everyone should have in
:45:11. > :45:15.their garden. It is a compost heap. Why do you need one? Firstly, it
:45:16. > :45:18.provides a great habitat for all sorts of creatures, invertebrates,
:45:19. > :45:25.reptiles and mammals, but also a constructive way for you to use a
:45:26. > :45:30.kitchen scraps and grass cuttings. Where is best to put it? In an out
:45:31. > :45:33.of the way part of the garden. Somewhere that is sheltered,
:45:34. > :45:37.although you need sunlight and moisture. Best to have it contained,
:45:38. > :45:41.use something like this. It is brilliant, because not only does it
:45:42. > :45:45.provide fibre for creatures, but they can make their homes in it.
:45:46. > :45:49.Leave a gap so that hedgehogs can come in and make the most of the
:45:50. > :45:54.worms and slugs. What do I put in it? This is where it is brilliant.
:45:55. > :45:58.You can get rid of all your peelings, banana skins, bits of
:45:59. > :46:03.letters that have gone off in the fridge. Lots of things from your
:46:04. > :46:08.kitchen, a bit of cardboard, tear it up and put that in. Also, do you
:46:09. > :46:11.want to put grass cuttings and anything you pick out of your
:46:12. > :46:16.garden. What I need to do is put all of this into the compost heap. For
:46:17. > :46:23.that, I have got help. One of you, take that. Cardboard in there as
:46:24. > :46:28.well. Perfect. Mix it up. Other than that, sit back and let the creatures
:46:29. > :46:33.get on with their work. In six months, a year, two years, that is
:46:34. > :46:36.what it turns into. Kids, get your hands in there. Not only is a
:46:37. > :46:41.compost heap brilliant for making compost to put in your gardens, but
:46:42. > :46:45.it is also a fantastic habitat for wildlife. Nothing like getting mud
:46:46. > :46:53.under your nails, is there? Have you got a compost he? I have,
:46:54. > :47:01.actually. It is quite big, that big. I have a worm Marie. I love getting
:47:02. > :47:05.handfuls of worms. Jolly good. One thing that is certain to visit your
:47:06. > :47:12.compost heap if you live in suburban areas, robins. They will eat any
:47:13. > :47:17.invertebrate they can find there. We have a camera on a robins nest here.
:47:18. > :47:22.We can go to it live now. Let's take a look. The nest is down on the
:47:23. > :47:26.ground. Look carefully, there is fluff. That fluff is the Tao of the
:47:27. > :47:31.young robins in the nest. No activity at the moment. Both adults
:47:32. > :47:36.are still out looking... Hold on, they have turned around. Two heads
:47:37. > :47:39.of the youngsters. Let's see what they have been up to throughout the
:47:40. > :47:44.course of the day. The nest is at the base of one of these trees in
:47:45. > :47:49.the woodland. Robins will nest at all different heights. On the ground
:47:50. > :47:57.isn't unusual for them. Tucked into a mossy nook. Adults are coming in
:47:58. > :48:03.and feeding them. Chicks are quite advanced, actually. Although they
:48:04. > :48:08.have still got feathers coming through. They want food as soon as
:48:09. > :48:12.they can hear adults coming back. That is the first time we have had a
:48:13. > :48:17.robins nest since I have been on the show. Quite a long time now. There
:48:18. > :48:21.was one years ago when Kate was on. It is good to see.
:48:22. > :48:26.There was a lot of jeopardy going on today. It was all kicking off.
:48:27. > :48:30.Unfortunately, it is for our blue tit nest. The great spotted
:48:31. > :48:37.woodpecker has been back twice today, in fact. He is lingering
:48:38. > :48:42.around longer. Even when he flies off, he rests in that tree and
:48:43. > :48:50.watches the adult blue tit comeback and feed the chicks. This is a real
:48:51. > :48:53.concern, because once they start to fledge, that can be a complete
:48:54. > :48:59.disaster. The more noisy they get, the more obvious they are, the
:49:00. > :49:04.woodpecker will peck them out. They are building up their body mass,
:49:05. > :49:10.then the woodpecker will sneak in and pinch them. Shall we have a look
:49:11. > :49:15.at them live? There they are. There are nine chicks in there. Two of
:49:16. > :49:20.them are still much smaller. They are in the middle. They are in the
:49:21. > :49:31.middle. Every time we cut to the top shot, the runts or individual. --
:49:32. > :49:34.are in the middle. Over the last couple of days, we
:49:35. > :49:40.have been looking at a special nest on the spire of Salisbury Cathedral,
:49:41. > :49:46.Peregrine falcons. These two have had an unusual Layun pattern, it
:49:47. > :49:48.took them 15 days to lay eggs. The question is, would the eggs ever
:49:49. > :49:58.hatch? Its mid-May, and around the country,
:49:59. > :50:08.most peregrine chicks are already a couple of weeks old.
:50:09. > :50:11.But here come in Salisbury, our female is still integrating a
:50:12. > :50:20.furious clutch of five eggs, which took more than two weeks to lay all.
:50:21. > :50:33.And now they are due to hatch. At 7:16am, the first crack appears.
:50:34. > :50:41.And then three hours later, a chick begins to emerge.
:50:42. > :51:01.At this stage, it's very vulnerable, so it's surprising that the mother
:51:02. > :51:05.leaves it exposed to the elements. Buzzards and red kites also patrol
:51:06. > :51:13.the skies above, and could easily take the chick.
:51:14. > :51:16.Thankfully, the female returns and tries to tempt the chick with some
:51:17. > :51:30.food. Although it looks weak, all
:51:31. > :51:35.peregrine chicks are born with a yolk sac inside them. This provides
:51:36. > :51:37.a nutritious source of food at, and tied them over for the first crucial
:51:38. > :51:54.days, while they learn the basics. Peregrine eggs usually hatch close
:51:55. > :51:55.together, but as the day wanes at the cathedral, there's no sign of
:51:56. > :52:21.any other chicks. The following day, and the chick is
:52:22. > :52:35.still alone. But at last, it's ready for its first meal.
:52:36. > :52:42.Now, peregrine chicks eat an astonishing amount of food. Within
:52:43. > :52:47.six days, the chick will have doubled its weight. And at three
:52:48. > :52:57.weeks old, it will be ten times its hatching size.
:52:58. > :53:13.All that died testing is an exhausting business. -- digesting.
:53:14. > :53:29.Five days after hatching, and the chick is still alone.
:53:30. > :53:36.Although peregrine eggs have been known to hatch 100 hours apart, this
:53:37. > :53:44.chick now looks destined to face the future with out any siblings.
:53:45. > :53:45.However, this does mean that it becomes the sole focus of its
:53:46. > :53:49.attentive parents. And as it's the only mouth to feed,
:53:50. > :54:08.it's growing fast. Peregrines usually choose well
:54:09. > :54:18.shaded sites for their nest, but this pair have chosen the sunny
:54:19. > :54:25.south facing location of the South spire. The chick unwittingly ends up
:54:26. > :54:31.in a patch of sunshine, a bad idea in the warm, spring sun.
:54:32. > :54:35.At this stage, it struggles to regulate its temperature, and could
:54:36. > :54:43.easily overheat and die. The female's intervention might seem
:54:44. > :55:02.unwelcome, but it is necessary. So far, this pair have proven good
:55:03. > :55:13.parents to their solitary chick, but will have to wait and see whether
:55:14. > :55:17.they do enough to ensure their only offspring successfully flanges.
:55:18. > :55:24.I am loving the peregrine is, absently fantastic. I love Salisbury
:55:25. > :55:29.Cathedral, so a double whammy for me. I must thank everyone here, and
:55:30. > :55:33.a couple of people at the Cathedral, Marie Thomas, who got up at 4am to
:55:34. > :55:38.let the cameramen in, and Gary Price at the Cathedral come without them,
:55:39. > :55:41.we could not do the project. It is intriguing that the other eggs
:55:42. > :55:44.didn't hatch. Are they just infertile? We don't know. We will
:55:45. > :55:49.fight out because we have removed the eggs. They could have been a
:55:50. > :55:54.hygiene is, if they had broken out, and had been rotten, they could
:55:55. > :55:59.infect the chick. We always check them because they may have
:56:00. > :56:03.insecticide or thin eggshells, it is worth finding out. The key thing is
:56:04. > :56:10.we have the female tag. We have already got data. Here is the data
:56:11. > :56:13.whilst she was in debating the egg. Here is Salisbury Cathedral, but at
:56:14. > :56:22.that point, she was travelling over here. 3.87, matters to an old
:56:23. > :56:26.quarry. She is spending some time not far from the Cathedral. Once the
:56:27. > :56:32.egg had hatched, the pattern changed. Here, she is spending a lot
:56:33. > :56:36.more time around the Cathedral. A couple of times guy she disappeared,
:56:37. > :56:42.and we thought she had gifted of and had been irresponsible. But she was
:56:43. > :56:47.just on a another part of the spire. For a peregrine, a glide of 30
:56:48. > :56:52.seconds. She is sticking very close to the nest at the moment. It will
:56:53. > :56:55.be interesting when she starts to forage and catch food for the
:56:56. > :56:58.chicks. We can follow the adult because it is tagged, but we can
:56:59. > :57:03.continue to follow the chick, because we have a live camera on it
:57:04. > :57:08.now. Let's look at the live camera. We can't see the chick,
:57:09. > :57:13.unfortunately, which is a shame, because it has really grown. Last we
:57:14. > :57:18.saw it, it was five days old, and now is 12 days old. That is clearly
:57:19. > :57:22.one of the adults. But you can continue watching the cameras from
:57:23. > :57:27.now on the webcams, on the red button, and of course on the
:57:28. > :57:36.Internet as well. You can listen to... You can listen to Brett who is
:57:37. > :57:40.on live tomorrow at 8am as well as 1pm and 4pm, he has so much
:57:41. > :57:43.information. We have just got time to show you something that you saw
:57:44. > :57:49.yesterday, but now we can see it in slow motion, you can watch a kestrel
:57:50. > :57:54.sneezing on the lens. And again, please! A kestrel with hay fever!
:57:55. > :58:01.The spray! The golden writing of snort. Fantastic. That is it for
:58:02. > :58:05.today. Martin will be back tomorrow, he will be in North Wales after sand
:58:06. > :58:13.lizards. What else is coming up? We will check up on our family of
:58:14. > :58:18.stoats. We have a new family for you, buzzards. We will see what our
:58:19. > :58:23.sneezing kestrel and the chicks are up to. Join us tomorrow at 8pm on
:58:24. > :58:27.BBC Two, check out the webcams on the red button or the website. Any
:58:28. > :58:30.questions, send them in. We would love to hear from you. Until
:58:31. > :58:34.tomorrow, thank you very much. Goodbye. Goodbye.