:00:08. > :00:17.It's been dreary, draftee and parky here the last few days. But with our
:00:18. > :00:20.colourful kingfishers, our windswept kites and cuddly kits, our cast of
:00:21. > :00:24.characters has kept our spirits high. I am in Scotland, hoping to
:00:25. > :00:28.see those kits with my very own eyes. You will have had your tea,
:00:29. > :00:53.it's Springwatch! Hello! Welcome to Springwatch 2017.
:00:54. > :00:56.Coming to you live from the Sherbourne Park estate here in
:00:57. > :00:59.Gloucestershire, run by the National Trust. Where we have been for the
:01:00. > :01:03.last week and couple of days and for the last couple of days in the wind
:01:04. > :01:08.and the rain. Earlier today it was sunny, it was actually beautiful
:01:09. > :01:12.here. A bit of cloud across the sky, no rain whatsoever. But what's that
:01:13. > :01:17.on my face? Oh, no, it's not raining, is it? Do you remember two
:01:18. > :01:24.weeks ago, we were in our shorts, it was glorious. We have had such
:01:25. > :01:29.changeable weather. In solidarity with the wildlife, we are staying
:01:30. > :01:33.outside, even if it does rain. It is raining. Just spitting at the
:01:34. > :01:37.moment. We can cope with that. Let's check on some of our wildlife and
:01:38. > :01:41.start with our kites. Here we go. This is our live kite nest. Three
:01:42. > :01:48.chicks, four-and-a-half weeks old. You know what, we are so privileged
:01:49. > :01:53.to be able to look at this nest. If we were doing Springwatch 50 or 60
:01:54. > :01:57.years ago... I would have been, hold on, six years old and arguing with
:01:58. > :02:02.my sister about the ladybird book of kites. I would have been a baby. The
:02:03. > :02:05.point is 60 years ago we wouldn't have had a hope of get ago camera on
:02:06. > :02:09.these kites. We wouldn't have been able to see them here in
:02:10. > :02:12.Gloucestershire because they were practically extinct in the UK.
:02:13. > :02:15.Because of re-introduction around this area we are extremely lucky to
:02:16. > :02:21.have those cameras on them. Let's see what they've been getting up to
:02:22. > :02:25.over the last 24 hours. In a little break from the weather and the rain,
:02:26. > :02:30.we had a little bit of sunshine and that's a jolly good time to do a
:02:31. > :02:33.little bit of preening. One of the adults comes in. They've been
:02:34. > :02:39.bringing in so many different items of prey. That's a squirrel. Normally
:02:40. > :02:44.they squabble over the food. This time they're not squabbling but it's
:02:45. > :02:49.a lady and the tramp moment, if you remember that film. A bit of sticky
:02:50. > :02:55.spaghetti. It's sticky gut spaghetti. Who's going to win? Well,
:02:56. > :03:01.that one seems like... I think it's equal at the moment. That one loses
:03:02. > :03:08.concentration. And the other sibling manages to gobble it down.
:03:09. > :03:11.Another bit of prey comes in. They're being quite polite today.
:03:12. > :03:17.Look at that little one. He is trying to get in there. And
:03:18. > :03:23.thinking I will try through the legs technique. He is doing a Diego
:03:24. > :03:28.Costa! Doesn't seem to be working. The other two are getting bits. It
:03:29. > :03:35.comes around the side. Now it's doing a David Luiz. In a minute it
:03:36. > :03:39.will fall off the nest and lie still for at least ten minutes. Patience
:03:40. > :03:45.pays off and it gets a hold. It gets a bone with a bit of dry foot on the
:03:46. > :03:51.end. It will be able to get some meat off there. It's very excited.
:03:52. > :03:56.It's celebrating with wing flapping. This is quite interesting, because
:03:57. > :04:00.they will fledge in 60 days, eight weeks, so four-and-a-half weeks now,
:04:01. > :04:05.I reckon they're going to do a bit of branching. Still a bit of growing
:04:06. > :04:10.to do, get more confidence. We are enjoying a Festival of raptures here
:04:11. > :04:14.at Sherbourne. We have had all sorts, not only the kites, but also
:04:15. > :04:18.some buzzards, they're in woods behind me here. We can go to them
:04:19. > :04:22.live now. There is an adult at the nest we can
:04:23. > :04:26.see there. They've only got the one youngster.
:04:27. > :04:30.You can catch a glimpse. There is its head peeping over the adult.
:04:31. > :04:35.They've been doing a brilliant job of protecting that youngster from
:04:36. > :04:38.all the wind and the rain, turning themselves into an avian umbrella at
:04:39. > :04:40.times. Let's see what they've been up to
:04:41. > :04:46.today. It was sunny here this morning. In
:04:47. > :04:51.fact, this youngster had been without food for sometime when the
:04:52. > :04:56.adult brought in this vole. It was ravenous, as you can see, it thinks
:04:57. > :05:00.just give it to me, I am going to swallow that myself. It has the
:05:01. > :05:06.right technique but hasn't quite got the gape for it yet. So the adult is
:05:07. > :05:10.losing patience with this. The youngster says no, no, I am
:05:11. > :05:14.definitely doing it. I can definitely do it, no, I can't! I
:05:15. > :05:19.really can't. I can. I really can. I tell you, I
:05:20. > :05:25.can. Oh, goodness me! I have made a mess.
:05:26. > :05:32.Mum, help. Then mum does help and tears it up. It enjoys a little bit
:05:33. > :05:36.of vole guts there. Determination of that chick. That's
:05:37. > :05:40.what you call necking it down. It would be had it managed to do it.
:05:41. > :05:45.Let's check on the nest we introduced you to yesterday. It's
:05:46. > :05:50.our Wren nest. It's in the barn. Interesting enough, they built their
:05:51. > :05:54.nest in an old swallow nest. I think that's probably quite a sensible
:05:55. > :05:57.strategy with the weather as it's been, obviously it's very sheltered.
:05:58. > :06:02.Let's see what they've been getting up to. They're actually doing very
:06:03. > :06:07.well. The adults have been coming in feeding regularly. These birds have
:06:08. > :06:11.a great advantage, because they're so little they manage to get into
:06:12. > :06:15.little places out of reach of other birds to get things like spiders and
:06:16. > :06:20.insects, even when it's raining. There are six chicks in there.
:06:21. > :06:27.They're a week old. There are lots of hungry mouths to fill. This adult
:06:28. > :06:32.has been very busy and has been feeding them extremely well.
:06:33. > :06:39.Yesterday I said the last time we had a wren nest we called it Sophia
:06:40. > :06:51.Loren and said we can't use that again. You have come up with names.
:06:52. > :07:00.Lauren Bacall. Malcolm McClaren. Ruth says Ruth Wrendell. Our story
:07:01. > :07:04.developers recommended Ralph Wrenen. And thank you for all those. What
:07:05. > :07:10.are you doing? That's so rude. That's rude to our viewers. I like
:07:11. > :07:15.them all, thank you very much. I like Wrenee. Would you like to read
:07:16. > :07:19.my book? Now, many of our small birds here are dependent on a diet
:07:20. > :07:24.of insects while they're still in the nest, whether the adults are
:07:25. > :07:30.seed eaters or not and at this time of year you need an enormous number
:07:31. > :07:34.of insects. Gillian has teamed up to go on to the estate for a Sherbourne
:07:35. > :07:39.bug hunt. Around the Sherbourne estate some of
:07:40. > :07:42.the roadside verges are left to flourish and provide an excellent
:07:43. > :07:51.opportunity to spot some hidden gems. What's that in the back there?
:07:52. > :07:54.A solitary Beagle. It has white hairs underneath, easy to identify.
:07:55. > :08:02.Beautiful pelt of short orange hairs on the head. Then the red tail.
:08:03. > :08:11.These are bees, they don't have a caste system. We have a female, she
:08:12. > :08:15.gathers pollen, and lays egg on a cake of pollen. Useful pollinator,
:08:16. > :08:19.it will have a go at lots of plants. It's not just flowers that attract
:08:20. > :08:23.the insects, these nettles are a great habitat too. This is not
:08:24. > :08:32.something you would normally want to do, but you have found something in
:08:33. > :08:35.here. We have. Two weevils, nettle ones. They're
:08:36. > :08:43.beautiful. They are. This is the time when they mate and lay eggs.
:08:44. > :08:50.I have noticed these beautiful purple flowers. This is hedge wound
:08:51. > :08:56.word. It's a purple colour. I love those two. Oh, yes, those are wound
:08:57. > :08:59.wort shield bugs. These are exclusive to the hedge. I think
:09:00. > :09:03.there is one other plant, that's all. These two are absolutely
:09:04. > :09:08.stheled and happy. They are. Doing what shield bugs do in the middle of
:09:09. > :09:12.summer. Many of the farmers also leave a
:09:13. > :09:16.wildlife margin around fields which is beneficial to the wildlife and
:09:17. > :09:26.their crops. Oh, look at this. Oh, yes. I was
:09:27. > :09:33.hoping we would see one of these. You can see it has enormous vemors.
:09:34. > :09:39.It's so well built it's called the Schwarzenegger. The male use the
:09:40. > :09:49.legs to ward other males off. There are insects that have unique
:09:50. > :09:54.symbiotic relationships. These are aphids that secret a sugary
:09:55. > :09:58.solution. Theants get that. The aphids get protection in return,
:09:59. > :10:04.like bodyguards. That's really is when you watch how careful and
:10:05. > :10:08.gentle the ants are when they move around the aphids. You can see
:10:09. > :10:14.they're tapping around checking to see which ones are about to secrete
:10:15. > :10:19.the sugary solution to drink. It's this lovely little relationship to
:10:20. > :10:24.watch. Just these two tiny patches, we have discovered a wide variety of
:10:25. > :10:30.insect life which goes to show how vital these spaces are for the rest
:10:31. > :10:33.of Sherbourne's eco-system. The road verges and those strips at
:10:34. > :10:40.the farmers have left down the side of the fields is playing home to all
:10:41. > :10:42.of those insects species. A message there for County Councils, Highways
:10:43. > :10:46.Agency, leave the verges where it's safe to do so. Obviously, there are
:10:47. > :10:50.public safety concerns around roundabouts and things like that.
:10:51. > :10:53.But elsewhere they're a valuable resource and on farms the more of
:10:54. > :11:00.those strips we can have the better it is for birds, no doubt about it.
:11:01. > :11:06.We have live cameras on lots of raptures around the estate. We also
:11:07. > :11:11.have a remote live camera on a peregrine nest in Salisbury
:11:12. > :11:14.cathedral. Well, let me tell you we have had - they've been doing really
:11:15. > :11:18.well. Let's look at this. There is the chick. 19 days old. It's been
:11:19. > :11:23.thriving. It's had lots of weather to cope with. But the adults have
:11:24. > :11:26.been sheltering it from the rain and the wind.
:11:27. > :11:31.Both parents have been pretty doting. This is the male. They've
:11:32. > :11:36.been bringing it in a variety of food.
:11:37. > :11:42.In fact, they've brought in so much food that they've had to cache some
:11:43. > :11:48.of it so there is a good store. You can see from the crop this is a very
:11:49. > :11:54.well fed little chick. Things are going very well for our one
:11:55. > :11:59.peregrine at Salisbury Cathedral. It's been great to watch. We have
:12:00. > :12:03.been thoroughly enjoying it. Things are going well. Aren't they,
:12:04. > :12:07.Chris? They certainly are. They're going well for peregrines generally.
:12:08. > :12:10.Nearly 200 pairs now nesting in urban sites. In many parts of the
:12:11. > :12:18.country we have more peregrines than we have had for hundreds of years.
:12:19. > :12:23.Sadly, not everywhere. Last weekend, the RSPB were called to Shropshire
:12:24. > :12:31.where they found a dead female and male peregrine alongside the dead
:12:32. > :12:35.body of a pigeon. All three have been sent off for toxicology
:12:36. > :12:42.reports. It is suspected a case of poisoning. Luckily they were able to
:12:43. > :12:46.climb down to the iry and the young were unaffected and were taken
:12:47. > :12:50.carefully out and then given a good inspection to make sure they were
:12:51. > :12:53.OK. A delicate job this, you don't want
:12:54. > :12:58.them to jump over the side, of course.
:12:59. > :13:04.Safely they go into the bag. Here they are. En route to the vets for a
:13:05. > :13:08.check-up to make sure they're OK. Then they get a good meal. Then a
:13:09. > :13:12.question of what do we do with them? We want to get these birds back into
:13:13. > :13:15.the wild to try and counterwhat has happened to their parents. To give
:13:16. > :13:22.the chicks the best chance they need to be reared in a wild environment.
:13:23. > :13:27.So the RSPB were looking for suitable surrogate nests to put them
:13:28. > :13:34.in. I am very excited to tell you that they choose our nest to put one
:13:35. > :13:39.of the chicks in. This is what happened just today.
:13:40. > :13:44.The Foster chick was put in the nest around 8. 30 am this morning, it's a
:13:45. > :13:48.male, 25 days old. So six days older than our chick. You can clearly see
:13:49. > :13:53.the difference. It's more mobile than our chick.
:13:54. > :13:59.It is keen to explore surroundings. Mum comes in with food. She's been
:14:00. > :14:06.out hunting. You can hear the chicks screeching for that food. It feeds
:14:07. > :14:11.her own chick first but that foster is obviously very keen to get some
:14:12. > :14:19.of that prey. It battles a little bit to get back into the box. But it
:14:20. > :14:26.soon finds a way around to be fed. The fact that female is feeding it
:14:27. > :14:29.just goes to show that it is immediately accepted.
:14:30. > :14:33.Our chick doesn't seem that bothered while it is gobbling down the food.
:14:34. > :14:41.It is obviously very good although sharing. Looks grumpy, though, I
:14:42. > :14:45.have to say! Looks slightly baffled. His little beak has been put out of
:14:46. > :14:49.joint a bit. The mum flies off leaving the two chicks. The foster
:14:50. > :14:55.chick eventually finds a way to hop up. It's a bit of a stare-off at
:14:56. > :15:00.first. But it's not long before they completely accept each other. Both
:15:01. > :15:06.the adults come back. You can see the two chicks snuggled
:15:07. > :15:12.up. If you look at this picture now, you wouldn't know that was a chick
:15:13. > :15:18.that was put in today. Mum comes in and is feeding them
:15:19. > :15:24.both. They're sharing the food really nicely.
:15:25. > :15:30.As I say, they look extremely comfortable, which is fantastic news
:15:31. > :15:36.for the first day, looks like a normal peregrine nest with two
:15:37. > :15:41.chicks, brilliant. What about that? I am pleased to say the other two
:15:42. > :15:45.chicks have also been fostered into a nest in the Midlands. Let's go
:15:46. > :15:51.live to our Salisbury peregrine is now to see how they are getting on,
:15:52. > :15:56.look at that. So there is the adult bird, the new youngster, the faster
:15:57. > :16:03.bird has got it back to us on the left, slightly more feathers coming
:16:04. > :16:08.through. The adult is brooding the other one, that is a great site. The
:16:09. > :16:13.original youngster's little head peeping out, Michaela. Why have they
:16:14. > :16:17.chosen this nest? They wanted a nest where the chicks were roughly the
:16:18. > :16:22.same size, not one where there would be competition for food, one that
:16:23. > :16:26.was accessible, you don't want to risk disturbing the birds already in
:16:27. > :16:30.the nest. So there are stairs to climb up at the cathedral to put
:16:31. > :16:35.them in. It was the perfect nest for this foster chick, and equally we
:16:36. > :16:41.had the cameras to monitor it to make sure everything was going OK,
:16:42. > :16:46.and it is. We will certainly keep our eyes on them, and they are on
:16:47. > :16:56.the live cameras. You can keep your eye on them all the time. There are
:16:57. > :17:00.many cameras on the red button. Two very special Martins, our lovely
:17:01. > :17:06.Martin, and the pine martens resting in the attic.
:17:07. > :17:11.Thank you, Michaela. Where are we? We are geographically almost in the
:17:12. > :17:16.centre of Scotland, more importantly we are at the home of Shelagh and
:17:17. > :17:19.Ian Mason, this is their home, and all this week we have been following
:17:20. > :17:25.the fortunes of the pine martens who have decided to share their home
:17:26. > :17:32.with Ian and Shelagh, not the house, the pine martens are there, their
:17:33. > :17:39.den is just about Ian's workshop. As soon as we came up here, before we
:17:40. > :17:43.came up here, I was very worried, because 11 days ago, we thought that
:17:44. > :17:47.the pine martens had gone. They had disappeared, and we didn't see them
:17:48. > :17:53.again, so I was concerned. As soon as we came up, I came to meet
:17:54. > :17:59.Shelagh and Ian, and Shelagh took me upstairs for a surprise.
:18:00. > :18:07.Here we are, coming up, and it was a surprise. Now, just down where I am
:18:08. > :18:11.looking there is a lot of insulation, and it kept moving
:18:12. > :18:21.about, the insulation. Could we see what was underneath it I am only one
:18:22. > :18:31.metre away, and there, totally relaxed, is a pine marten kit, two
:18:32. > :18:35.of them there, totally unfazed by my ugly mug looking over the top.
:18:36. > :18:38.Gorgeous looking animals, bigger than I thought, I was surprised how
:18:39. > :18:43.big they were. Really thrilling to see them, that is me trying to film
:18:44. > :18:50.them with my little domestic camera. Look at that! So, wonderful Liem,
:18:51. > :18:54.they are back, and what is fascinating is how Ian discovered
:18:55. > :18:59.they were back, he was in the workshop, and he heard this, which
:19:00. > :19:07.he recorded on his phone. Do you hear that? That is a pair of pine
:19:08. > :19:12.marten kits fighting, love it! Let's go and look at the nerve centre of
:19:13. > :19:17.the whole enterprise, come with me. My boots are nice and clean, I hope
:19:18. > :19:24.the crew's are! Let's go in, and here it is, Shelagh and Ian have
:19:25. > :19:28.spent hours on our behalf sitting here watching, and you can control
:19:29. > :19:35.the camera with a joystick, let's see if the kits are there now. I
:19:36. > :19:40.don't think they are. But anyway, since they have returned, they are
:19:41. > :19:45.there somewhere, but they move about the whole time. Since they have
:19:46. > :19:48.returned, Ian and Shelagh have been recording their activity, and they
:19:49. > :19:57.have changed. They spend most of their time fighting. You can see
:19:58. > :20:02.this, you can see them fighting, this is different from before, they
:20:03. > :20:07.pounce, and of course this is very, very good, as we always say, it
:20:08. > :20:10.isn't just play, it is training. These will be absolutely top
:20:11. > :20:15.predators once they get out. They are much too young to hunt for
:20:16. > :20:18.themselves yet, but this is them busy training. We think they are
:20:19. > :20:27.probably ten weeks old now, maybe a little older. They go on doing this
:20:28. > :20:32.for ages and ages, six minutes at a time, seven minutes. Look at that
:20:33. > :20:40.wonderful place they have chosen to do it, all that insulation. Their
:20:41. > :20:46.mother is very tolerant, they sometimes end up jumping straight on
:20:47. > :20:51.top of her. Extraordinary! Now, while those two are fighting like
:20:52. > :20:57.that, mum is outdoors, and if you come with me, you can see why she
:20:58. > :21:02.has chosen such a brilliant place. So this is the back door of the
:21:03. > :21:05.house, and look, a fantastic woodland, perfect, absolutely
:21:06. > :21:11.perfect for mum to go out hunting to feed those hungry kits. In fact,
:21:12. > :21:14.just over the couple of days, we have seen her walk along this very
:21:15. > :21:22.wall as she disappears into the woods, look at this. Here she is,
:21:23. > :21:28.coming down the stairs. She is considerably bigger than the kits.
:21:29. > :21:33.Very obvious marking which identifies as an individual.
:21:34. > :21:38.Extraordinary to see her among Ian's woodworking equipment, oh deer! And
:21:39. > :21:44.now she is on the wall that is just a couple of metres from me, and she
:21:45. > :21:50.is out. And that is, much bushy tailed than the kits, and that is
:21:51. > :21:57.her heading out to go and hunt, bringing in a lot of voles for the
:21:58. > :22:01.kits. Absolutely brilliant, so when you come back to us later, we are
:22:02. > :22:06.going to bring you right up to date with the very latest from here in
:22:07. > :22:11.Shelagh and Ian's house. Meanwhile, back to Chris and Michaela.
:22:12. > :22:15.Isn't that fantastic?! I can't believe how close he got to them! So
:22:16. > :22:25.good that they came back. Time for a quiz - we all know that Chris is a
:22:26. > :22:29.birder, but what about birdsong, because to identify it, you have got
:22:30. > :22:34.to have a good musical ear? If you know his taste in music, you might
:22:35. > :22:38.question that! I go to play you some birdsong, you have got to see if you
:22:39. > :22:49.can guess what it is. It is difficult. Goodness me, that is
:22:50. > :22:57.quite hard! Hold on... I can give you a clue. It could be one of the
:22:58. > :23:02.auk family, young guillemot or razorbill? It has got an edge to it.
:23:03. > :23:17.It is not a bad guess. It is a sea bird of some kind. Is it a baby...
:23:18. > :23:20.It is a baby! Manx shearwater. Juvenile mags shearwater, extremely
:23:21. > :23:28.difficult, that, because a juvenile as well. Birds don't just produce
:23:29. > :23:32.sounds through their mouths, they will also produce sound
:23:33. > :23:40.mechanically, so I am going to give you a test now. Oh deer! Listen to
:23:41. > :23:53.this. That is a weird sound! I am going to make a wild guess, it is
:23:54. > :23:55.something snoring. It is a nightjar's wing clapping. Quite a
:23:56. > :24:03.few birds will actually clapped their wings behind their backs, like
:24:04. > :24:06.that. Sometimes wood pigeons will do its diving out of trees. Here is
:24:07. > :24:13.another one, try this one, and other mechanical sound from a bird using
:24:14. > :24:17.its wings. Now, that is a bit more familiar, that is clearly some sort
:24:18. > :24:23.of beating of the wings, it sounds like some sort of water bird, is it
:24:24. > :24:28.these? Not bad, it is the mute swan, so named because they do not produce
:24:29. > :24:32.a lot of sound using their mouth, they honk and growl and his. We
:24:33. > :24:35.think they have evolved to make that sound so that if they are flying at
:24:36. > :24:39.night or through bad weather, they can hear one another and stick
:24:40. > :24:44.together. Most of the others one species which migrate like that have
:24:45. > :24:48.a vocal contact call, so they use that. Not the only bird that
:24:49. > :24:57.produces a mechanical sound, there is one that is an ornithological
:24:58. > :25:00.enigma. About three weeks ago I went down to Somerset to get to grips
:25:01. > :25:05.with this bird to find out exactly how it produces an extraordinary
:25:06. > :25:12.noise. West Sedgemoor, an ancient landscape
:25:13. > :25:22.and one of my favourite places to visit. It is also home to a fast
:25:23. > :25:25.declining bird, a bird that at this time of year, for a couple of hours
:25:26. > :25:34.just after dawn, makes an extraordinary sound. The thing about
:25:35. > :25:39.this sound is that for hundreds, if not thousands of years, it was a
:25:40. > :25:43.mystery, people would have walked out across this marshland here and
:25:44. > :25:51.heard these birds, but they just couldn't figure out how the sound
:25:52. > :25:55.was made. But before we try to unravel the mystery, we need to hear
:25:56. > :26:02.it, and who better to help us than sound man Gary and his parabolic
:26:03. > :26:17.microphone. Morning, Gary. Morning, Chris. The cranes. What else have
:26:18. > :26:28.you picked up? Skylark dominating at the moment. Oh, my goodness! With
:26:29. > :26:34.these headphones on, it sounds like that skylark is in the middle of my
:26:35. > :26:40.brain somewhere! And there is nothing else in there, I have just
:26:41. > :26:47.got a hollow head with this incredible song of the skylark. But
:26:48. > :27:02.truth be told, none of these birds are what we have come here to hear.
:27:03. > :27:08.I can hear it. That chip- microchipped- microchipped... That
:27:09. > :27:18.is the precursor to the sound we have come to here, that is being
:27:19. > :27:23.made, yeah, by a male snipe, that little wading bird, incredibly
:27:24. > :27:28.difficult to see at this time of year when they are down on the
:27:29. > :27:35.ground. That is the bird we are after, but not the sound. To hear
:27:36. > :27:41.that, we are going to need to find one on the wing performing its
:27:42. > :27:52.mating display. Oh! That was it! Out there. I have got them, Gary here
:27:53. > :28:12.they come! Oh, yes! Did you get it?! That was the
:28:13. > :28:16.drumming of the sniper! What a thing! I was actually watching him,
:28:17. > :28:21.I could see him going up, and then they zipped down like that. As they
:28:22. > :28:29.pull out of the dive, you have that fantastic whirring sound, drrr,
:28:30. > :28:37.drrr. This remarkable sound and the snipe ancient nicknames, but how do
:28:38. > :28:45.they make it? Well, Al-Ameen to demonstrate. -- allow me to
:28:46. > :28:54.demonstrate. Here two outer tail feathers of the snipe, and they hold
:28:55. > :28:59.those out from their tail like this at 180 degrees, and as those birds
:29:00. > :29:05.are gliding down in that rapid flight, these tail feathers vibrate,
:29:06. > :29:09.and they have got a very stiff vein there. All the other parts of the
:29:10. > :29:15.feathered behind it are, again, especially evolved to produce that
:29:16. > :29:19.sound. But why would you believe me? You have got no reason to believe me
:29:20. > :29:26.whatsoever. Except that I can replicate an experiment that was
:29:27. > :29:33.done in 1912 by a man called Philip Manson bar in a restaurant in London
:29:34. > :29:37.in front of the audience of the British Ornithologists Club. He put
:29:38. > :29:44.two snipe tail feathers in a cork like this, on a length of string,
:29:45. > :29:56.and then he swung it around to replicate the sound of a snipe. Are
:29:57. > :30:04.you ready? Oh, yes! Oh, yes, yes, yes! I have made my very own snipe.
:30:05. > :30:13.And across the UK, on this fine sunny morning, there is not a
:30:14. > :30:15.happier bloke! Fantastic! Points out of ten, come on it's my ten out of
:30:16. > :30:29.ten! Look at that! Philip Manson Barr, I
:30:30. > :30:39.salute you! Breakfast is deserved!
:30:40. > :30:44.You are so pleased with yourself! So, so, so very pleased with myself.
:30:45. > :30:50.Can I have a go? Can you have a go? Can you pop round my house and
:30:51. > :30:54.juggle with my collection of Faberge Eggs? No. Can you take my front
:30:55. > :30:59.racing racing Ferrari out for a spin? Can you have a go? Is that a
:31:00. > :31:04.no? Come on, of course no one will ever have a go! Look at that. I knew
:31:05. > :31:10.you would say that so I brought my own. That's not annoying at all, is
:31:11. > :31:15.it? That's enough of that. I love that. Now at the beginning of that
:31:16. > :31:20.film we saw another bird with a very dominant singing display and it was
:31:21. > :31:25.the skylark. You see it regularly here at Sherbourne. Like the snipe
:31:26. > :31:32.it has a wonderful flight display. Here's the bird.
:31:33. > :31:38.This is the skylark. It might be a little brown but what it lacks in
:31:39. > :31:44.colour it makes up in showy display. It's a spectacular song flight. It
:31:45. > :31:50.is performed like an aerial dance to advertise their territories. The
:31:51. > :31:54.bird rises vertically, you can see rapid wing beats. It can reach
:31:55. > :31:59.anything up to 100 feet. It then hovers for a few minutes. As you can
:32:00. > :32:05.see, it starts to dive down. Watch carefully. This is something
:32:06. > :32:09.you won't see with your own eyes if you are watching this bird.
:32:10. > :32:23.You see what happens, it shoots the legs out. Then it sort of parachutes
:32:24. > :32:25.and glides down to the ground. It's a long complicated beautiful
:32:26. > :32:30.song flight. It can last up to an hour.
:32:31. > :32:36.It's a bird that you often hear if you are out in the right habitat.
:32:37. > :32:42.You rarely get to see it as clearly as that. Usually you just see a sort
:32:43. > :32:48.of dot in the sky. And you hear it. Fantastic, though. You want to know
:32:49. > :32:52.why the legs were dangling? I was going to ask that. Why are the legs
:32:53. > :32:56.dangling down. You were going to answer. Go on then. I am pleased to
:32:57. > :32:59.answer that question because I can draw attention... I knew there was a
:33:00. > :33:06.reason I didn't want to ask this question. I can draw attention to
:33:07. > :33:08.the fact that this J-U 87 World War II German dive bomber used something
:33:09. > :33:26.that is taken from that. These were famous and on the
:33:27. > :33:30.underside of the wing they had devices fitted that were made the
:33:31. > :33:36.horrible whining sound as they dived to the ground at speeds of up to
:33:37. > :33:43.370mph. The pilots in here were pulling five to eight G. They didn't
:33:44. > :33:49.want to crash. They had an auto pull up button they hit and these were
:33:50. > :33:54.deployed. These are what we call dive brakes. It's these that compare
:33:55. > :33:57.to the legs on the skylark. These are effectively skylark legs
:33:58. > :34:03.on the back of this World War II bomber.
:34:04. > :34:08.What about that? Absolutely amazing. They were also used for bombing the
:34:09. > :34:12.infaumous squadron before the second world war started... Have you had
:34:13. > :34:16.enough? I have, I thought it was going to go on forever which is why
:34:17. > :34:22.I got a cup of tea. I have more. What about the history of the bird
:34:23. > :34:27.itself? In the UK skylarks would have been a rare bird, we probably
:34:28. > :34:30.would have only found them along the coast, once the area was opened for
:34:31. > :34:35.farming, particularly when there were loads of sheep, there would
:34:36. > :34:41.have been tens of millions of skylarks.
:34:42. > :34:47.What's happened relatively recently, between 1972 and 1996 there was a
:34:48. > :34:54.75% decline in our skylarks. Now we only have 1. 4 million pairs. Why is
:34:55. > :34:59.this? Well, it's down to the intensification of agriculture and
:35:00. > :35:05.changes in agricultural practice. The main reason is switching from
:35:06. > :35:11.spring sown to autumn sown crops, they come up too thick. If the birds
:35:12. > :35:16.nest they nest in tram lines where unfortunately they get trampled. On
:35:17. > :35:21.areas of grassland rates have increased, so there is a likelihood
:35:22. > :35:23.they'll be trampled. A switch from cutting to hay for sighage which
:35:24. > :35:28.means more frequent cutting which means there is not enough time for
:35:29. > :35:35.the birds to breed successfully. In some places skylarks are doing very
:35:36. > :35:39.badly indeed. But not here. Yes, because a lot of farmers here do
:35:40. > :35:43.banish their farm with wildlife in mind and they manage the crop with
:35:44. > :35:49.these birds in mind in particular. Have a look at this. It's a drone
:35:50. > :35:53.shot actually of a farm owned by Peter Summers on the estate. You can
:35:54. > :35:59.see the skylarks normally will nest, you see in the tractor lines, that's
:36:00. > :36:03.where it normally nests, but he has left this square bit completely
:36:04. > :36:07.unplanted. It is brilliant. As Chris was saying in the track lines that's
:36:08. > :36:12.where they like to land and nest on the sides and that means they're
:36:13. > :36:17.open to predators. If there is that bear bit in the middle, they can
:36:18. > :36:21.land, go to the side and nest and it's a lot safer. Top work, Peter
:36:22. > :36:26.Summers. The proof is in the pudding. Look what we filmed here on
:36:27. > :36:30.the estate on Peter's farm. A brood of skylarks down on the ground, no
:36:31. > :36:36.danger of them being run over at all in his crops. They're alongside one
:36:37. > :36:39.of those squares. Fantastic. Beautiful bird, definitely worth
:36:40. > :36:46.looking after. Certainly. Stunning. Enough Larking around! Let's go back
:36:47. > :36:51.to Martin live in Scotland. Thank you. Now this is Ian's
:36:52. > :36:56.workshop right here. The den is up there. If we go further back you can
:36:57. > :37:04.see we have a camera set up here. You can watch this end, in the
:37:05. > :37:08.corner there, there is a sort of scalloped bit, that's where the pine
:37:09. > :37:11.mar tense come out and go hunting. We are certain right now that
:37:12. > :37:21.they're still in there. Let's go live and see if we can see them.
:37:22. > :37:23.They're really difficult to see up here because they can hide
:37:24. > :37:27.underneath. No, I don't think they're there. They are there, I
:37:28. > :37:33.know, but we can't see them right now.
:37:34. > :37:37.There have been a lot of changes in their lives recently. They've been
:37:38. > :37:41.growing up and it's fascinating to compare them with what they were
:37:42. > :37:46.like a few weeks ago. This is them very early on. Maybe five weeks old.
:37:47. > :37:50.Their eyes don't open until they're five weeks, so they must be at least
:37:51. > :37:59.five weeks. They're wobbly on their pins. Here they are now, so
:38:00. > :38:03.confident. Jumping around. Much, much more agile now.
:38:04. > :38:09.There they are on the left. Little face. The face a little compressed
:38:10. > :38:14.and the nose is elongated and will continue to get longer, as well.
:38:15. > :38:27.What's fascinating, look at this, I will put these down, now, pine
:38:28. > :38:31.martens are in the same group, the mustelids group. This is a weasel
:38:32. > :38:35.skull. Here is a stoat, here is a mink and here is a pine marten.
:38:36. > :38:40.They're almost exactly the same structure. That long back bit. Those
:38:41. > :38:44.fear some teeth at the front. The eyes on the front of the face. Here
:38:45. > :38:50.is a remarkable thing. Look at the fear some teeth on the pine marten.
:38:51. > :38:55.Actually, they will eat voles and eggs and rabbits. But they'll also
:38:56. > :39:00.eat fruit and nuts. I am going to show you something remarkable. If I
:39:01. > :39:04.can. In the old days, an old wives tale was you could get a weasel, it
:39:05. > :39:08.would go through a wedding ring. If I can get mine off. Here is my
:39:09. > :39:13.wedding ring. Could a weasel like the old wives tale get through the
:39:14. > :39:20.wedding ripping? Let's try. -- wedding ring. Yes, it could. I
:39:21. > :39:24.have this lovely vision of all those old wives sitting around. There was
:39:25. > :39:29.no telly in those days, they had to entertain themselves.
:39:30. > :39:32.We have been watching them with this camera at night. We have seen,
:39:33. > :39:38.although they're growing up, they've still got a way to go. Look at this.
:39:39. > :39:46.Here we are on the back wall at night. Here is mum coming in. You
:39:47. > :39:51.can see one of on the right. Mum, up she goes and straight in,
:39:52. > :40:00.effortless. But now How will this kit do? You can see
:40:01. > :40:08.it's much more wobbly. Can it get in one go? Can it? Oh! No, it's not.
:40:09. > :40:14.But it doesn't give up. It has another go.
:40:15. > :40:19.This animal is going to rely on fantastic agility to hunt later in
:40:20. > :40:26.its life. It has to learn its trade. Mum is at the top encouraging it on
:40:27. > :40:33.with a little bit of squeaking. Can it do it this time? You think it
:40:34. > :40:40.would, that wall is grippy. It gets up to the light. Now it's
:40:41. > :40:45.got to struggle. Yes! It's got in. Can the second one do it? This is
:40:46. > :40:49.the other kit. It goes a different route. Around the back of the light
:40:50. > :41:15.and now it's stuck. It's like Winnie The Pooh when it ate too much honey.
:41:16. > :41:20.Mum is still encouraging them in and eventually he makes it.
:41:21. > :41:23.We won't go live again because we know they're difficult to see. A
:41:24. > :41:29.couple of hours ago we had a camera at the other end of the building and
:41:30. > :41:35.we did see this. Here is a kit. You can see it in
:41:36. > :41:38.daylight. There is the mum. She's considerably bigger. They won't be
:41:39. > :41:43.fully grown until they're six months old, the kits. They're about two
:41:44. > :41:47.months now. It's wonderful to see them in
:41:48. > :41:54.daylight. Unfazed, not bothered at all by Ian's gear there.
:41:55. > :41:57.Massive, massive thank you to Shelagh and Ian allowing us to have
:41:58. > :42:03.this view, this secret world of the pine martens, fantastic. I never
:42:04. > :42:11.thought we would ever get into their nest. Thank you.
:42:12. > :42:14.I love a man who has been into a mustelid's nest, I have to say. He
:42:15. > :42:18.is going to stay on the road, he is travelling to another part of the UK
:42:19. > :42:23.and we will catch up with him next week. I think he is in the Isles of
:42:24. > :42:28.Scilly, he has a long drive. It was meant to be a secret! Now you have
:42:29. > :42:32.told everyone. Next week Martin will be in the Isles of Scilly. Let's
:42:33. > :42:37.just remind that! We introduced to you a nest on Monday. It was the
:42:38. > :42:43.nest of some blackcaps. I hate to tell you it's not been a happy
:42:44. > :42:47.story. Let's look at the nest live. At the moment that's the female
:42:48. > :42:53.sitting on there. You can't see for fr that shot but there were five
:42:54. > :42:57.chicks and now sorry to tell you there are only two left. And they're
:42:58. > :43:03.seven days old. Let's see what has happened on that nest. It's not been
:43:04. > :43:09.a happy story. We first found the nest and it had five healthy chicks.
:43:10. > :43:16.By Sunday, the weakest was clearly being left out. It wasn't being
:43:17. > :43:22.brooded. By Monday morning, sadly, it had fallen out and died.
:43:23. > :43:27.As the day went on, the second chick got stuck in the hole. You can see
:43:28. > :43:31.its leg stuck in the hole in that nest.
:43:32. > :43:35.Again it's not being brooded, it's being left out.
:43:36. > :43:41.That was Monday at 4pm. It hasn't got the strength to pull itself out.
:43:42. > :43:46.By Tuesday, in the early hours, it had stopped moving.
:43:47. > :43:52.We then noticed there were only two left. What had happened to the third
:43:53. > :43:57.chick? The male comes in, looks down and
:43:58. > :44:01.the third chick has also died. I don't know if it got stuck in a hole
:44:02. > :44:08.or maybe it was the cold weather. Now we are down to just two chicks.
:44:09. > :44:12.This is extremely worrying. Our nest watchers noticed that the second
:44:13. > :44:15.chick is looking like it's got stuck in the side of that nest. It's
:44:16. > :44:22.struggling. It didn't look like it was going to make it.
:44:23. > :44:31.The male comes in and it manages to wriggle out of the danger zone.
:44:32. > :44:33.If you look at them both, two left, they're both slipping down that
:44:34. > :44:38.nest. It's at a precarious angle.
:44:39. > :44:43.We are going to keep our fingers crossed for the last two chicks.
:44:44. > :44:48.I have to be honest, my hopes aren't too high for those two. It's not
:44:49. > :44:55.looking good. It's amazing, just the angle of that nest is enough to lead
:44:56. > :44:59.to a complete catastrophe. Yet nests are amazing pieces of
:45:00. > :45:05.animal arc texture. We have a small collection here. This you will
:45:06. > :45:09.recognise as the typical nest, woven with thicker grasses around the
:45:10. > :45:12.outside, then it is lined with thinner grasses and has moss in
:45:13. > :45:19.here. This belongs to a yellowhammer.
:45:20. > :45:24.It is situated down deep in the ground, it is about holding the eggs
:45:25. > :45:30.and the young in one place, the installation is done by the ground
:45:31. > :45:34.and the other foliage around it. But nests come in such a variety of
:45:35. > :45:38.shapes and sizes, it is a feat of engineering, it really is. Let's
:45:39. > :45:44.have a look at one of the smallest, I love this nest, look at it, it is
:45:45. > :45:48.like a little woolly cup, tightly woven from sheets will, probably a
:45:49. > :45:54.bit of spider's web in there as well. Who lives in a nest like this
:45:55. > :46:01.one? Let's have a look, you can see that it is the goldfinch, and it is
:46:02. > :46:05.very soft inside, it has got a nice woolly lining, and it is very
:46:06. > :46:10.spongy. It has got a few more stakes than the one you can see there, but
:46:11. > :46:16.I think that is gorgeous, it could be like a pom-pom on a hat. Lots of
:46:17. > :46:19.birds actually use spider's web to weld their nest together,
:46:20. > :46:24.chaffinches will use it as a base before they stick Moss to it, a very
:46:25. > :46:32.important component. Not for this one, this is another nest that we
:46:33. > :46:37.have been showing new, this is our chiffchaff's nest, we have seen the
:46:38. > :46:41.youngsters fledge from this, again on the ground, a domed nests that
:46:42. > :46:47.they can get inside. All of the youngsters fledge to successfully a
:46:48. > :46:51.few days ago. And here, look, you can see, some of the feathers which
:46:52. > :46:56.were lining it have come out, a pheasant feather there, that one
:46:57. > :47:00.looks like it is from a Corbett. I ought to say that this is a nest
:47:01. > :47:05.that we know has been used, we have seen it happening, we wouldn't go
:47:06. > :47:10.out and catch a nest at this time of year unless we were certain they had
:47:11. > :47:15.finished in their purpose. If you find a nest at this point, leave it
:47:16. > :47:22.for a few months, then the birds will have finished with it. Let's
:47:23. > :47:31.have a look at a slightly bigger nest, a perfect little ball made of
:47:32. > :47:36.dead leaves and moss, there is a hole here, and it is lined with
:47:37. > :47:42.moss, very cosy. Let's have a look lives in there, it is the wren.
:47:43. > :47:46.Surprising that this is one of the larger nests for a small bird,
:47:47. > :47:52.because it is a very small bird, but it is quite a big brood. Our wren
:47:53. > :47:59.has six chicks, so it needs to be quite big. It is very solid, look at
:48:00. > :48:04.that. And tightly woven together, unlike this last one, and again, at
:48:05. > :48:11.the moment, this one has been compressed into a platform. In fact,
:48:12. > :48:15.it belonged to our jays, and it was leaning at a precarious angle, as
:48:16. > :48:19.you can see here. But they did successfully fledge from this nest.
:48:20. > :48:23.One of them toppled out a little early, but to do them some justice,
:48:24. > :48:28.I have to tell you that when it was constructed, it didn't look like
:48:29. > :48:32.this. It was, in fact, like a slightly larger version of the
:48:33. > :48:36.yellowhammer. It was just the activity of the youngsters that
:48:37. > :48:40.compressed it into that flat mad. It is actually not the last one we are
:48:41. > :48:45.showing new, because from this little one, one of the smallest, to
:48:46. > :48:52.this, which is the biggest nest of any bird in this country. It is the
:48:53. > :48:56.golden eagle. Obviously, we couldn't bring the whole nest in, so we have
:48:57. > :49:02.just put a perimeter so that you can see how big it is, and it is made of
:49:03. > :49:11.ranchers and little sticks that sort of bung up the side. Let's have a
:49:12. > :49:16.look at it, this is the nest of Freya, the golden eagle we have been
:49:17. > :49:23.following in Scotland. It is lined with dry leaves and would rush
:49:24. > :49:29.called eagle brash, grass. It can be up to two metres. I feel like I
:49:30. > :49:34.should be laying an leg. Why don't you squeeze out under leg? You could
:49:35. > :49:40.incubated for a few weeks, we would all have some peace! The Wellcome
:49:41. > :49:43.collection are organising an interesting exhibition. They want
:49:44. > :49:48.people to contribute objects which have connected them to nature. It
:49:49. > :49:52.could be anything, something they picked up as a child, a book that
:49:53. > :49:57.inspired them, anything like that. Lucy has been to meet a young man
:49:58. > :50:03.using a slightly unusual, very modern object to connect into
:50:04. > :50:07.nature. Mobile phones are seen as an
:50:08. > :50:11.essential part of everyday life, absorbing our time and distracting
:50:12. > :50:16.us from our surroundings. But I'm meeting father and son Adam and Sam
:50:17. > :50:25.who connects to nature by using their phone to go Giro catching --
:50:26. > :50:31.geocaching. Hello, you must be Sam, are we ready to go? Geocaching is an
:50:32. > :50:36.outdoor treasure hunt where clues are downloaded to your mobile,
:50:37. > :50:43.allowing you to navigate to a set of coordinates where a prize is hidden.
:50:44. > :50:49.What is it about that you enjoy so much? We like the countryside once,
:50:50. > :50:53.we like going out on trails, and the reason for that is we find
:50:54. > :50:59.interesting animals. Any animals in particular you like looking for?
:51:00. > :51:08.Yes, reptiles. Reptiles, OK! Well, we couldn't have picked a better
:51:09. > :51:11.spot. This area has two geocache betrayals and boast all six UK
:51:12. > :51:18.species of reptile. We are getting near the first one. It says we need
:51:19. > :51:24.to count the number of screws holding the sign. Four. Onto the
:51:25. > :51:31.next one. For Sam, the biggest roar is seeing his favourite animals.
:51:32. > :51:39.What is the top of your hit list? I would like to see a sand blizzard.
:51:40. > :51:45.Are you excited to see them? I would be very excited. OK, guys, so this
:51:46. > :51:50.is a good place for lizards, so this time of year we are right in the
:51:51. > :51:58.middle of the breeding season. So if we are really lucky, we might see
:51:59. > :52:05.some males fighting. Do you have some top tips on how to spot
:52:06. > :52:19.lizards? I am looking for small movement and listening for Russells.
:52:20. > :52:29.-- Russell rustles. There! And adult male, bright green! That was on your
:52:30. > :52:33.hit list. Very happy now. So a new set of coordinates. I am determined
:52:34. > :52:40.we are going to find something here. It says the number of landmarks on
:52:41. > :52:48.the information board plus two. Seven, eight, nine. That is another
:52:49. > :52:53.one done. Am's hope of seeing a smooth snake takes us to the lowland
:52:54. > :53:00.heath, and it is not long before we strike gold. This is a slow worm, a
:53:01. > :53:04.legless lizard, not a snake. This is a female, I can tell because of the
:53:05. > :53:10.colouring. They have got these dark sides, and they normally have a dark
:53:11. > :53:17.stripe down the centre. So this is all thanks to your geocaching, you
:53:18. > :53:20.are holding a slow worm now. So that is a sand lizard and a slow worm,
:53:21. > :53:33.and with the Final Cut ward and it is, it is not long before we find
:53:34. > :53:37.our geocache prize. -- the final co-ordinates. Are! After recording
:53:38. > :53:46.our find, we replaced the box, and there is one more treasure on offer,
:53:47. > :53:53.courtesy of the head ranger, Robert Farrington. Wow it's my mood states
:53:54. > :54:01.are only found in five areas of Britain and are so rare you need a
:54:02. > :54:05.licence to handle them. They differ from other British necks because
:54:06. > :54:10.their scales are completely smooth. Grass snakes and adders, there
:54:11. > :54:13.scales have a ridge on them, so they are smooth one way, but rather the
:54:14. > :54:23.other way, whereas smooth snakes do not have that. It is the ultimate
:54:24. > :54:30.prize for reptile lover Sam. How about that, best geocache ever?
:54:31. > :54:32.Definitely! It is a find that Sam will almost certainly treasure, and
:54:33. > :54:38.who would have thought that the mobile phone would have been a way
:54:39. > :54:43.of connecting us to nature? I am not one of those people who
:54:44. > :54:47.moans about the mobile phone in the countryside, I use mine, I have got
:54:48. > :54:51.field guides on it, also of useful things to connect me to nature. And
:54:52. > :54:56.the Wellcome collection are interested in online exhibition as
:54:57. > :55:00.well as the physical one, and they would like your contributions,
:55:01. > :55:04.details are on the website. Yesterday, we showed you a beautiful
:55:05. > :55:08.film about the colourful kingfisher, and we promised you more. Our camera
:55:09. > :55:14.teams have been following a pair on Sherborne on the River Windrush.
:55:15. > :55:19.This is the male, you can see that because of the black beak on both
:55:20. > :55:30.sides. And it has decided to start to excavate a nest in this river
:55:31. > :55:34.bank. It is remarkable how they do it, they use their beaks to hammer
:55:35. > :55:40.out the mud. They use their claws to sort of get rid of it. There is the
:55:41. > :55:44.female, she has got orange and the beak. She doesn't get involved at
:55:45. > :55:49.this stage, she just likes to watch and view it but eventually she
:55:50. > :55:59.decides that she needs to inspect it, so off she goes. She has a
:56:00. > :56:05.little peek. He is not ready for a viewing, he chases her off. But it
:56:06. > :56:10.is obviously a great place that they have chosen. It is top real estate.
:56:11. > :56:18.That is where the kingfishers are, and just buy that, their neighbours,
:56:19. > :56:22.it is a little wren's nest, and they seem to tolerate each other
:56:23. > :56:30.perfectly well. It is a really pretty area, the Mandarin ducks and
:56:31. > :56:35.ducklings around. And also these little grey wagtail fledgling is.
:56:36. > :56:41.Interestingly enough, the kingfisher is not happy with them being there
:56:42. > :56:43.and chases them away. Why do you think that is, Chris? They are
:56:44. > :56:48.generally protective around their nests, it is unusual they have left
:56:49. > :56:54.the wren stay, they don't seem worried about her. Maybe because it
:56:55. > :56:57.is a little bird. We are launching a new nest on Springwatch tomorrow,
:56:58. > :57:01.and if you would like a sneak preview, like us on Facebook, ten
:57:02. > :57:06.o'clock in the morning you will see what the new nest is. Like us on
:57:07. > :57:11.Facebook, ten o'clock, sneak preview. Is it a secret? Please
:57:12. > :57:16.don't say what it is at this point! Just enough time to look at one last
:57:17. > :57:24.thing, we have seen sneezing, we have seen them pooing, now they are
:57:25. > :57:30.producing a palate. Look at that! And it deposits it very neatly on
:57:31. > :57:35.its sibling's shoulder. What a treat! Do you know what that is
:57:36. > :57:40.like? When a brother put a sticker on your back saying I am a loser?
:57:41. > :57:45.What, like this sticker I put on your back earlier today?! We are
:57:46. > :57:50.running out of time, what are we up to tomorrow? Let's have a look, also
:57:51. > :57:56.is coming up, including this, a head to head with two birds of prey, the
:57:57. > :58:02.kestrel and the barn owl. And we have got our stoat family, an update
:58:03. > :58:05.with them. And we will be checking out our Gloucester peregrine insult
:58:06. > :58:15.brick Cathedral. That is the youngster there. Join us again
:58:16. > :58:20.tomorrow for 6:30 for Unsprung. I'm going to ask you a quick question,
:58:21. > :58:25.yes, will it ever be possible to place a tiny camera on a swallow to
:58:26. > :58:30.see its migration? I am glad you have asked me, I have got a model to
:58:31. > :58:33.help the answer that! That really is all we have got time for... We will
:58:34. > :58:38.see you tomorrow, bye-bye!