:00:25. > :00:29.Now it is a very minor aspiration of mind to bring a degree of
:00:29. > :00:33.sartorial elegance to the world of natural history. I'm afraid on this
:00:33. > :00:38.occasion I'm going to have to compromise might ethics because I'm
:00:38. > :00:44.really need something is going to make me feel like a host of a
:00:44. > :00:47.slightly anarchic programme. Do you know what? I feel and in a plan
:00:47. > :00:57.coming out, I could release something from the 70s, something
:00:57. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:05.really nasty, because this is We are talking about half-an-hour
:01:05. > :01:09.of ecological and a key on your television. I have got jacket and a
:01:09. > :01:17.keep going on. What do you think? will join in with my sartorial
:01:17. > :01:21.twist. I have a special Unsprung slippers. Look at that! On they
:01:21. > :01:29.lovely? They are from India. Who have we got in the house? We have
:01:30. > :01:35.our audience. Did you enjoy the main show? They have to say that.
:01:35. > :01:41.We have got of course, it would not beat Unsprung without it, level-
:01:41. > :01:47.headed joke. And of course she is waiting right now for your comments.
:01:47. > :01:57.Get in contact. Or just. How do they get in contact? On our Web
:01:57. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:06.page. You can go to face Buck. will join us as well. Because it is
:02:06. > :02:14.later, it is booms. It is booze, not toffee apples. Did you get your
:02:14. > :02:20.tooth? It has a hair on it now. doesn't go with your code. Nothing
:02:20. > :02:27.goes with that code. Any Questions? Anything coming? We have some
:02:27. > :02:36.quick-fire questions. Mike writing Essex. He sent a picture in. --
:02:36. > :02:41.Mike Wright in Essex. It is a It has unusual, -- coloration. He
:02:41. > :02:46.says it is an aberration. What is it? It appears to have the brown
:02:46. > :02:50.colouring that you would expect and the spots. Now, normally you might
:02:50. > :02:54.think there would be Scales, those things that give the Butterfly and
:02:54. > :02:57.the moth its colouring, can have been knocked off and dislodged.
:02:57. > :03:01.Sometimes that makes them look slightly frayed. This is
:03:01. > :03:07.symmetrical. The fact the four wings are in good condition means
:03:07. > :03:17.this is an aberration. Mike Wright in Essex. I think he probably
:03:17. > :03:21.picked it up. No, he didn't. He has been watching butterflies for 50
:03:21. > :03:28.years. He is no novice. He knows his stuff. That was spotted in
:03:28. > :03:34.August. Has anyone else seen that? No. Would you like another
:03:34. > :03:40.question? Terry knows that the Victorians painted kitchen walls
:03:40. > :03:44.blue because they thought flies did not like the colour. Is it true? Do
:03:44. > :03:52.flies dislike the colour blue? Can they see colour? That is a very
:03:53. > :03:58.good question. Interesting. From me, or him? Both of you. Flies have
:03:58. > :04:01.very different eyes. They are made of different lenses. What we are
:04:01. > :04:07.not sure about with compound eyes is how they actually perceive the
:04:07. > :04:10.world. Do they in their brains make that information into one image, or
:04:10. > :04:16.do they have hundreds of images that they can process at the same
:04:16. > :04:24.time? As for do flies disliked the colour blue, I have absolutely, I'm
:04:24. > :04:28.proud to say, I have absolutely no idea. Lots of people have got in
:04:28. > :04:32.contact about ladybirds because ladybirds are pouring into our
:04:32. > :04:36.homes at this time of year and they say the best way to stop coming the
:04:36. > :04:43.minister paint your house purple. Honestly, I have heard that, that
:04:43. > :04:48.ladybirds hate the Color Purple. Imagine the Clash, ladies --
:04:48. > :04:54.ladybirds and purple. Anyone tried it? Painting the kitchen blue? You
:04:54. > :05:00.would have thought someone would have painted that. I wonder if they
:05:00. > :05:06.can see blue. He will end up with a purple and blue house. A disaster.
:05:07. > :05:11.Other people like purple and white, I like blue and white. There is
:05:11. > :05:14.another message. We visited Westonbirt this weekend as well as
:05:14. > :05:19.admiring the autumn scene I think I've read that the changing colour
:05:19. > :05:23.can deter certain insect attacks. Did I imagine that, or could there
:05:23. > :05:26.be something in it? This is one of two series that have been
:05:26. > :05:32.postulated to explain why leaves turn red. Because the red colour
:05:32. > :05:37.comes from substances called and the signings, which the plants pump
:05:37. > :05:44.into the lead before they drop off. There has to be a good reason. Some
:05:44. > :05:49.people think it is to prevent the sunlight destroying the chlorophyll,
:05:49. > :05:54.others think it is to stop insect pests away. There is some evidence
:05:54. > :05:58.to suggest -- there is some evidence to suggest that less
:05:58. > :06:01.aphids land on red leaves. It may be the case. Later in the series we
:06:01. > :06:05.will address this when we see more read him at Westonbirt. A good
:06:05. > :06:10.question, we will get to it in detail later. That was a really
:06:10. > :06:18.good answer. He is amazing. He does not see these questions before we
:06:18. > :06:28.fire them at him. He needs appreciation. Can we quickly do the
:06:28. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:35.tea-cosy? What is the Lady's name? Lynne. Lynn, you are amazing. She
:06:35. > :06:39.delivers these fabulous, the ceremonial change of tea pot. That
:06:39. > :06:47.is the spring and summer one. This is the autumn one. It isn't it
:06:47. > :06:57.beautiful? It has a courts. It is gorgeous. I could almost put that
:06:57. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:13.I can't believe that got a round of applause! Do you have the quizzed
:07:13. > :07:17.trade? Let's clear some room. at the toffee apples. These are all
:07:17. > :07:23.items which I have collected myself, some of which were secreted under
:07:23. > :07:28.my bed in a box many years ago. They are all connected to woodland,
:07:28. > :07:34.so the first one is this. You have to identify which BIRT did this
:07:34. > :07:42.feather belong to? This is the letter A. You can go on the website
:07:42. > :07:50.and tell us the answer. Found in woodland, this is exhibit A. This
:07:51. > :07:57.is exhibit become a slightly more Look at the texture of this ward,
:07:57. > :08:02.note the absence of something and also look at either end. This was
:08:02. > :08:06.found in a British woodland but can only have been found in British
:08:06. > :08:11.woodland relatively recently. we ask, don't say. Has anyone any
:08:11. > :08:17.ideas about the stick? Yes, we have some bright sparks in the audience
:08:17. > :08:24.tonight. I have saved the past -- the best until last. I can tell you
:08:24. > :08:34.from the note in my small pot here that these here, item C, are some
:08:34. > :08:36.
:08:36. > :08:44.items that I discovered on July 1st, 1984. I found them... What is your
:08:45. > :08:54.house like?! It is very ordered! I found them in space side, by a
:08:55. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :08:59.lough. They are quite fragile, very precious. Look at that, in space
:08:59. > :09:09.side, Scotland, 1984, which is not relevant to be honest. The audience
:09:09. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:13.are not -- are fascinated. There is a fingernail! This is the further,
:09:13. > :09:17.the, the stick, which has been handled by something that could
:09:17. > :09:22.only recently have been found in the UK, and some vintage material
:09:22. > :09:31.here of great repute from 1984, found in a Scottish woodland.
:09:31. > :09:34.Answers on the website. There are photos of people want to check them.
:09:34. > :09:43.I think we're going to see a video that has been sending out. Can you
:09:43. > :09:46.tell me who has ended in? No, there is silence. Let's look at this,
:09:46. > :09:56.Maureen Nichols, thank you for sending this extraordinary bit of
:09:56. > :10:02.
:10:02. > :10:10.behaviour, have a look. What is it I am afraid to say it is beating
:10:10. > :10:15.bat. It is awful, actually. It is getting dark now. It has discovered
:10:15. > :10:19.a source of protein. I think it will destroy the whole colony.
:10:19. > :10:24.are smart birds and once they find a source of food they will go back
:10:24. > :10:29.to it until they have exhausted it. We could not see, it was quite
:10:29. > :10:33.difficult to see, but they are small bats. Perhaps pipistrelle bat.
:10:34. > :10:43.They are emerging from a roost. It is nailing them as they come out.
:10:44. > :10:46.
:10:46. > :10:52.Have you seen that before? Never mind the Gulf. I am with the bats
:10:52. > :10:57.on this one. Have you seen it before? No, never. Other animals to
:10:57. > :11:02.catch bats. Cats, unfortunately, will catch them as they come out. I
:11:03. > :11:08.have heard reports of sparrowhawks taking them regularly. Sparrowhawks
:11:08. > :11:12.often take bats. It is fun to see that, if anyone sees anything like
:11:12. > :11:20.that please send it in and let us know about it. You keep talking
:11:20. > :11:27.because I want to see what is going on outside. Oh no, I have my lovely
:11:27. > :11:32.slippers on. How is it going? going good. This is. This is booze,
:11:32. > :11:39.isn't it? Those toffee apples were difficult for my teeth. What have
:11:39. > :11:45.we got brewing? One of your great expertise is is making boos. I am
:11:45. > :11:52.doing Yarrow beer. This is Yarrow. A lot of gardeners have it. I'm
:11:52. > :11:57.also doing and Rosemary beer as well. They are two of my favourite
:11:57. > :12:04.beers, delicious. Fantastic. You are blowing them up now. Have we
:12:04. > :12:10.got anything we can taste of yours? Weekend to try some autumn flower
:12:10. > :12:15.champagne. Autumn flower champagne. This is hedgerow vodka. Has it
:12:15. > :12:20.really got vodka in it? Have a taste for stoppages a liqueur. If I
:12:20. > :12:27.call it hedge row liqueur. It is a shy little hedgerow vodka or but a
:12:27. > :12:32.good traveller. That is strong. Let's go. That is absolutely lovely.
:12:32. > :12:36.Delicious. Not too much of it. Quite strong. We will get more
:12:36. > :12:41.later. When are we going to have the beer? It will not be ready for
:12:41. > :12:46.ages, will it? It will take some time. I'm coming back in a later
:12:46. > :12:50.showed to finish the beer. Brilliant, on the telly, have this
:12:50. > :12:55.-- have something every year that matures. We will go back to Chris
:12:55. > :12:59.and Michaela while we tried these interesting things. I love the way
:12:59. > :13:05.he has trashed his slippers. I love the way he has trashed his slippers.
:13:05. > :13:09.Ball away from India. Superb. One of the other highlights in
:13:09. > :13:13.Autumnwatch is the vast number of photographs that you sent a Flickr
:13:13. > :13:17.group. By going to the office, sit down and look through hundreds of
:13:17. > :13:27.them because they are really super pictures. Let's look at some of
:13:27. > :13:28.
:13:28. > :13:36.What have we got? Richard has sent us this photograph of a hummingbird
:13:36. > :13:43.hawk moth. It has tried to drink the nectar and it has got stuck. It
:13:43. > :13:47.has pulled off the flower. Look at this. Sometimes they get stuck.
:13:47. > :13:54.This prevents the proboscis from disappearing into the moth and it
:13:54. > :13:57.will die from Deeo hybrid -- from dehydration. Oh no! The composition
:13:57. > :14:01.is unusual but we won't get into the technical details. When it
:14:01. > :14:08.comes to photographs we are not snobs. They don't have to be
:14:08. > :14:14.beautiful. We want them to be interesting. This is... Ruined! All
:14:14. > :14:17.away from India and they are ruined! Sorry. We like your
:14:17. > :14:21.photographs if they are interesting, and usual. It is the technical
:14:21. > :14:25.excellence, but is not what we are after, we want to see what you have
:14:25. > :14:30.got and what you are enjoying in the countryside. I never thought
:14:30. > :14:36.you would -- I never thought I would hear you say that. It says it
:14:36. > :14:40.in the script here. Frankly I am a terrible photographic snob. There
:14:40. > :14:50.is another picture as well, a humming bird picture. A hummingbird
:14:50. > :14:52.
:14:52. > :14:58.hawk. You can seek. You can see the pollen. Again, look at the pollen
:14:58. > :15:04.on the proboscis here. The whole point of the moth, when this visits
:15:04. > :15:07.pollination. It is allowing the plant effectively to move to the
:15:07. > :15:17.genes that are present and the pollen. It is another fascinating
:15:17. > :15:17.
:15:17. > :15:24.photograph although the composition is a little unusual. CAB I show you
:15:24. > :15:30.would Hummingbird photo? No, we can't. They do look exactly like
:15:30. > :15:40.hummingbirds. They built around. Wait a minute. Oh dear. What do you
:15:40. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:50.What do you think of this photo, Chris? In fact, you were there.
:15:50. > :15:56.you know, I have managed to expunge that from my mind. One sensible
:15:57. > :16:02.thing, these moths are migrants, that come to the UK. Increasing
:16:02. > :16:06.numbers are coming. They have even gone as far north as Scotland.
:16:06. > :16:09.Butterfly Conservation are doing a survey. You can get the details
:16:09. > :16:12.survey. You can get the details from our website, to take part in
:16:12. > :16:16.the hummingbird hawk moth survey. We even think there might be
:16:16. > :16:22.breeding in this country now. don't know if you two got into this
:16:22. > :16:28.story which was in the news a few weeks ago, about those four little
:16:28. > :16:33.squirrel orphans. They got caught in a storm, and they were orphaned,
:16:33. > :16:37.and there were taken in by a wildlife centre in Northumberland.
:16:37. > :16:46.And we kick actually going to speak to someone from there in a minute.
:16:46. > :16:51.First, let's have a look at those squirrels, they are so sweet. I
:16:51. > :16:55.think they were only about four weeks old when they were brought in.
:16:55. > :16:59.So, they have been taken in and looked after, and I think they're
:16:59. > :17:06.doing pretty well. It really caught the imagination of the British
:17:06. > :17:12.public. It was in the newspapers and everything. And silly Eileen,
:17:12. > :17:22.who has been looking after them. We can hear from her now. Can you hear
:17:22. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:27.us? And we can just about hear you. What have you got on your
:17:27. > :17:37.What have you got on your shoulder?! That is my version of a
:17:37. > :17:42.
:17:42. > :17:47.parrot. How are they doing? They're doing great. They are really well.
:17:47. > :17:57.They are now eating everything I can collect, from hawthorn berries,
:17:57. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:10.rosehips X Factor. -- rose hips etc. They're very well camouflaged
:18:10. > :18:19.against your hair. We can see one of them on your neck, but where are
:18:19. > :18:24.the other three? There is one over here. That's amazing. Can I just
:18:24. > :18:32.tell you that we have had them out for an hour to try and calm them
:18:32. > :18:37.down. It has so worked! Obviously, you have looked after them really
:18:37. > :18:46.well, they're doing great, but what is going to happen to them?
:18:46. > :18:52.plan is that they're to young to release, being hand reared, as they
:18:52. > :18:57.are, so they need to have what we call a soft release. The plan is
:18:57. > :19:07.that they were going to a pen for the winter, where they will be fed
:19:07. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:25.and looked after. Over the winter... LAUGHTER there will be fed and
:19:25. > :19:29.looked after in a red squirrel area. Then in late spring, when there is
:19:29. > :19:33.a plentiful supply of food, we will open the door and allow them to
:19:33. > :19:43.come or go as they please. But there will still be food put out
:19:43. > :19:46.
:19:46. > :19:53.for them every day. Eventually, off they will go. You have got a good
:19:53. > :20:00.red squirrel population near to where you are. We have a lot of
:20:00. > :20:06.squirrels in Northumberland. He's trying to bury a nut down my back.
:20:06. > :20:11.Sounds painful. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. Good
:20:11. > :20:17.luck with them, I hope they have huge success as they go forward
:20:17. > :20:23.into surviving in the wild. anybody noticed that her hair
:20:23. > :20:28.matched the squirrels? Beautifully, I could hardly see the squirrels.
:20:28. > :20:34.She has gone now, it is OK. Sticking with squirrels, I have got
:20:34. > :20:42.a real treat for you. We have got a little orphan squirrel in the
:20:42. > :20:50.studio. Christine, bring it in. This is not a red squirrel. Just
:20:50. > :20:58.take a look at this little cutie. It is an albino grey squirrel. It
:20:58. > :21:03.is so sweet. I have never seen one of these before. Have you ever seen
:21:03. > :21:09.one of these before at your rescue centre? No, this is the first one
:21:09. > :21:15.we have come across. He got beaten up, didn't he? Yes, he was found by
:21:15. > :21:25.a lady in a graveyard. He had been beaten up by other grey squirrels,
:21:25. > :21:25.
:21:25. > :21:30.because he looks different. And also, he had a bit of dried blood
:21:30. > :21:37.around his nose. We think because of his eyesight not being so good
:21:37. > :21:42.that he may have misjudged his jump from a tree. I did not know that,
:21:42. > :21:50.so, albinos do not have very good eyesight? No, and also their
:21:50. > :21:54.hearing can be affected. How old is he? About three months. He had some
:21:54. > :21:59.bottle-feeding when he first came in. He's still being topped up as a
:21:59. > :22:04.treat at the moment. But he still likes his nuts and everything.
:22:04. > :22:12.will happen to him? We are not 100% sure yet. At the moment they're
:22:12. > :22:17.going to give him a cheque at the vet's. If he can be viable in the
:22:17. > :22:25.wild, then he might be able to go back into a population with other
:22:25. > :22:29.albinos. We think there is a population around the Havant area
:22:29. > :22:39.of albinos. I have seen them in Waterlooville, relatively close to
:22:39. > :22:43.Havant. They appear for a couple of years, and then disappear. And then
:22:43. > :22:53.a couple of years later, they appear again. Obviously, the genes
:22:53. > :23:07.
:23:07. > :23:13.are in the population. Thank you so Jo, anyone getting in on the quiz?
:23:13. > :23:23.Yes, a few people have got it right. Nearly 300 entries. Shall I tell
:23:23. > :23:28.
:23:28. > :23:35.you who got it right? The first three were Craig, Janika. This was
:23:35. > :23:40.the easiest of all of them, I thought, this feather, it was from
:23:41. > :23:45.a tawny owl. This one is a bit more difficult, the stick, but the park
:23:45. > :23:55.had been removed, you can see some teeth marks, and also some clean
:23:55. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:09.teeth marks here, this has been handled by a be for. -- beaver.
:24:09. > :24:13.This lady seems to know a lot... it vegetable or animal? It is
:24:13. > :24:23.vegetable that has been processed by an animal. It must be one of
:24:23. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:31.your Specials, then. Possibly pine Marten? No. Anyone else? This fine
:24:31. > :24:34.specimen is actually the excrement that has been produced by Kate
:24:34. > :24:44.Bekele, the large grass species which lives in the Caledonian
:24:44. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:51.forest. -- caper caillie. It produces deposits like this. And
:24:51. > :24:56.you can see little bits of pine needle in there. And that has been
:24:56. > :25:02.in your house since 1984. certainly has, I have got a whole
:25:02. > :25:08.collection of these sorts of things. If you want to pop round, I know
:25:08. > :25:15.you have been round before, but you should have said, I want to see
:25:15. > :25:20.your poo. You told me you once had a hornets nest in your bedroom.
:25:20. > :25:27.one point I had five active wasps' nest so on coat-hangers, so I could
:25:27. > :25:33.move them around and put them where I wanted. Did you have a girlfriend
:25:33. > :25:42.at this time? Well, of a sort, yes. Can I just say, he had a bunch of
:25:42. > :25:52.Queens in his bedroom. We have had some questions coming in. Andy has
:25:52. > :25:59.had a grey squirrel on the golf course, burying his nuts. And what
:25:59. > :26:09.about this weekend? We have got quite a few things to do. I will go
:26:09. > :26:13.
:26:13. > :26:17.over to the map. We have near Newport, a RSPB reserve. But you
:26:17. > :26:21.need to contact them before you go. On Sunday, there is a nature
:26:21. > :26:26.reserve in Hertfordshire which has got a Wildlife Watch. And there are
:26:26. > :26:33.plenty more events on our things to do website. You can search by
:26:33. > :26:37.postcode. It will find events near you. As we know, Sunday is going to
:26:37. > :26:47.be a better day, weather-wise. And so that would be a good thing to go
:26:47. > :26:52.to. Very important, but your voles boot some, most important of all,
:26:52. > :26:56.take the kids. Take your grandchildren. If you have not got
:26:56. > :27:01.grandchildren, grab some off the street. It is essential that we get
:27:01. > :27:07.young people back in touch with wildlife. I cannot believe you have
:27:07. > :27:13.got that jacket on still. I forgot I had it on. I have got some
:27:13. > :27:19.questions here, this one - what is going on here? Does the buzzard
:27:19. > :27:24.just have a very large crop, or could it be something else? It is a
:27:24. > :27:34.buzzard, and it has got a very large crop. That's what I just said.
:27:34. > :27:34.
:27:34. > :27:39.I'm sorry. Are you planning on staying? The thing is, obviously,
:27:39. > :27:44.if a bird gorges a WRAP tour, like this, it has worked long and hard
:27:44. > :27:50.to get the food, it will eat until basically it cannot eat any more,
:27:50. > :27:54.so it is not unusual to see them like this. However, they can get
:27:54. > :28:01.diseases which caused a gaseous build-up, and they can swell up out
:28:01. > :28:10.of proportion. This one is particularly large. How does that
:28:10. > :28:16.gas come out, then? Do you have to ask that? Seriously, it can be a
:28:16. > :28:22.fatal disease. It is one of the symptoms of the disease. I had a
:28:22. > :28:27.kestrel once which had this fungal infection of the gut, and sadly, it
:28:27. > :28:31.killed my little kestrel, and this was one of the symptoms.
:28:31. > :28:40.chickens are currently eating cabbage. When I go into the run to
:28:40. > :28:44.collect the eggs, oh, my Lord. Listen, we have really come to the
:28:44. > :28:47.end of Autumnwatch Unsprung, but can we bring in Andy, because I