Rhaglen 1 Trefi Gwyllt Iolo

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-One of the main pleasures

-in this job...

-..is coming across something

-totally unexpected now and then.

-Something you've never seen before.

-I'm in Ifan Rowlands's house.

-He has an extraordinary

-special friend in his garden.

-Look what I have here.

-I've never seen anything like it!

-Look what I have here.

-Come on.

-Look.

-Gosh!

-Goodness me!

-Will he eat that

-and come back for more?

-He'll be here all day now.

-Feeding.

-Yes.

-How did he first come here?

-How did he first come here?

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-He was by the river.

-I talked to him every morning

-and brought him some bacon.

-He came to the fence one day.

-I continued talking to him.

-"Come here," I said.

-He went straight on top of the wall.

-Really?

-A chick's been with him.

-He's an adult.

-He's been coming here

-for four years.

-Really? Gosh.

-He's doing well too. He looks good.

-He's doing well too. He looks good.

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-He nearly bit off my finger one day.

-How?

-Were you holding something out

-for him?

-I was going to give him a sausage.

-He's very quick.

-He grabbed your finger.

-Yes.

-Why sausages?

-I expected you'd give him fish.

-I went to buy some fish last night

-in Tesco, Bangor...

-..but they'd sold out.

-But he likes sausages.

-But he likes sausages.

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-Yes, and bacon. Any raw meat.

-He enjoys it.

-He likes it.

-If I put a sausage there,

-would he come and get it?

-You can try!

-I'll fetch a sausage now.

-I'll fetch a sausage now.

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-There's one there.

-I'll fetch another one.

-I chat away nineteen to the dozen

-to him.

-Come on.

-Come on.

-Will you come and get that?

-Come on.

-He's coming.

-Look at his long neck.

-A long beak too.

-What do you have there? Hurry up.

-Come on.

-Off he goes.

-He swallows them whole!

-It goes straight down.

-How many will he eat in one go?

-What's the most you've given him?

-What's the most you've given him?

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-Gosh, about twelve.

-Really? Goodness me!

-Do you give him large fish

-or small fish?

-Small fish, about this size.

-I put them in a bowl

-with some water.

-He'll come here to eat them.

-Well, well.

-Incredible.

-I do this every day.

-You put food out for him every day?

-You put food out for him every day?

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-Every morning.

-He's here about 7.00am.

-He's here about 7.00am.

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-So you feed him in the morning.

-In the afternoon,

-if I have something for him...

-..I'll give it to him.

-So he comes here in the morning,

-gets fed...

-..then goes away.

-Yes, perhaps, down to the river

-for a drink.

-Then he returns here for more food.

-Yes.

-He doesn't need to hunt at all.

-He doesn't need to hunt at all.

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-No.

-Goodness me.

-I'm over 50 and I've never seen

-such a thing before.

-What do the people in the town

-think? Do they come to watch him?

-The bridge

-gets packed with visitors.

-They think it's a plastic model.

-Really? Well, well.

-It must be a shock to them when they

-see him eating fish or sausages.

-"You've got a goldfish pond",

-they say.

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-goldfish bond?

-Well, well. Incredible.

-Not everyone buys expensive food

-like Ifan for a wild friend.

-If we do put something out,

-it's usually seeds or leftovers.

-If there's a safe path to the garden

-and it looks welcoming...

-..shy or nervous animals will visit.

-This is a garden in Aberdare.

-A vixen's learned that the people in

-the house leave out bones for her.

-She knows there are no dangers

-in the garden.

-She takes her time

-to gather the bones.

-The garden is safe enough even for

-a fox cub to come and look for food.

-The vixen's den

-isn't far from the garden...

-..or the cub

-wouldn't be allowed to come here.

-It's rare that cubs

-venture far from the den.

-The pair get the time

-to enjoy their meal.

-After finishing, there's no rush.

-The vixen gathers as many bones

-as a fox's mouth can hold...

-..and takes them back home

-to enjoy later.

-Aberystwyth at night

-is far quieter than during the day.

-The National Library

-looks magnificent.

-I've been invited here.

-There's one house here where the

-owner puts food out in the garden...

-..for badgers every night.

-It's almost 7 o'clock

-which is feeding time.

-I think we'd be amazed...

-..if we knew exactly

-what comes into the garden at night.

-One of the creatures...

-..which enters many gardens in towns

-and villages across Wales...

-..is badgers.

-If there's food available, this is

-one animal that will take advantage.

-I'm almost sure that this is a male.

-It's quite large.

-It's quite fat.

-It's in good condition.

-The owner used to leave out food

-for birds...

-..but the badgers

-came in and stole the food.

-The owner's now

-leaving out food for the badgers.

-They love it.

-I guess the sett isn't far away.

-They come through the fields,

-into the housing estate...

-..and into this back garden.

-I can see marks

-on this one's snout...

-..where it's been digging for worms.

-That's their main natural food.

-They eat all kinds of things

-but worms are their main food.

-But there's a feast here for him.

-I'm so close to him

-I can hear him eat.

-He's just eaten

-a large piece of apple.

-He's been eating monkey nuts but

-there are chunks of apple here too.

-He loved eating

-that large chunk of apple.

-You have to be careful with badgers.

-Their hearing is exceptionally good.

-Luckily, it's quite windy so

-there's noise coming from the trees.

-There's a busy road

-the other side of the house too.

-The traffic noise

-is drowning out my voice.

-The badgers also

-can pick up scents in the air.

-They have a great sense of smell.

-Their eyesight

-isn't as good as ours though.

-I'm taking advantage of that by

-opening the window and watching it.

-It's difficult to hear

-above the traffic noise...

-..but it's making a squeaking noise

-every now and then.

-I can hear that noise clearly now.

-I'm sure it's a happy noise

-while he's eating.

-I make the same noise

-when I eat Sunday lunch.

-When I first heard that a badger

-was coming into this garden...

-..I imagined I'd have to hide

-and keep quiet.

-But this one doesn't care.

-He's so focused on his food,

-that even if I went to sit by him...

-..I don't think it would bother him.

-But it's a privilege.

-We must bear in mind

-it's a wild, nocturnal animal...

-..that has chosen

-to come into this garden...

-..because there's food here for him.

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-We tend to keep all sorts of gear

-and bits and pieces in our gardens.

-Sheets of metal, bottles...

-..the odd wheel or two

-or stones and plastic tubs.

-These are good places

-for wildlife to hide...

-..especially if the plants

-aren't tidily maintained.

-This is an allotment in Porthmadog.

-One of the gardeners, Elfyn Lewis,

-has seen many slow-worms here.

-Where's the best place to find them?

-Most of these allotments are tidy.

-Yes, they're very tidy.

-One or two require a bit of work!

-I think that one of the places

-that require work would be best.

-Here?

-Here?

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-It looks ideal.

-There's plastic at the far end.

-They like plastic.

-You go in first.

-I don't want a row -

-everyone knows you.

-I'll lift up any pieces of plastic.

-They look alright. We'll try them.

-A lot of snails but nothing else.

-This is a good place -

-it's nice and warm.

-No.

-Here we are.

-This is a nice place.

-It's a large one too.

-Come on.

-I'll do it slowly.

-I don't want to hold it long.

-Come on.

-They're brilliant in gardens

-because they eat snails and slugs.

-You can tell it's warm -

-it's like an eel.

-It's a female.

-Can you see the brown line

-along its flank?

-On its back is a brown line.

-You can't see it very clearly here.

-It's along its back.

-Everyone thinks they're snakes

-and are scared of them.

-But they're lizards

-which have lost their legs.

-They're harmless creatures.

-I've found another one

-under this plastic.

-It's weird that in one allotment

-a bit less tidy than the rest...

-..we found these.

-If you have a large garden...

-..it's worth you leaving one corner

-to grow wild.

-If you put pieces of metal down,

-these will come.

-They're great in the garden.

-They eat snails and slugs and other

-things you don't want in the garden.

-You need these.

-This is quite thick.

-She might be pregnant.

-She is, so I'll let her go.

-Off you go, my beauty.

-Off you go.

-Almost every time

-food's left out for birds...

-..it's eaten by unpopular creatures.

-If you live near trees,

-a grey squirrel might visit...

-..and eat all the birds' food.

-This is a housing estate

-in Llangefni.

-What's good about here is if you see

-a squirrel in the garden...

-..it'll be a red squirrel.

-There are no grey squirrels

-on Anglesey.

-There are houses

-on this side of the estate...

-..where the squirrels

-visit frequently.

-I hope I see one now.

-Alison Edwards

-lives on the estate...

-..and brings food out for

-the birds and squirrels every day.

-Do red squirrels come to the garden?

-Yes, almost every day

-unless there's traffic noise.

-Two or three red ones come here.

-Recently, a black one

-has been coming here.

-They come to this area, do they?

-They come to this area, do they?

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-Yes.

-I put nuts in the feeder by the

-trees then watch them coming down.

-They're acrobatic coming down

-the tree. They go down head first.

-They're cute, aren't they.

-Yes, with their bushy tail.

-It's great to see them.

-Red ones and a black one come here.

-Red ones and a black one come here.

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-Yes, a black one.

-Does that one come here every day?

-Does that one come here every day?

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-Most days.

-I definitely see a red one

-every day.

-The black one comes here most days.

-Which way do they come -

-along the trees?

-Yes, though the red one

-is quite cheeky.

-It sits on that wall...

-..crosses the road, watches me

-put the nuts in the feeder...

-..and then comes over.

-Are they shy?

-Are they shy?

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-I don't know if they recognize me.

-They're OK when I'm in the garden.

-They come to eat the nuts.

-It must be nice for you all

-on this estate...

-..to look out and see

-a red squirrel and not a grey one.

-It is. We see a lot of red ones.

-We didn't see many grey ones.

-We rarely saw them.

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-The red ones have come on very well.

-It's nice.

-You can just

-look out of your window.

-I can sit in the kitchen watching

-squirrels go up and down the trees.

-It's fantastic.

-It's fantastic.

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-Nice.

-Do they come here more

-in the winter?

-You see them more in winter

-as the trees are bare.

-You see them

-going through the trees.

-If you stay still and silent,

-they come down.

-We don't see as many in summer.

-But you don't look out for them then

-- you don't expect to see them.

-As Alison said, as true as it is

-that leaves grow on trees...

-..the red squirrel

-comes to get its food.

-It isn't scared of anyone...

-..and is happy

-leisurely filling its stomach.

-It's unusual to see them like this

-out in the open.

-They usually hide in thick woodland.

-Around a decade ago...

-..there were fewer than 40

-red squirrels left on Anglesey.

-After a lot of conservation work...

-..there are now 700 of them

-on the island.

-Some have crossed the Menai

-to Gwynedd...

-..which is great, as they're still

-very rare in the rest of Wales.

-Here's the black squirrel

-that Alison was talking about.

-It's actually dark brown

-but is the same species.

-The red squirrel

-can vary greatly in colour.

-These two are obviously friends

-and are very happy on the estate.

-I've followed a squirrel

-to another garden on the estate.

-A tree in the middle of the garden

-is a hive of activity.

-This squirrel is very busy.

-It's building a nest.

-Squirrels build a large, round nest,

-like a big ball.

-It's right at the top of this tree.

-It's been out

-gathering green twigs and bark.

-It'll put that inside the nest

-and make a neat bed.

-It will be nice for it over winter.

-In somewhere like this

-with plenty of food available...

-..it might give birth

-in April or May.

-It's an ideal place for them.

-They're nesting in a tall tree.

-They don't have to go far

-to find food.

-People put out nuts, oats

-and monkey nuts for them.

-Everything they need is here.

-The town can be as wild

-as the countryside.

-Quite often, more wild.

-One of the best habitats...

-..is a garden with plenty of food

-and places to hide.

-What's great

-is you can watch this wild show...

-..from the comfort of your own home.

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