Springwatch

IanH
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edited May 2016 in Entertainment #1

Started again tonight.

Isn't Michaela Strachen a delight?

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  • huskydog
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    edited May 2016 #2

    Ian, do you watch it for the program content or her???

  • moulesy
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    edited May 2016 #3

    Not as much a delight as that Golden Eagle and her chick! Happy

  • RedKite
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    edited May 2016 #4

    I agree with the Golden Eagle and chick wow what a start to the series, 3rd year at Minsmere superb location.  Much better than top gear which I agree with IanH views did not watch.

    Three weeks of excellent wildlife.

     

  • IanH
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    edited May 2016 #5

    Yes agree about the Golden Eagle......quite touching.

  • Oneputt
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    edited May 2016 #6

    Managed to watch that last night, fantastic.  Watched a cameraman filming a stoat hunting in front of the pavilion studio.

    This is the third year and maybe the last year of Springwatch from Minsmere, however word is that the contract will be extended.  From what I hear Chris Packham is for staying, as he says it has so many diverse habitats.  Lovely shots of the Stone Curlew

  • cyberyacht
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    edited May 2016 #7

    I enjoy the programme too but find their repartee a bit forced and irritating.

  • Pliers
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    edited May 2016 #8

    Superb, as always. Looks very cold and wet in Suffolk this evening though...

  • Kennine
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    edited May 2016 #9

    Good informative programme, the photography is superb.

    K Smile

  • moulesy
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    edited June 2016 #10

    Fascinating feature on grass snakes on right now! Happy

    And hasn't that Golden Eagle chick grown!

  • HelenandTrevor
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    edited June 2016 #11

    Great programme,  really enjoying it. 

  • Kennine
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    edited June 2016 #12

    Good programme. The photography is superb.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited June 2016 #13

    The Blue Tit wearing Herself to a frazzle bringing up Great Tit chicks at the expense of Her own was an eye opener. It is a superb programme, the innovative use of the nest cams etc are fantastic.

  • mickysf
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    edited June 2016 #14

    The Blue Tit wearing Herself to a frazzle bringing up Great Tit chicks at the expense of Her own was an eye opener. It is a superb programme, the innovative use of the nest cams etc are fantastic.

    Missed that, how did that happen?? I have seen adult sparrows feeding fledged great tit chicks though.

  • ValDa
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    edited June 2016 #15

    The Blue Tit wearing Herself to a frazzle bringing up Great Tit chicks at the expense of Her own was an eye opener. It is a superb programme, the innovative use of the nest cams etc are fantastic.

    Missed that, how did that happen?? I have seen adult sparrows feeding fledged great tit chicks though.

    They explained what they thought happened, which is that the blue tit laid her eggs in a nest where there were already several great tit eggs.  They'd been watching the nest since the early days of eggs, and on going back to review the film it was obvious
    that some of the eggs were much bigger than the others.  When they were brooded obviously the great tit eggs which had been laid for longer hatched first, and the chicks, being bigger and more advanced than the later hatched blue tits, took all the food.  The
    blue tit chicks all died but four of the great tits are growing and getting feathers - which was when the team realised they were great tits and not blue tits after all.

  • milliehull
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    edited June 2016 #16

    Poor little blue tit.  I wonder how long she can survive - she looks exhausted poor thing.

  • milliehull
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    edited June 2016 #17

    I love watching the golden eagle and her chick in the nest.  What superb photography and such a delight to get such a close look at the nest. I also the Lolo Williams in the Farne Islands.  I had to laugh at the artic terns.  We were there 2 years ago and
    they are vicious!

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited June 2016 #18

    The Blue Tit wearing Herself to a frazzle bringing up Great Tit chicks at the expense of Her own was an eye opener. It is a superb programme, the innovative use of the nest cams etc are fantastic.

    Missed that, how did that happen?? I have seen adult sparrows feeding fledged great tit chicks though.

    Micky Boy, see Valda's postHappy

  • mickysf
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    edited June 2016 #19

    Thanks you guys, interesting story, sad for the blue tits mind!

  • cyberyacht
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    edited June 2016 #20

    I love watching the golden eagle and her chick in the nest.  What superb photography and such a delight to get such a close look at the nest. I also the Lolo Williams in the Farne Islands.  I had to laugh at the artic terns.  We were there 2 years ago and
    they are vicious!

    When I was in Svalbard about five years ago there was an arctic tern nesting a couple of metres from the side of the road out of Longyearbyen. The male had a serious attitude problem. I was glad of my woolly hat for more than the cold.

  • moulesy
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    edited June 2016 #21

    Boo! Hiss! Just seen that adder disrupting the whitethroat nest . Hope the parents can find those 5 chicks and keep them safe!

  • ValDa
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    edited June 2016 #22

    And what about the gangs of black headed gulls, pinching food from puffins!  Nasty things.

  • moulesy
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    edited June 2016 #23

    And as for that stoat! Poor old woodpeckers! Sad

  • IanH
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    edited June 2016 #24

    Nature is so cruel, sometimes......Sad

  • moulesy
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    edited June 2016 #25

    True, and that is one of the strengths of the programme really, isn't it? It shows nature exactly as it is - a real eye opener. Another excellent BBC programme, they really seem to be upping their game just lately ( with notable exceptions!) Wink

  • mickysf
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    edited June 2016 #26

    Well done BBC, Nature at its rawest, fascinating no punches pulled 'reporting'. Cruel but kind. All creatures have offspring to feed and that's all they are doing, feeding themselves and their babies!

  • HelenandTrevor
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    edited June 2016 #27

    And what about the gangs of black headed gulls, pinching food from puffins!  Nasty things.

    I felt really sorry for the Puffins too Valda,  Sad

  • mickysf
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    edited June 2016 #28

    I thought the 'story' of the hermit crab and its fight back from extinction in our waters following the Torrey Canyon disaster was fascinating. Some considerable time since then to now and now this delightful crab needs a common name. Crabby Maccrabface apparently will not do, any suggestions?  Returner Crab?

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited June 2016 #29

    I thought the 'story' of the hermit crab and its fight back from extinction in our waters following the Torrey Canyon disaster was fascinating. Some considerable time since then to now and now this delightful crab needs a common name. Crabby Maccrabface
    apparently will not do, any suggestions?  Returner Crab?

    HMC EnduranceHappy

  • Bakers2
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    edited June 2016 #30

    I thought the 'story' of the hermit crab and its fight back from extinction in our waters following the Torrey Canyon disaster was fascinating. Some considerable time since then to now and now this delightful crab needs a common name. Crabby Maccrabface
    apparently will not do, any suggestions?  Returner Crab?

    Being s simple sort I thought red leg crab. Cos its got red legs.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited June 2016 #31

    As it's a hermit crab, how about Simon Stylites?

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