P262 CEEFAX 264 Tue 29 May 21:10/11 1/12 programmjs on BBC tv and radio this week TUESDAY BBC1: 6.4Opm YOU CAN'T SEE THE WOOD ... David Bellamy explains how the Forestry Commission is trying to change its image. RADIO 4: 8.3Opm THE LIVING WORLD A visit to the Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge Xripjat). RBDIO 4: 11.OOpm STUDY ON 4 A repeat of 'Groundswell' first broadcast on Tuesday - VHF only. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:16/47 2/12 jj5j5j5j5!. , and radio this week THURSDAY BBC2: 8.3Opm NATU5J A report from David Bellamy plus an examination of acid rain in Britain. FRIDAY RBDIO 4: 11.48am NATURAL SELJCTJON The acacia tree provides a home for ants and weaver birds and provides food for elephants and giraffes (repeat). MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:11/19 W(s:x}8s: 3/12 News from the BBC Natural History Unit The Madras Crocodile Bank in India has finally succeeded in hatching twelve specimens of the vjty rare salt-water crocodile - eight more are expected to hatch soon. This is the first successful mating and breeding in captivity of the world's largest species of crocodile. Some of the oldjt animals are more than thirty feet long. Wild crocodiles in India are rare and are found only in the Sundjtbans and the Andamans and Nicobar islands. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:15/31 4/12 News from the BBC Natural History Unit A juvenile white-tailed sea eagle has been found shot near Wells in north Norfolk. It had been ringed in Germany. The bird, which was found dying on May 11, was sent to the Institute of Tjrresttial Ecology, for post mortem examination. X-rays revealed shots in the head and nick. A further investigation is being carried out to identify traces of an unknown chemical. The sea eagle is a very rare bird of prey with only four breeding pairs recorded in Getmanz. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:16/13 5/12 W !5 5! News from the BBC Natural History Unit A bomb which exploded at the local offices of the Italian Society for the Protection of Birds at Pellaro in Calabria on May 6 did not stop a peaceful demonstration bz members of the society on the next day. The demonstration - the first active protest in Calabria - was organisjd to protest against the illegal shooting of migrating honey buzzards flying ovjt the Strait of Messina. Each year, thousands of migrating birds are illegally shot in the region. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:16/55 6/12 O News from the BBC Natural History Unit Wbtch WELD(RACK, and you can see stunning live pictures of the interior of a blue tit nesting box, with the mothjt bird feeding her chicks. She's been bringing them caterpillars, moths and winged insects, as well as bread and peanuts put out bz bird- lovers. But the hidden camera shows that the chicks can't eat these artificial foods, and that a peanut can cause them to choke to death. So don't feed your birds anything at the moment. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:17/21 7/12 T O country diary One of Britain's rarest visitors has been killed bz a sparrowhawk. The bird, a trumpeter finch, was seen at Pagham Harbour, Sussex; it is only the fourth time that the species has been recorded in Britain. Other rarities recorded recently have been two collared flycatchers - one seen in Kent, the other on St Martins, Isles of Scilly. A white-tailed plover from the Near East was seen north of Sundeuland and a little swift near Liverpool. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:31/03 8/12 Wpppp0 j-£ O country diary A pair of peregrine falcons have successfully hatched two young at Symonds Yak Rock in the Forest of Dean, south of Ross-on-Wzj. The RSPB is guarding the site, although volunteers are allowing people to watch the nest from a safe distance. This is the first time peregrines have nested in Gloucestershire for thirty years. This marks the slow recovjty being made bz the species. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:34/12 9/12 T O country diary The NCC is continuing to fund a survey into the breeding sites of the crested newt to provide information for the basis of a conservation policy. The species is fully protected, but the British population is declining. So far, results indicate that thjsj newts are absent from northern Scotland west Wales and Cornwall. The newts seem to thrive in larger, weed-coveted ponds particularly those surrounded bz scrub. Details from the School of Life Science P O Box 143, Leicester Polytechnic. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:14/54 10/12 Wpppp0 j-£ OO country diary Since the rain, badgers have stopped searching for liathjrjackjts and other insects among the grass and have begun digging up earthworms - their staple food - which are now near the surface. Wbtch out for courting hedgehodgs in the early evening. Hedgehogs often get caught in cricket nets, so it is a good idea to peg the nets up. Look out for cockchafers. They are harmless, large, noisy beetles, often seen flying around street lamps. The larvae feed on roots underground. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:19/30 11/12 W O country diary After a long pjtiod of dry weather, rain has finally arrived, in amounts varying from O.2 ins to l inch. A smell of onions in woods or hedges will bj the result of chemicals released from the leaves of wild garlic after a battering bz raindrops. Information this week compiled with help from the NCC, WWF, RSPB, BRO and Michael Clark. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 29 May 21:29/44 12/12 O DO YOU KNOW ... ... why mermaids are declining in Papua New Guinea? ... about Britain's largest wildlife photographic competition? ... why seagulls stomp? To find out read the June issue of BBC WILDLIFE - on sale at newagjnts now, price £1.OO. More