P262 CJEFAX 264 Tue 5 Jun 21:24/05 1/16 O programm s on BBC tv and radio this week SATURDAY RADIO 4:a3.Oupm WILDLIFE discusses the hoat:in plus other topics raised bz listeners' questions. RADIO 4: 3.3Opm GROUNDS+ELL Hazfiilds, ecology and economics. SUNDAY RBDIO 4: 4.3Opm THE LIVING WORLD A magazine edition with news of what's happening to wildlife and the countryside. MoreP262 CEJFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:24/20 X 2/16 programmer on BBC tv and radio this week SUNDAY BBC2: 8.2Opm THE NATU5AL WORLD "Commandos of Conservation" The story of how Greenpeace has grown in a few years from a handful of supporters to an international movement with an income of seven million dollars a year. TUESDAY BBC1: 9.OOam BOSWALL'S WILDLIFE SAFARI TO MEXICO The expedition camps on a sandspit in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:08/3v , 3/16 programmjs on BBC tv and radio this week TUESDAY A look at feathers and how differe&t birds fly, glide, take-off and land. RADIO 4: 11.33am WILDLIFE A beastly battle with Mike Stoddart for the mice and Malcolm Coi on the side of the elephants. BBC1: 5.1Opm WJLDTRACK Ants' nests and otters. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:48/54 4/16 O programm s on BBC tv and radio this week TUESDAY BBC1: 6.4Opm YOU CAN'T SEE THE WOOD ... Has apple production progressed ovjt the years or not? RBDIO 4: 8.3Opm THE LIVING WORLD A magazine edition of wildlife news. RADIO 4 (VHF): 11.OOpm GROUNDSWELL Hayfiilds, ecology and economics Xrepjat). MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:25/48 , 5/16 programmer on BBC tv and radio this week WEDNESDAY RADIO 4: 11.48am JUST LIKE YOU AND ME Johnny Morris calls on 25 years of dealing with animals. BBC2: 2.O1pm WATCH Feathers and birds (repeat). RBDIO 4: 2.45pm NATURE - VHF only Caterpillars and butterflies of the 8-1O's. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:29/24 6/16 programmjs on BBC tv and radio this week HUTSDAY BBC2: 11.3Oam OUTLOOK A look at the life of the British fox. BBC2: 8.3Opm NATURE Killer bees, barn owls and hairy potatoes. More international environmental news and views can bj found in the June issue of BBC WILDLIFE on sale at newsagents now. Price £1.OO. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:16/10 , 7/16 programm s on BBC tv and radio this week FRIDAY BDIO 4: 11.48am NATU BL SELECTION An xamination of some of the bee's extraordinary feats. BBC2: 8.3upm GARDENER'S WORLD Ways in which people can help to consjtvj wild plants and animals in their own gardens. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:36/49 8/16 O 0 N ws f om the BBC Natural History Unit On May 1st, Bolivia announced a ban on all export of fauna, including primates In recent years, Bolivia has been the only South American country to export large numbers of primates to the United States and the United Kingdom. It is hoped that this ban will also prevent other South American countries from smuggling rare species to Bolivia for export. Last year, 29 golden lion tamarins were exported to Belguim in this way - the total world population may number no more than 15O individuals MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:17/27 9/16 O News from the BBC Natural History Unit , The world's rarest snake - feared to bj extinct since the last sighting in 1980 - has been seen again on the Maria islands in the Caribbean. The non-poisonous couressj is a relative of the British grass snake and is found on only one island where it feeds on small lizards or lizard eggs. The World Wildlife Fund is providing money to establish a nature reujrvj on the island to protect the population, estimated at bjtwen 5O and 1OO snakes. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:17/15 10/16 O News from the BBC Natural History Unit (hj mortality rate of urban blue tit fledglings seems to be double that of tits reared in the country according to the first sur6jy ever carried out on town blue tits. Urban tits feed mostly on bird table foods which have a low water content, and since fledglings can only take in water from their food, the birds die from dehydration, or may choke on dry foods. However, country fledglings are fed on caterpillars with a high water content. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:38/04 11/16 O News from the BBC Natural History Unit Create your own butterfly garden this year by letting a cornet grow wild or, bjttet still, plant up your whole garden with flowers to encourage the butterflies. Sweet william, phlox, pinks, lavender, wallflowers, stonectop, buddliia, rid valerian, golden rod, michaelmas daisy and sjdum are just some to choose from. Nettles, grasses, and brambles are all natural, vital food plants for many butterfly species. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:18/31 12/16 O country diary Several clouded yellows have been spotted in areas along the south coast. Thjsj butterflies normally migrate to England from the continent during July. Wbtch out for brunet moths flying in the daytime on hjathjr moorlands. During May and June, lepidopterists travel north to look for sjvetal rare species of moth found only in Scotland, including the nocturnal swordgrass and the small dark yellow undjtwing and the broad-bordered white undetwing which can bj seen during the day. MoreP262 CJEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:12/33 W p0 13/16 T OO country diary , During the early evening, honeysuckle flowers open, giving off a powerful scent to attract night-flying hawk moths which spread pollen from flower to flower. Othjt flowers which can bj smelt at dusk include white campion, evening primrose, night scented catchfly and some orchids. Look out for pipistrelle bats flying at dusk. The larger Daubenton's bats don't leave their roosts until much later. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:13/25 14/16 GOO country diary , The relatively cold, dry spring and spell of warm Easter weathjt has resulted in an interesting concentration of early spawning activity in rivers and lakes. The egg laying pjtiod of most coarse fish including roach, rudd, carp and bream, usually lasts from late April to July. This year, most spawning has already taken place. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:23/31 15/16 W O country diary Several eastern migrants have been recorded on the Norfolk and Kent coasts, in particular Spurn, Humbetsidj The birds have probably strayed from their normal migration routes dui to the unusual cold, wet weather in the Mediterranean and on the continent. The visitors include a Blythe's reed warbler, a broad-billed and marsh sandpiper, a subalpine and Save's warbler, a rosjfinch, a djmoiselle crane, rid-breasted and collared flycatchers and Ictirinj warblers. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:24/23 16/16 O country diary The numbjt of sand martins and swallows arriving in Britain this spring seems to bj dramatically lower than normal. This is probably dui to the continuing drought in the African Sahel where the birds ovjrwintet. Reports indicate that many blue tits and swallows have abandoned their eggs and, in some cases, their young as a result of the recent cold, wet weathjt. Information this week compiled with help from the BRO, RSPB, NCC, IPPL, the Thames Water Authority, "British Birds" More