P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:21/24 , 1/13 , jj5j5j5j5!.% and radio this week SUNDAY BBC2: 8.1 pm THE NATU5BL WORLD Long Point Once a shooting reserve, Long Point on the north shore of Lake Eyrie is now a wildlife preserve, home for rails, racoons, toads and turtles, and a stopover place for migrating wildfowl. RADIO 4: 4.3Opm THE LIVING WORLD The Ichkjul National Park in Tunisia, which plays a vital role for European birds. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:12/07 2/13 programmjs on BBC tv and radio this week TUESDAY BBC1: 5.1Opm WJLDTRACK Su Ingle watches black grouse in Tjesdali and in the studio a family of young great tits in a nest box is shown BBC1: 6.4Opm YOU CAN'T SEE THE WOOD Trees in Towns David Bellamy looks at the role of trees in parks and towns. RADIO 4: 11.33am WILDLIFE More questions from listeners. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:38/11 3/13 O programmjs on BBC tv and radio this week TUESDAY RADIO 4: 8.3Opm THE LIVING WORLD News about the Ichkeul National Park in Tunisia, which plays a vital role in bird conservation in Europe. WEDNESDAY RBDIO 4: 11.48am JUST LIKE YOU AND ME Johnny Morris's animal anecdotes. THURSDAY BBC2: 8.3Opm NATURE Wildlife and environmental news presented by Tony Roper. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:35/30 4/13 programmjs on BBC tv and radio this week FRIDAY RADIO 4: 11.48am NATURAL SELECTION Denis Owen searches for the truth behind some of our more obscure provetds. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:33/54 , 5/13 programmjs on BBC tv ! ! and radio the w ek Some of Britain's rarest orchids are to bj guarded round the clock again this year to prevent them from being dug up b misguided gard ming enthusiasts. Nature conservation trusts are organising the ward ming, which has been funded bz the Nature Conservancy Council, World Wildlife Fund and Esmje Fairburn Charitable Trust. Monkey, military and early spider orchid are among the species being protected. MoreP262 CEEFAX 264 Tue 12 Jun 21:16/32 6/13 programmer on BBC tv and radio this week "Broadliavjs in Britain: A Consultative Papjt" was published on 6 June. This outlines proposals for a national policy on the management of broadliaved woodlands. The Government's refusal to ban the use of herbicides containing the dioxin-based chemical 245-T has been criticised in a report written bz the agricultural workers' branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:24/17 7/13 jj5j5j5j5!.% programmer on BBC tv !/! and radio this w k The Greater London Council has shelved a plan to release thousands of Guernsey butterflies on Hampstead Heath This was dui to take place on June 21 but was cancelled after protests bz natural history groups. The butterflies are now to be given to some areas of the country where species are becoming scarce. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:13/26 |$pp0 8/13 O 5j0 . 0 News from the BBC Natural History Unit , WJLDTRACK'S GOOD DEED FOR THE WEEK Numbest of barn owls have dropped dramatically over the last fifty years due to a decrease in nesting sites. So why don't you ask a farmer if you can put up an owl nesting box in on of his barns? Details of how to make one can bj obtained from the British Barn Owl Appeal, World Wildlife Fund, Panda House, 11-13 Ockford Road, Godalming, Surrey (enclose an saj). MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:16/15 9/13 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 in the group of islands where it feeds on small lizbrds ot lizard eggs. The World Wildlife Fund is providing money to establish a nature resjrvj on the island to protect the population, estimated at between 5O and 1OO snakes. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:11/23 10/13 T O COUNTRY DIARY , Watch out for damselflies, which are starting to emjtge now. Buttirwort is flowering in wet acidic parts of northern England. Young roe deer fawns are often killed bz hay mowers as they lii hidden in long grass, but this year's late hay crop in the New Forest has meant a greater chance of survival for them. Grass snakes are now looking for warm damp, quiet places to burrow and lay their eggs. MoreP262 CEJFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:12/02 11/13 T O COUNTRY DIARY Grass snakes are quite harmless, so don't bj alarmed if a female chooses your compost heap to nest in. Late migrants are still arriving. Visitors to Kent include purple and night hjton and honey buzzard near Stodmarsh. Golden oriole, rid-backed shrike and Icterine warbler have been spotted at Sandwich Bay, three spoonbills near Margati and a marsh warbler at Forenjss Bairds's and broad-billed sandpiper have been seen on Anglesey. MoreP262 CJEFAX 262 Tue 12 Jun 21:22/40 W p0 12/13 WO COUNTRY DIARY A thrush nightingale has been reported in Cambridgjshite. A needle-tailed swift is still present in south Shetland and a rid-backed shrike has been seen on the Scilliis. There are continuing reports of blue tits and pied flycatchers deserting their nests and broods bjcausj of the rain and cold weather. Chiff chaff and turtle do6j numbest are noticeably lower this year, probably because the birds have been affected bz the drought in Africa. MoreP262 CJEFAX 264 Tue 12 Jun 21:18/14 W pp 13/13 'pppp0 j-£ W COUNTRY DIARY Information compiled this week with help from Michael Clark, NCC, IRE, RSPB, BRO, and 'Dritish Birds'. More