P262 CJEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:16/32 1/12 programmjs on BBC tv , !/! and radio this week SATU5DAY RBDIO 4:a12.15pm.The Great Horse Heavy horses, gentle giants of the British countryside. SUNDAY BBC2: 8.15pm The Natural Would Beneath the Keel Underwater explorations off the coast of Devon. RADIO 4: 4.3Opm The Living Would $hj changing world of wildlife. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:13/38 , X 2/12 O pro ramm on BB tv and radio this week TUESDAY BBC1: 5.1Opm Wildtrack Mike Jordan looks at a water vole and its young and Su Ingle gives tips on how to photograph wildlife. BBC1: 6.4Opm You Can't See The Wood David Bellamy investigates the oak woodlands of Snowdonia. RBDIO 4: 9.O5am Tuesday Call O1-58O 4411: Animal Behaviour An animal behaviourist and an animal psychologist answer your questions. MoreP262 CJJFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:00/31 , 3/12 O programm s on BBC tv O and radio this week RBDIO 4: 11.33am Wildlife More questions answered by a panel of experts. RBDIO 4: 4.00pm Harvest of Dust Is there a solution to the man-made problem of desertification? RBDIO 4: 8.3Opm The Living World The chbnging world of wildlife. 'JDNESDAY RADIO 4: 11.48am Just Like You and Mj Animal anecdotes from Johnny Morris. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:17/31 X 4/12 programmer on BBC tv and radio this week THURSDAY BBC2: 8.3Opm Nature HRH The Duke of Edinburgh talks to Tony Sopjr about his views on wildlife and conservation. FRIDAY RBDIO 4: 11.48am Natural Selection A weed's-eye view of the garden. RBDIO 4: 2.00pm Woman's Hour Includes a look at our largest cave study centre in Buckfastleigh, Devon. MoreP262 CJEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:01/12 W(s:x}8s: 5/12 ! 5 N ws f om th BBC W " " Natural History Unit Ninety acres of Halvjrgate Marshes in the Norfolk Broads are under imminent threat of being ploughed up for arable farming. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, the owner is entitled to compensation from the DoE and local authority if he agrees not to damage the area. In this case, compensation would bj £18,GOO a year, and the Broads' Authority cannot afford to pay more than 1O per cent. Ploughing will go ahead if an agreement is not rjachjd. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:13/45 W(s:x}8s: X 6/12 ! 5 N ws f om th BBC W " " Natural History Unit Lord Burton of Dochfour, a landowner in the Scottish Highlands, has applied for permission to shoot a golden eagle which crofters claim has killed more than 3O lambs. The golden eagle is protected by law, and permission has never been given to kill one. The Nature Conservancy Council and RSPB are urging the Secretary of State for Scotland not to grant Loud Dochfour's request. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:10/22 7/12 " " Natural Histor Unit The bodies of dead animals are being used for smuggling cocaine from Latin America into western Europe. The Convention on Trade in Endangered Species (C T S) has report d that bi d and crocodile skins are b ing dusted with cocaine disguised as skin prese vative, and that some dead birds are being stuffed with the drug. CITES is most conce ned that a large number of crocodile skins and thousands of parrots are being smuggled out of Brazil each year. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:02/49 X 8/12 O U If a heavily-built, inch-long copper- coloured beetle should blunder in through an open window one of these warm summer evenings, the chances are it's a cockchafer. This beetle is attracted bz bright lights, but don't worry - it is quite harmless and the kindest thing to do is to guide it gently back outside. It is also called the 'Maybug', but this year it is a bit late - its appearance has been delayed by the cold weather at the end of May. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:01/11 X 9/12 Wpppp0 j-£ T At least six rare young parrot crossbills have left their nest in Wells Wood, Norfolk, after round-the- clock protection from the RSPB. This breeding success has only just been announced by the RSPB because of the security surrounding the birds. Late breeding great and blue tits have been taking ovjt nestboxes deserted bz others in the recent cold wet weather. A rufous bush chat has been seen in Cornwall. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:04/47 W p0 X 10/12 W COUNTRY DIARY Pied flycatchers in the West Country and Wblis have produced broods exceptionblly early this year, as have whinchats in the Home Counties. An American yellowthroat has been recorded on the Island of Fetlar in the Shetland Islands - only the second time the species has been seen in Britain. A bridled tern has been seen this week at Rutland Water in Ljicestershirj and a bpossible" Egyptian nightjar visited Portland, Dorset. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:26/20 X 11/12 /% COUNTRY DIARY During dry weather, both thrushes and blackbirds feed more on snails as earthworms become harder to find. Blackbirds will swallow smaller snails whole and batter or 'scrape' larger ones. A song thrush, however, can crack open a large snail shell using a stone or other 'anvil'. Look out for the snail shell fragments. Pink, yellow and brown shells with dark bands may bj whitelip or brownlippjd snails. Large grey-brown fragments indicate a common garden snail. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 19 Jun 21:21/21 12/12 T COUNT D A , Field voles are on the increase in the south of the country, judging bz the number of nests seen in open grassland. If your cat brings a live vole into the house, don't panic! Put a gumboot on the flog so that wh n the vole is dropped, it will inside the boot which you can then take outside and free the animal. Information this week compiled with help from NCC, BRO, and RSPB. More