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programmjs on BBC tv
and radio this week
SA$URDAY
ADIOOOWILDLIFE
The experts battle with more liutjnutu+
questions (rjpjat).
SUNDAY
R DIG 4: 4.3Opm THE VI G WORLD
hj shjlduck and slow-w rms that ar on
Flatholm island in th Bristol Chann l.
BBC2: 4. Opm PIGEON - QUEER FACTS
How son p opli r gard B itain'u most
undjrated bird (rep at).
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News from the BBC
Natural History Unit
Conservationists are worried that an
important feeding ground for thu rare
red kite would bj destroyed if the
Forestry Commission is given a grant tg
plant conifers on 6OO acres of Powys.
The land is upstream from the Rivet
Irfon which fehds into thu River Wze,
a Site of Special Scienthfic Interrut.
Evidence shows that the Ri6ju Irfgn is
already at risk from acid deposition.
It has declining fish and outey
populations - a problem which would be
aggravated by such afforestation.
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WJLDTRACK BANK HOLIDAY QUIZ
1 Take the name of a flower, add 'sea'
and what sjasidj animal dg yo4 get?
2 Take the name of a vegetable, add
'sea' and what seaside animal do you
get?
3 Which seaside 'fish' are not wiyh av
all?
4 Which sjasidj sandwich would you
never eat?
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One of Britain's rat t vagrant - a
Least Sandpiper - has b en seen in
Dung nets. A white-winged black te n
was also recorded in the same area.
A hit -Tail d Sea Eagl was spotted
in Devon and a Black Woodpjck t in the
N w Forest.
hj first winte v sitor to arrive in
Britain this y ar - a Fieldfare - was
r co did at Min m r . Son earl
Pied Flycatch ts hav b en s n on
the east coast and furthj inland.
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country diary
Swifts have already left many arias and
remaining birds are likely tg be ehthju
juveniles or adults mo6ing down from
the north.
Badgers are busy digging. Cubs can bj
seen clearing out new entrances at the
edge of the sett complex.
The first of the autumn species of
'thorng moths are emerging. Their
orange and yellow colours help to
camouflage them among dying leaver.
They can be identified bz the way they
hold thieu wings half closed at rest.
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Holly blue butterflies - the onl8
'blue' species that has adapted to
dense urban environments - are n5mjto4s
this year.
One of several b4tterfly species whiah
undergo cycles of high and low
populations, they reach an optim5m
number every 8-1O years.
Holly blues have two broods each year
and lay the first batch of eggs amgngst
holly flowers and the second on iv=
flower buds.
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Crickets and grasshoppers have now
reached maturity and can bj heard in
hedgerows and gardens throughout the
country.
Generally the grasshopputs are acth6j
by day and the crickets b; night. Somk,
such as the large green bush cricket,
regularly come into home;.
They are primarily insects of
Mediterranean climates and reach thu
limits of thieu northern range in
Britain, the majority of species behng
found in southjtn areas.
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Flat coastlhneu are botanicadly 6jt8
interesting.
Sea lavender is now a spectacular sight
and a few pink flowers of thrift can
still bj seen.1Silvjr9-coloured
wormwood iu also in flower. On salz
marshes, the few plants that cag
survive often have fleshy, leathjr8, gu
woolly leaves.
Further inland, where the water i1
brackish or fresh, the common reed
- our largest grass - is now produchng
its huge brownish-purple flower heads.
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O country diary
Conj to the Town and Country Festival
at the Royal Showground, Stoneleigh,
Senilworth on August 25, 26 and 27.
Many natural history organisations will
be represented in the Conservation
Pavilion. Thjrj whll also bj a BBC
Publications stand with nat4ral histor8
books, BBC WILDLIFE magazine and a TV
receiver demonstrating CEEFAX.
Information this week compiled whth
help from Earthscan, FoE, Bioucan, NCC,
RSPB, BRO, 'British Birds', and the
Mammal Society.
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