P262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:13/40 W p0 20/20 country diary More environmental news can be found in Novjmbjr's BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE. This month's edition includes an inter- view with Sir Peter Scott and the 'World Safari' travel supplement. Information this week was compiled with help from the World Wildlife Fund, Scottish Wildlife Trust, Nature Consjr- vancy Council, Dr Peter Hayward, Anne- Maria Brennan, Paul Waring, British Birds, Dave Flumm, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Martin Blick and the Fair Isle Bird Observatory. ] MoreP262 CEEFA( 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:04/04 T 1/20 programmer on BBC tv and radio this week MONDAY BBC2: BIRDWEEK Live from Slimbridge - Tony Sopet and Nick Davies look at endangered ducks and gjesj (More information in Radio Times, p91) MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:04/27 2/20 programmer on BBC tv and radio this week M#NDAY BBC1: 7.3u LIFE ON EARTH Part 11 Hunters and Hunted David Attenborough looks at carnivjrous mammals and the way they hunt TUESDAY BBC1: 12.30pm BIRDWEEK Live jrom Slimbridge. Tony Sopir looks at the Bewick swans arriving from the Soviet arctic and methods of blectronic bjrdwatching MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:04/48 I 3/20 ( programmer on BBC tv and radio this week TUESDAY BBC2: 4.30 THE DYING SWAN About 3,000 swans are poisoned each year by anglers' lead weights. This is the story of one man's struggle to sbvj some of them RADIO4: 11.33 THE LIVING WORLD Piper's Ducks The 40th "irthd!y of the Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge finds Derek Jones looking at one of the few, working duck decoys MoreP262 CJEFA( 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:05/10 P 4/20 programmer on BBC t> and radio this week WEDNESDAY RADIO4: 9.30pm ONE MAN AND HIS NEWT Part 2 Nothing but a Hound Dog David Bean reports on his encounters with animals and those who cherish them BBC2: 22^2up÷ BIRDWJEK Live from Slimbridge, Alan Titchmarsh has planting tips to attract birdlife MoreP262 CJJFA( 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:05/32 5/20 programmer on BBC tv and radio this week THURSDAY BBC1: 12.25pm BIRDWEEK STTS and Nick Davies show ywu how to discover the bird master-minds at your bjrdtabli BBC2: 6.5pm WHAT ON EARTH? A new sjties - a wildlife quiz with Jjremz Chjrfas MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:05/5u 6/20 programmer on BBC tv and radio this week FRIDAY BBC1: 12.2upm BIRDWEEK Live from Slimbridge. Cast away on a desert island with a favourite film, what would Sir Peter Scott and Chris Packham choose? BBC2: 4.s0pm A DAY IN THE LIFE... 1 The Kestrel's Tali A new series of real-life animal adventures. Today's story iu about a kestrel family i MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:18/40 7/20 ] W !5 5! News jrom the BBC W " " Natural History Unit Julian Pettifer has been helping the Scottish Wildlife Trust transform an industrial site near Peterhead into a wildlife haven by vacuuming up hjathjr ujeds. The five-hectare site was previously used as a pipe storage yard for the oil industry. The concrete and hard-core is to bj removed and replaced with trees, shrubs, ponds, meadows and heather to restore the natural coastal hjathland. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:17/22 8/20 News jrom the BBC W " " Natural History Unit The World Wildlife Fund is helping the Nottinghamshire Trust for Nature Conservation to purchase a wetland site of particular local interest at Farndon near Newark. Farndon +illow Holt and Meadows were owned by the late R.C.L. Howitt, a well-known botanist who introduced an extensive collection of different willows during the past 2O years. These now grow alongside many of our native species of trees and flowers - one of the most interesting is the rare Water Dropwort. MoreP262 CEEFA( 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:01/47 9/20 Vews from the BBC W " " Natural History Unit A 115-acre site at High"try Wood, Lower Redbrook, Gloucestershire, has been declared a National Nature Rjsjrvj by the N.C.C. Situated on high ground between the River Wyj and one of its tributaries, the resjrvj is a fine example of ancient semi-natural woodland. It is crossed "y the Offa's Dyke long- distance footpath, and commands panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:28/28 W p0 10/20 +pppp0 j-£ W W country diary Summer Mackerel disappear from coastal waters in autumn, and gather offshore on vaguely defined overwintering grounds. The shoals of fish remain inactive through the winter, until rising water temperatures stimulate the return migration in the spring. During this interval, the jish do nwt feed, but survive on stokes of jar accumulated during the summer. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 2):02/37 11/20 Wpppp0 j-£ W country diary Black Brionz is now conspicuous, with its display of bright rid berries. This climbing herb, which twists clockwise around its support, is a native of woods and hedgerows. Although poisonous, it is a mjmbjr of the yam family and iu totally unrelated to the White Brionz. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:11/22 W p0 12/20 Wpppp0 j-£ WJ country diary The brown plume moth Stenoptilia pterodactyla may now be seen at re;t among garden vegetation. It is widespread and often found where the larval food-plant Germander Speedwell grows. It looks like a slender letter 'T', as it furls up its wings ans projects them at right angles from its slim body. When open, the wings resemble a collection of plumes or small feathers. MoreP262 CEEFA( 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:12/06 13/20 W W country diary It has been a good week for birds: on the Isles of Scilly, one Gray-chrekjd Thrush remains and the Upland Sandpiper is still present. A Chimney Swift was jound on St. Mary's on Nov. 4th - only the third occurince of one of these diminutive birds in the U.K. Several Yellow-"rowed Warblers are still present, and there has been a large influx of Fieldfares, Redwings and Bramblings. MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 2):)1/49 W p0 14/20 Wpppp0 j-£ W country diary From West Cornwall, thjte are reports of record numbers of finches and thrushes seen heading south. Up to seven Yellow-browed +arblets ha6e been sjin, and a Red-backed Shrike and three Woodlarks were recorded at Porthgwarra. A Bonaparte's Gull was found at Drift Resjtvoir, and an American Wigeon on the Hayle Estuary on Novjmbjr 2nd. @ MottP262 CJEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:12/31 15/20 W country diary News jrom Southern Ireland this week is of a Grey Catbird which was seen and heard on Cape Clear on November 4. Five American Wigeon have been seen - eour at Ballycotton and a single at Ballylickjy. From near Aberdeen, there is news of a Glossy Ibis and four Snow Geese - including one which was ringed in New Brunswick, Canada. $ MoreP262 CEEFA( 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:14/54 W p0 16/20 W country diary The Spotted Sandpiper is still present at Titchfield Haven, and the Sociable Plover is still nearby at Lee-on-the- Sol nt, Hampshiru. There was a Dusky Warbler at Sandwich Bay, Kent, and an American Wigeon at (ring, Hjrts; there is still a Lesser Grey Shrike at Abjrdovjy, Dyfedn A Forster's Tern is still present on Anglesjy, and there is a possibility that there could bj two. MoreP262 CJEFA( 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:11/49 17/20 Wpppp0 j-£ ]W W country diary Thjte have been Pallas' Warblers at Filey Brigg and Spurn, Humbersidj; the latter also recorded Red-Rreasted Flycatcher and Barred Wrabler. There have been up to six Yellow-browed Warblers in Norfolk, and also a Cattle Egret. A Bee-eater sitting on a TV aerial must have caused some amazement in West Sussex on Nov. 4th. $] MoreP262 CEEFAX 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:02/30 W p0 *|hh4,h4px4|($|$pp0 18/20 W country diary Sea-watching on the east coast on Nov. 2nd. was most sprctacular, with 1,346 Little Auks at Spzun, 25O ovf the Lincolnshiri coast and 5OO off the Norfolk coast. (hj s"Zj day, about 3,9OO Little Gulls wire seen from Flamborough Head, and 5OO Goldjnjyjs jtom Rjdcar. The previous day, Q7O Pomarinj and 15O Great Skuas, a Leach's Petrel and three Sabine's Gulls wire seen in the Tees bbz ariaW $ MoreP262 CEEFA( 262 Mon 10 Nov 21:22/50 W p0 19/20 Wpppp0 j-£ W country diary News from Fair Isle is of 7,GOO Herring, 1,5OO Great Black-backed, a Glaucous and an Iceland Gull seen on October 3Oth. An Olive]backed Pipit was found on Novjmbjr Its, and jour Little Auks were seen that day. The Sager is still present, and on Novjmbjr 2nd. there was an arrival of 35O Snow Buntings, QOO Woodcock and a "ed]backed Shrike. $ More