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Springwatch episode 3 2021

Springwatch episode 3 2021

Springwatch episode 3 2021: Chris and Michaela bring the latest dramas from the live nest cameras in Norfolk. Iolo heads to Loch Fleet on Scotland’s east coast, hoping to catch ospreys and otters out fishing. Gillian checks out the batty nightlife at WWT Castle Espie, and Megan McCubbin joins conservationists shaping the UK of tomorrow.     Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual BBC television series which chart the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in the United Kingdom. The programmes are broadcast live from locations around the country in […]

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Springwatch episode 2 2021

Springwatch episode 2 2021

Springwatch episode 2 2021: Gillian follows the fortunes of a harbour seal who’s in hospital in Northern Ireland. Iolo’s on the look out for golden eagles in the Glen, and Michaela and Chris assess the effects of this year’s late spring on our wildlife. Also, we drop into an oak tree to see why thousands choose to live there, as well as revealing the secret history of a London wood.     Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual BBC television series which chart the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons

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Springwatch episode 1 2021

Springwatch episode 1 2021

Springwatch episode 1 2021: Springwatch is back, broadcasting live from brand new locations across the UK. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are at Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk as cameras capture the daily dramas of such birds as avocets and barn owls, lapwings and yellow hammers.     Iolo Williams sees eye to eye with some red deer at Alladale Wilderness Reserve in Scotland, and Gillian Burke dips into the vast waters of Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland to see why it’s a great place for the bird nicknamed the sea swallow. Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as

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Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World episode 3

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World episode 3

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World episode 3: As the world is bought to a standstill by the Covid-19 pandemic, Greta has to put her plans on hold.     The pandemic reveals the enormity of the challenge that tackling climate change poses as Greta learns the drop in emissions caused by the 2020 lockdowns is not enough to put the world on track to meet its climate goals. With mass protests off the agenda, Greta investigates what else could help limit the impact of climate change. She visits a tree plantation to learn how the age of

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Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World episode 2

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World episode 2

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World episode 2: Greta sets off to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which will be attended by US president Donald Trump and other world leaders, to call for action on climate change.     Greta is demanding an immediate reduction in fossil fuel use – one of the main drivers of climate change. As she travels across Europe, Greta finds out what is preventing more rapid action to tackle global warming. She meets Polish miners who have lost their jobs and fear that climate change policies will further decimate their

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Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World episode 1

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World episode 1

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World episode 1: Greta travels through North America on her way to a UN climate conference in Chile. To understand the impact of climate change, she stops at three key locations that reveal how the planet is changing.     Alternative stream     In the Canadian Rockies, she learns how a small change in temperature has allowed an insect infestation to kill nearly half the trees in one of its most famous national parks. She visits a glacier that is melting faster than models predict, and discovers the cause is partly due

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The Alps episode 2

The Alps episode 2

The Alps episode 2: Experience the hostile and bitter cold ecosystems of the Alps, shaped by snow blizzards and avalanches.     In Europe’s highest mountain range, discover how Eurasian lynx, griffon vultures, ibex, marmots and more face extreme seasonal fluctuations, from volatile thunderstorms and landslides of summer to avalanches and frozen temperatures of winter.   The Alps episode 2   The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia.

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The Alps episode 1

The Alps episode 1

The Alps episode 1: Enjoy the Alps in spring and summertime as newborn animals grow up to face the coming brutal winter.     In Europe’s highest mountain range, discover how Eurasian lynx, griffon vultures, ibex, marmots and more face extreme seasonal fluctuations, from volatile thunderstorms and landslides of summer to avalanches and frozen temperatures of winter.   The Alps episode 1   The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany,

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Ancient Yellowstone episode 2 - Frozen Archeology

Ancient Yellowstone episode 2 – Frozen Archeology

Ancient Yellowstone episode 2 – Frozen Archeology: There are places in Greater Yellowstone where the snow never melts, or at least, it never used to.     Climate change is causing Yellowstone’s ice patches to recede, so many archaeological treasures—if not rescued—will disintegrate within days.   Ancient Yellowstone episode 2 – Frozen Archeology   Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1,

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Winterwatch 2021 episode 8

Winterwatch 2021 episode 8

Winterwatch 2021 episode 8: The final Winterwatch of this series looks at the season as a whole and what it means to us all to celebrate that winter magic. Chris Packham will be live in the New Forest, giving us a final look at the animals we’ve been witnessing for the last couple of weeks. Iolo Williams is looking at oyster catchers and peregrines.     Gillian Burke rounds up her time at the Cornwall Beaver Project, and in our final film about the animals we love to hate, Megan McCubbin tells us why slugs are so important. Not just

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Winterwatch 2021 episode 7

Winterwatch 2021 episode 7

Winterwatch 2021 episode 7: In this episode, Winterwatch takes a look at wellbeing – both for humans and for animals – and how, in these difficult times, nature can have the answers.     Chris Packham will be live in the New Forest with all the news from our live cameras, and Iolo Williams is at the Centre for Alternative technology in Wales. In the third part of her look at unloved animals, Megan McCubbin looks at why the intelligence of pigeons should be admired. Also, a look at wild swimming with a woman who has found it of enormous

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Winterwatch 2021 episode 6

Winterwatch 2021 episode 6

Winterwatch 2021 episode 6: In this episode, Winterwatch looks at wonderful warming winter gatherings. Everyone comes together in the winter – and so do the animals.     Chris Packham will be live in the New Forest to look at what’s been happening in the badger sett in the New Forest – as well as the latest action from the River Ness. Iolo Williams is looking at otters at CAT in Wales and how more otters are being encouraged to come to the site through the construction of holts. There are more winter wildlife reports from Gillian Burke down in

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