Winterwatch 2021 episode 4 - HDclump.com
Winterwatch 2021 episode 4: This episode of Winterwatch concentrates on the hidden treasures of winter. Chris Packham is live in the New Forest, catching up on the dramas showing up on the live cameras on his badger sett among the spawning salmon in the River Ness. He’s also looking at why waders bob.
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Transcript
00:10Hidden in a secret corner of
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undefined:undefinedyou have had a good day. As good as
00:57you can have in these difficult and
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undefined:undefinedon your face. We can show you some
01:15magic. Show you some of nature's
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undefined:undefinedrush. Look at this. So simple.
01:35Frost. On the bonnet of Megan's car.
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undefined:undefinedglasses on, and got closer still,
01:58and I found patterns within patterns
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undefined:undefinedall you need to get it is a dead
02:21twig. But not any old dead twig, a
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undefined:undefineddiameter. They can grow to 20
02:50centimetres in length. You need very
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undefined:undefineddead twig. Within it are all of
03:11these vascular veins. When the tree
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undefined:undefinedwithin these tiny thin tubes. But
03:32then something else happens. Look at
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undefined:undefinedfantastic. It's called ice
03:57segregation. Wow. Look at that. So
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undefined:undefinedingredient? Unbelievably, the twig
04:22has to be infected with a special
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undefined:undefinedFor that reason, we have added it to
04:47our winter watch list. Incredible.
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undefined:undefinedlicence fee for. Oh, yes! Tonight is
05:12about treasure. I've given you one
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undefined:undefinedisn't Gareth Edwards, it isn't even
05:30James Dean Bradfield, it is the
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undefined:undefinedbut my site is very much on the
05:52drama unfolding up on the River Ness
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undefined:undefinedpatches? Those are the salmon
06:19spawning grounds, also known as
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undefined:undefinedmy nose would barely make it over
06:30the top. We would look down and we
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undefined:undefinedmale salmon called hook. We followed
06:50him all the way to the North
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undefined:undefinedOpening up a hollow. You see those
07:11two males? The furthest one is Hook.
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undefined:undefinedhow disappointed I was. Hook had
07:35made it all the way up to the North
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undefined:undefinedat this. Another female. Over a
07:58redd. Ready to lay eggs. Hook has
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undefined:undefinedat the look on his face! Well done,
08:20Hook. He will fertilise those. She
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undefined:undefinedshe puts too little, the eggs will
08:40be exposed, they will get washed
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undefined:undefinedslowly develop. You can see the
08:58embryo is developing. The speed of
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undefined:undefinedthe gravel there for Formica weeks
09:23before eventually making their way
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undefined:undefinedGood boy. He got his reward. We have
09:46been looking at some of the biggest
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undefined:undefinedtreasure. We are heading out to sea.
10:07The vast open ocean hides things
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undefined:undefinedof Cornwall. This is the second
10:26largest animal on earth, second only
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undefined:undefinedare dolphins, dwarfed by this
10:47creature. There have been
10:48are dolphins, dwarfed by this
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undefined:undefinedfilmed off the coast of Cornwall. It
11:07was filmed by Gareth Tibbs. Now,
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undefined:undefinedwhy have there been so many
11:33sightings this winter? It's possible
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11:48the past few decades. Another theory
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undefined:undefinedmuch we still have to learn about
12:08humpback whales. They are big
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12:24trigger plankton, which makes it
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undefined:undefinedstart to head south. Let's take a
12:45look at their migratory routes. They
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undefined:undefinedCaribbean. The warm sheltered waters
13:04of the Caribbean where they will
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undefined:undefinedthe coast of Britain and Ireland? It
13:26is thought these are immature,
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undefined:undefinedwill winter. The beauty of that is
13:43it affords us these sorts of images.
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undefined:undefinedhave this mega foreigner visiting
14:09our shores in the winter.
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undefined:undefinedwhat treasures are washed ashore...
14:34The perfect place for us to see
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undefined:undefinedthe tides. There is a long-standing
14:59tradition of beachcombing in Orkney
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undefined:undefinedharvested wood from the shore to
15:20incorporate into buildings and fence
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15:42that fall into streams and rivers in
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undefined:undefinedjourney towards Europe. Many of
16:02these are still viable when they
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undefined:undefinedto me is that the beaches of Orkney
16:21and the forests of the tropical
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undefined:undefinedway to Orkney's shores.
16:47I came across this piece of wood a
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undefined:undefinedobviously the work of a beaver.
17:10Looking more closely at the wood, I
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undefined:undefinedNorth America. This was the work of.
17:28North American beaver. Presumably,
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undefined:undefinedthis is special just because of the
17:50story of this being a tree that put
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undefined:undefinedstorms, and migrants find safe
18:14harbour. But not every Bounty
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undefined:undefinedsomething can stay afloat long
18:39enough, the sea can take it
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undefined:undefinedit's one that we all need to step up
19:04to, every single one of us. It may
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undefined:undefinedsea. It's just a very intoxicating
19:37pass I think.
19:45Intoxicating pastime, I think.
19:57A transatlantic beaver stick. What
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undefined:undefinedtreasure, what an absolute treasure.
20:11Some treasures like that are hard to
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undefined:undefinedcamera I've got records body heat,
20:29so it's just the heat of the animals
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undefined:undefinedare very hot. I also
20:48wood mice. They always show up. They
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undefined:undefinedtheir feet so they don't scoff any
21:02vegetation. And give their
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undefined:undefinedon a nocturnal safari, what's the
21:20worst thing you can take? I really
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undefined:undefinedthis - a torch. Yes, a torch. I
21:36would say, don't take a torch with
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undefined:undefinedcompletely dark. After about 15
21:55minutes your eyes will adjust to
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undefined:undefinedtake, I walk it in the daytime, make
22:12sure there are no trip hazards, and
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undefined:undefinedas hard as we can. You hear scuttles
22:36in the undergrowth. Not knowing what
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undefined:undefinedhaunting, actually. When you get
23:02that close, it makes you jump out of
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undefined:undefinedbeing as loud as possible to draw in
23:17all the mails that she can. It's a
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undefined:undefinedsort of go, woo, woo, woo. It sounds
23:43like a chimpanzee more than a male
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undefined:undefinedthat and got amazing footage of a
24:03barn owl. Before you see it, I have
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undefined:undefinedis a defensive
24:20listen to this. Look at this. This
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undefined:undefinedThe head turning, a bit of bobbing,
24:35and eventually it becomes relaxed. I
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undefined:undefinedThere was no aggression going on.
24:52And no spots on them, which
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undefined:undefinedanother. And then he got this
25:04amazing shot. Keep your eyes open on
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undefined:undefinedbit of a bicker. But what a
25:26beautiful thing. Amazing. They are
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undefined:undefinedgiving it how many? Ten out of ten.
25:47I'm scoring them a fair 2.8. What do
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undefined:undefinedSprinklers might what was based
26:11there, must be ten years ago now. A
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undefined:undefinedout and about so early this morning.
26:35It's actually 15 good reasons,
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undefined:undefinedfronted geese.
27:04Fronted geese. The light's lifting
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undefined:undefinedas I said, that just stood up,
27:26looked towards me. You can see this
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27:51Greenland are covered in snow, so
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undefined:undefinedsighting is incredibly special.
28:10These are birds that have flown 2000
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undefined:undefinedof youngsters staying with the
28:31adults for 13 years. Can you imagine
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28:52probably spend most of the day
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undefined:undefinedoften the geese are not there, they
29:16are going to feed elsewhere, or they
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undefined:undefineda look at my map year. They are
29:35called that because they breed up
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undefined:undefinedEvery single one of them... The
30:01world population of this bird
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undefined:undefinedbeach sedge particularly, and they
30:20like cotton grass, and also
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undefined:undefinedthe better condition they are in
30:37when they arrive, the more
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undefined:undefinedgoose study group. They were
31:00concerned because at the time the
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31:20internet, and satellites, so they
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undefined:undefinedThen the science began. They weighed
31:38and measured the eggs. 98 chicks
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undefined:undefinedinformation back. They also
31:59coordinated the first ever global
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undefined:undefineddecline over 20 years. We know the
32:21disturbance is a problem. There is
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undefined:undefinedvery poor. That means when the
32:39adults arrive back in the UK they
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undefined:undefinedfood. Because it is all under ice
33:00and snow. That means they use up a
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undefined:undefinedotherwise. It is such a shame, but
33:18there is a little bit of light at
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undefined:undefinedhope so. I would hate to think that
33:39I would go to see it in ten years
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undefined:undefinedare out on your daily walk. Megan?
34:03Iolo, I am looking at tracks you
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undefined:undefinedor not always looking. We are in the
34:19midst of winter. That means the
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34:34and about. Here we have two paw
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undefined:undefinedyou might notice is the formation of
34:51the pads. On the Fox it is more
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undefined:undefinedhave to do is put it across the pads
35:11like this. If it's a dog then the
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undefined:undefineddetermining whether you are looking
35:29at a fox trap or a dog track. Let's
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undefined:undefinedneatly done you can be sure it is
35:53likely a fox, and what a beautiful
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undefined:undefinedotter. This one is distinctive, you
36:18can see the webbed feet. One way of
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36:40current, but they often get out when
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36:58and about is that of the badger. It
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undefined:undefinedclaws, which help them with digging,
37:18so very distinctive.
37:24So very distinctive. I have been
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undefined:undefinedwas once a land shrouded in
37:46folklore. Today some legends endure.
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undefined:undefinedagain, few people can match the
38:08passion of researcher James O'Neill.
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undefined:undefinedwoodcock.
38:33The woodcock really appeals to me
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undefined:undefinedthis really beautiful camouflage
38:50that just allows it to melt away
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undefined:undefinedHidden by day and only emerging
39:12under the cover of darkness it's no
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undefined:undefinedsearching for worms, probing with
39:33their big long bills. Look at this.
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undefined:undefinedThat means this is clearly a good
39:48spot for a woodcock, they clearly
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undefined:undefinedsaw signs of woodcock feeding. It is
40:10a pitch black night. I can see
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undefined:undefinedaround me, and they have absolutely
40:35no idea I am watching them.
40:43No idea I am watching them. To
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undefined:undefinedthe plumage is. This mottled pattern
41:10of greys, blacks, browns, chestnuts,
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41:28right back to the back and top of
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undefined:undefinedgot its beak in the ground probing
41:47for worms, its eyes are high and
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undefined:undefinedSiberia but incredibly they return
42:13to the exact same field in Northern
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undefined:undefinedlearnt their status.
42:52You cannot talk about woodcock
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undefined:undefinedlooking for hidden treasure of
43:35another sort. Beaver ponds and the
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undefined:undefinedhabitat for themselves, but also for
44:00many other creatures when you know
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undefined:undefinedbecause they create lots of
44:24different types of habitats from
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undefined:undefinedsee what is happening when a few of
44:41the vegetation areas have died back,
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undefined:undefinedwe've got because this stream hasn't
44:59been here very long, it's only been
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undefined:undefinedlurking beneath the surface. Here,
45:23we got a golden drink... ringed
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undefined:undefinedThey love the habitats where the
45:44water flows around the dams, as we
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46:06they are so impressive. This is the
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undefined:undefinedflying insects on the wing and they
46:25will even take other dragonflies.
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undefined:undefinedspend four to six years under water,
46:46slowly developing. Let's take a look
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undefined:undefinedThey have amazing weaponry. Their
47:02mouthparts are folded away at rest,
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undefined:undefinedthey do it at incredible speed, less
47:20than the blink of an eye, and they
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undefined:undefinedthere is a sequence of muscles that
47:42fire. The abdominal muscles will
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undefined:undefinedeven more amazing is, they can use
48:05the same mechanism but in reverse to
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undefined:undefinedamazing that they can do this, they
48:28can even change the speed and
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undefined:undefinedthat. Anal jet propulsion? I've
48:48tried it, Gillian, tried anal jet
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undefined:undefinedbanks of the river Ness, one of our
49:03otters. We've been watching a family
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undefined:undefineda live fox as we speak now. Here in
49:24the New Forest. I should be keeping
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undefined:undefinedStunning stuff, isn't it? Oh, so
49:44good, so good. And we've been
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undefined:undefinedliving in groups, sometimes two or
50:04three, sometimes as many as five,
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undefined:undefinedthat the animals might have, because
50:24you can, with a bit of practice,
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undefined:undefinedlooking for some of those wood mice,
50:42no doubt, that I spotted with my
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undefined:undefinedwhen you are trying to identify
50:59them, you can look out for their
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undefined:undefinedthe right hand side of the screen we
51:17know is a female. We had a look at
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undefined:undefinedas individuals. We've been watching
51:34our badgers closely. We saw this
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undefined:undefinedanimals have incredibly thick fur,
51:51incredibly thick skin, and these
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undefined:undefinedthis looks. There we are. We have
52:09also seen some other badger
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undefined:undefinedwell insulated. What they didn't
52:29like in the beginning of the week
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undefined:undefinedthis evening. What about this? Going
52:49from... again, from early in the
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undefined:undefinedknew that there were two pale
53:09individuals like these and one cup.
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undefined:undefinednow, it's time for our mindfulness
53:32moment, that point in the programme
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undefined:undefinedbeautiful little cameo of this
53:51magical place... Loch Etive.
54:54BIRDS CALL.
55:03WATER LAPS.
55:54Beautiful. Imagine being that otter,
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undefined:undefinedspectacular. Just look at these
56:12garnets. They are flying down the
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undefined:undefineddon't get hit by those plummeting
56:29into the sea. Lovely bit of footage.
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undefined:undefinedphotograph here of a caddis fly
56:48larvae, doing its best to protect
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undefined:undefinedcolour, and amongst the bracken,
57:11much harder to see. In the days when
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57:32length and temperature too. At that
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undefined:undefinedcoming up then.
57:54That is absolutely brilliant. That's
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undefined:undefinedmy enthusiasm on a very cold winters
58:30morning. Just look at that.
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58:50certainly hope you are, check out
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