From the makers of Autumn Watch.
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As the British Isles face up to the coldest and 'whitest' winter for decades, wildlife is forced to endure huge challenges.
The Springwatch / Autumnwatch team and friends have been out finding how nature adapts and survives for a winter wildlife special on BBC Two, 8pm Wednesday 13 January.
How has your wildlife been coping in the snow?
Have you noticed anything strange in their behaviour?
Or have you taken a fantastic photo of or filmed nature in the snow?
Martin Hughes-Games is waiting to hear your stores. You can upload video to the Your movies gallery or share your photos on the Snow Watch Flickr group.
Brillant programme
It never ceases to amaze me about the programme makers and their observations
Keep on with the great basis of the programmes
Regards
Kathy and Dave
Another great show, from a great team of presenters.
Lots of interesting stuff, the comments about Redwings and Fieldfares echoed many of the observations on this forum, as did the unusual garden visitors such as Snipe, Woodcock (still really jealous about that one) and Water Rail.
Was especially interested in the Dartford Warblers, good to hear that the RSPB are providing food to those in Suffolk, although the general consensus is that many species will suffer in these cold conditions the numbers will recover, the real danger is when there are only a handful of birds to start with, such as the Dartford Warblers on Dunwich Heath.
"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag" Mary Poppins
Did anyone notice the collar ring on one of the Whoopers at Slimbridge last night. I've never seen them before. It just looked odd.
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Hello all,
I'm a new member here, been keeping up with the Loch Garten ospreys on the webcams and blog last year, and finally got around to registering with the RSPB Community!
I agree with Norfolk Dipper - really enjoyed the programme, especially Simon King's slot on animal tracking. I've noticed lots of interesting tracks (mostly birds) lately, and would love to be able to identify them all.
We live up in Carlisle, and yesterday I saw a fieldfare here for the first time. It didn't seem to have as much red/grey on as the pictures in my bird book though - I wonder if it was a female? Alas it flew off before I could get my camera! We used to see a few of these birds, together with lots of redwings and the odd waxwing down in Yorkshire, but that's the first time we've spotted one up here. I gather there are a few residents, although most come over from Scandinavia. Anyone know where the resident colonies are?
I also found the section on Dartford Warblers interesting; I didn't realise it was the winter of 62/63 which nearly finished them off.
Looking forward to Spring Watch in a few months!
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Welcome Robert the Bruce! (Funny I was talking about him earlier!)
Anyway, I've found fieldfares to be extremely variable in their plumage! Some with much darker chests, some with more speckles, some much paler etc... best thing is to look at Google images as this will give you a selection of various fieldfares.
EDIT: Forgot to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the program too! Especially the hares of course! Looking forward to Springwatch!!
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What a great name Robert the Bruce you are very welcome here on the forum
Welcome to the forum Robert The Bruce, and hope you enjoy it.
Cheers, Linda.
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Welcome Robert The Bruce from me too :)
Just wanted to add that I loved Snow Watch too - the Fieldfares were great, I have one in my garden in Cardiff at the moment too. And Simon King following the tracks was brilliant! He's so enthusiastic and always cheers me up. Unfortunately most of the tracks in my garden are mine, to the bird table and back!
The only problem was Snow Watch clashed with the repeats of the Christmas Dr Who on BBC3! The birds out voted John Simm and David Tennant (just)! Maybe we could have an episode of Springwatch directed by Russell T. Davies - or, Kate Humble should have been the new doctor!
Hello.Welcome to the forum Robert The Bruce. I thought last night's Snow Watch programme was excellent. Very entertaining and highly informative. Can't wait for Springwatch.Paul.
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Great show, and welcome to R the B :-)
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