Autumnwatch 2010 - the last one

Thought Kate had probably been hitting the bottle, possibly had because it was sooo cold!

Alison C said:

I agree with Woodpecker. The show needs Simon King.

RK

Love Simon King, so enthusiastic and so knowledgeable.

Unknown said:

Well, firstly, the current format is probably better as they would be pushed to show anything 'live'. It would be just mainly filmed clips....but I would probably keep SW as a daily programme.

And I would agree that AW is more chinwagging - too much human and not enough wildlife. And too rehearsed, I long for the off-the-cuff Bill Oddie days.....

But it is still way better than most TV progs on at the moment!

-Graham

I agree Graham, on all counts.

Unknown said:

Hi Val

Although I love Spring and Autumnwatch and always watch it,  I have to agree with the preview comments    :(

More chinwagging than chiffchaffing is a really good description of what it has become. A real bird nut friend of mine won't even watch it now!!!

I really missed Bill when he went but have warmed to Chris over the last series. The human characters are warm, enthusiastic and funny, but ,especially with Autumnwatch, the focus is now on them and not the wildlife.

Perhaps Springwatch will redeem itself with lots of baby birds and nests to watch.

I'm looking forward to the last show, anyway, and I will miss it when it's finished.

Best wishes

Pipit

hi Pipit, hope you enjoyed the last show, I did and, like you, can`t wait for next spring and it`s return.

Thanks for all your comments.

I do agree that it is a more difficult time of the year for 'live' action and there is less variety of wildlife activity compared to the spring.  There is much to be admired though but a few tweeks seem to be in order.

The below para is from the BBC's Autumnwatch 2010 web site and gives us the opportunity to comment and have some input to their Christmas special - better hurry though as we've only got until the end of November.

"As usual we also want to hear from you. Do you have a burning Christmas and winter question that you want answered? Perhaps you want advice on attracting particular species to your bird feeders. Do you want ideas on where to see winter wildlife spectacles over the holidays or have you noticed some weird behaviour, tracks or signs from a critter in the British countryside?  We'd love to hear so please post your questions, stories and observations below before the end of November."

Hi Val

To be honest, if I wanted to do any of the above, I would post on here rather than send it to AW or SW and have no chance of it being aired. At least on here we get our views heard and responded to and we can ask anything we like about wildlife and get it swiftly and expertly answered.

That is the joy of having this forum. (Pay me later!!!)

Pipit x

Ladybird said:

hi Pipit, hope you enjoyed the last show, I did and, like you, can`t wait for next spring and it`s return.

Hi

Yes I did enjoy the programme although I think they tried to cram too much in. Another great guest presenter and the finale to Unsprung with the Starlings again was a joy.

I was really pleased to be able to ID most of the wading birds in the estuary, thanks to what I have learned from the forum and I will now know it when I see a Turnstone.

Looking forward to Springwatch now

Cheers

Pipit x

Story of my life :-)))

Pip xxx