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Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. For much of the year we're following Purple Emperor butterflies with Nati...onal Trust Lepidopterist Matthew Oates. They are still caterpillars and we're following their fortunes which will hopefully lead to us seeing them as adults. And the ash cloud coming from Iceland has disrupted our plans to report from a Scottish seabird cliff but in its place we have a report from an Icelandic ornithologist. "Whooper Airport" is an area in South East Iceland coined by Whooper swan biologists who radio tracked these migrant swans from the UK to the breeding grounds in Iceland. We report on how the fall out is impacting on migrant swans and hear that some swans are taking refuge in sheds to avoid the descending ash. We're also back in Japan reporting one of their great wildlife spectacles - the feeding of red crowned cranes and the array of other predators that join in.
Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. For much of the year we're following Purple Emperor butterflies with Nati...onal Trust Lepidopterist Matthew Oates. They are still caterpillars and we're following their fortunes which will hopefully lead to us seeing them as adults. And the ash cloud coming from Iceland has disrupted our plans to report from a Scottish seabird cliff but in its place we have a report from an Icelandic ornithologist. "Whooper Airport" is an area in South East Iceland coined by Whooper swan biologists who radio tracked these migrant swans from the UK to the breeding grounds in Iceland. We report on how the fall out is impacting on migrant swans and hear that some swans are taking refuge in sheds to avoid the descending ash. We're also back in Japan reporting one of their great wildlife spectacles - the feeding of red crowned cranes and the array of other predators that join in.
| Series: | Saving species; Series 1 |
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| Episode | 3 |
| First transmission date: | 2010-04-20 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2010 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:30:00 |
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| Producer: | Sheena Duncan |
| Presenter: | Brett Westwood |
| Contributors: | Aaron Bernstein; Kelvin Boot; Mark Brazil; Olafur Einarsson; Julian Hector; M. R (Matthew R.) Oates; Brett Westwood |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | PBS01610WZ0003 |
| Available to public: | no |
