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Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. In this edition of Saving Species we celebrate the dawn chorus of birds a...s they sing at first light. The dawn chorus is still a real spectacle in the UK and over the world, but is it as rich and diverse as it was? Is the dawn chorus as loud as it has been in the past? In our repeating feature "Memories are made of this" we have gone to Thomas Hardy's cottage in Dorset. Was the dawn chorus very different to his ears than to ours today? The common (European) crane also features in this programme. This crane species is the bird that has triggered a big collaborative project to re-introduce them to the Somerset Levels. Eggs are being driven from a wetland in Eastern Germany to the Wildfowl & Wetland Trust reserve at Slimbridge, where they will be incubated and reared for release in August. We will be with the incubating crane eggs in Slimbridge. And on another translocation project, we'll be live in Sussex with a field cricket catcher - just one of many skilled conservationists re-introducing this rare cricket to a specially prepared nature reserve in the neighbouring county.
Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. In this edition of Saving Species we celebrate the dawn chorus of birds a...s they sing at first light. The dawn chorus is still a real spectacle in the UK and over the world, but is it as rich and diverse as it was? Is the dawn chorus as loud as it has been in the past? In our repeating feature "Memories are made of this" we have gone to Thomas Hardy's cottage in Dorset. Was the dawn chorus very different to his ears than to ours today? The common (European) crane also features in this programme. This crane species is the bird that has triggered a big collaborative project to re-introduce them to the Somerset Levels. Eggs are being driven from a wetland in Eastern Germany to the Wildfowl & Wetland Trust reserve at Slimbridge, where they will be incubated and reared for release in August. We will be with the incubating crane eggs in Slimbridge. And on another translocation project, we'll be live in Sussex with a field cricket catcher - just one of many skilled conservationists re-introducing this rare cricket to a specially prepared nature reserve in the neighbouring county.
| Series: | Saving species; Series 1 |
|---|---|
| Episode | 4 |
| First transmission date: | 2010-04-27 |
| 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: | Kelvin Boot; Rowan Edwards; Julian Hector; M. R (Matthew R.) Oates; Marion Periss; Ralph Pite; Sarah Pitt; Jeremy Powne; Simon Stuart; Brett Westwood |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | PBS01710WZ0004 |
| Available to public: | no |
