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Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. Naturalist and broadcaster Michael Scott is joining biologists from the C...entre of Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth. The Isle of May is the breeding site for Britain's largest seabird, the Gannet. The gannets will be plunge diving in the seas around the Isle of May, but it's the Puffins, the Guillemots and the Kittiwakes that Michael is going to see together with the rather dinosaurian shags. Recently Britain's seabirds have had a tough time surviving themselves let alone raising young. Their fortunes seem to be different depending where they breed and feed and it's this complex picture Michael will unpack on the Isle of May. Seabird ecologist Bob Swann is live into the programme from a seabird Colony near Sutor, much further north than the Isle of May - a colony he has monitored daily over the last 40 years. How are his seabirds doing this year? We hear from two research sites in Eastern Scotland. And we have our latest "Memories are made of this" package, this time recollections from Cornwall about the past abundance of herring and seabirds on the Peninsular.
Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. Naturalist and broadcaster Michael Scott is joining biologists from the C...entre of Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth. The Isle of May is the breeding site for Britain's largest seabird, the Gannet. The gannets will be plunge diving in the seas around the Isle of May, but it's the Puffins, the Guillemots and the Kittiwakes that Michael is going to see together with the rather dinosaurian shags. Recently Britain's seabirds have had a tough time surviving themselves let alone raising young. Their fortunes seem to be different depending where they breed and feed and it's this complex picture Michael will unpack on the Isle of May. Seabird ecologist Bob Swann is live into the programme from a seabird Colony near Sutor, much further north than the Isle of May - a colony he has monitored daily over the last 40 years. How are his seabirds doing this year? We hear from two research sites in Eastern Scotland. And we have our latest "Memories are made of this" package, this time recollections from Cornwall about the past abundance of herring and seabirds on the Peninsular.
| Series: | Saving species; Series 1 |
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| Episode | 8 |
| First transmission date: | 2010-05-25 |
| 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: | Mary Colwell |
| Presenter: | Howard Stableford |
| Contributors: | Kelvin Boot; H. Jack Mayer; Pippa Nelson; Humphrey Noall; Roy Phillips; Sarah Pitt; Dominic Price; Michael Scott; Howard Stableford; Bob Swann |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | PBS020110WZ0008 |
| Available to public: | no |
