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Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. There's a massive leak of crude oil from a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico ...with many reporting it as the largest slick in history - and the crude is making landfall on the Mississippi Delta, one of the most biodiverse areas in the USA. We ask wildlife film maker and author Steve Nicholls, who has been to this wildlife hotspot many times, who and what is most threatened and insight into the natural resilience of such wilderness. Our regular news hound Kelvin Boot will focus on how the Americans are reporting this story and how the disaster is being dealt with. Also in the programme, the demise of the wood warbler in British woodlands. This migrant songbird from Africa was one of the key choristers in the British dawn chorus. But there are more chiffchaffs and blackcaps. We ask ornithologist and bird migration expert Ian Newton how the songsters that make up the dawn chorus have changed and why.
Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the UK and across the globe. There's a massive leak of crude oil from a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico ...with many reporting it as the largest slick in history - and the crude is making landfall on the Mississippi Delta, one of the most biodiverse areas in the USA. We ask wildlife film maker and author Steve Nicholls, who has been to this wildlife hotspot many times, who and what is most threatened and insight into the natural resilience of such wilderness. Our regular news hound Kelvin Boot will focus on how the Americans are reporting this story and how the disaster is being dealt with. Also in the programme, the demise of the wood warbler in British woodlands. This migrant songbird from Africa was one of the key choristers in the British dawn chorus. But there are more chiffchaffs and blackcaps. We ask ornithologist and bird migration expert Ian Newton how the songsters that make up the dawn chorus have changed and why.
| Series: | Saving species; Series 1 |
|---|---|
| Episode | 5 |
| First transmission date: | 2010-05-04 |
| 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: | Brett Westwood |
| Contributors: | Phil Atkinson; Kelvin Boot; Harry Green; Ian Newton; Steve Nicholls; M. R (Matthew R.) Oates; Brett Westwood |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | PBS01810WZ0005 |
| Available to public: | no |
