Winterwatch episode 4 2020

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Winterwatch episode 4 2020: It is the final show and time for the team to review the extraordinary events that have taken place this week, as well as look back over an eventful year in the Cairngorms.
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Transcript
00:05Are you all right, Chris?Where have
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undefined:undefinedlast one in Scotland so we better go
00:22out with a bang.
00:48Hello and welcome to the final
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undefined:undefinedwe will go out on a high with a very
01:07important animal for the UK, the
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undefined:undefinedthe glossy Ibis.I would say small,
01:34pinky finger rub, and a light one at
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undefined:undefinedgive you something big and Scottish.
02:10The Golden eagle. And it's our
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undefined:undefinedit wandered around the Kintyre
02:39peninsular to Mull and back across
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02:58You can see the regular pattern it
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undefined:undefinedProbably why she is moving so much
03:10at the moment. In their first year
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undefined:undefinedshe will gain some experience,
03:29hopefully breed again when she is
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03:46from an established territory that's
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undefined:undefinedWe know exactly where that eagle is
04:03at all times. Fingers crossed.But
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undefined:undefinedbreeding and happily ever after.We
04:22will keep up-to-date with that. But
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undefined:undefinedexcitement. It came for the food we
04:42had left out for the water shrew.
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undefined:undefinedIt's superb. I love a character that
05:06turns up and then really performs
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undefined:undefinedEight of them in all. Bubbling like
05:29mad turkeys. What they are doing is
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05:54What's quite sad is that in the
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undefined:undefinedearlier?Turkeys. Because they
06:17bubble like mad. The first noises
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undefined:undefinedquite a lot. Do we think it will
06:42perform?I say yes.Lets look at the
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undefined:undefinedlistening for signs of danger and
07:04they can't hear them as well when it
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undefined:undefinedpeanuts inside a log to see how
07:21tenacious a badger would be when it
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undefined:undefinedis phenomenal. And here you get a
07:43great view of the four paws and long
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undefined:undefinedsniffing along the ground for
08:12earthworms. It will push its nose
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undefined:undefinedthat.We will have a look at the
08:31live river camera. We have one
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undefined:undefinedmore do you want? I think they look
08:52like wind-up toys.Do you remember
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undefined:undefinedthe water!There it goes.I don't
09:23think so, I think the shrew will
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undefined:undefineddownstream!It's always a mistake
09:41when you drop your dinner in the
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undefined:undefinedwe were wrong.Technically we were
10:00incorrect because the European mole
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10:22is in the world. The Cuban shrew, a
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undefined:undefinedthem.Nevertheless, the water shrew
10:47is one of the very few venomous
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undefined:undefinedBut we have had more people watching
10:59online than ever before. Not only on
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11:18watching. Look at that! People in
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undefined:undefinedproliferation, he was more
11:41interested in heterogeneous nuclear
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undefined:undefinedthe most?It has to be the sleeping
12:02pine marten in a box?It's
12:04the most?It has to be the sleeping
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undefined:undefinedtypical red squirrel pose with its
12:23paws up, holding the peanut, and the
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12:46all ocas. And we also have the
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undefined:undefinedspecial area of conservation just to
13:08protect these amazing animals. They
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undefined:undefinedstudying them for years and have
13:25identified at least 197 individuals,
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13:48the side of it. This one is even
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undefined:undefinedat dolphins and whales and
14:07photographing them, we can track the
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undefined:undefinedappear. In the past they have been
14:22as far north in Scotland and
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undefined:undefinedhere in the Netherlands. That's
14:42quite a long way to go from their
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undefined:undefinedShe had come all the way back. As
15:06yet, no one has spotted Mischief, so
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undefined:undefinedwhat we call its carrying capacity.
15:23There are around 200 there and maybe
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undefined:undefineddiversity of the population. But we
15:44do need to learn more. Because they
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16:07ocean keep your eyes out for
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undefined:undefinedbrilliant.Yeah, especially a
16:27long-term study like that
16:28brilliant.Yeah, especially a
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undefined:undefinedof our most colourful insects at his
16:45home in Greater London.
16:51home in Greater London.Butterflies,
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undefined:undefinedpeople think that butterflies just
17:10die off in the winter and hatch out
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undefined:undefinedthat an old brick extension was the
17:35sanctuary for overwintering
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undefined:undefinedwill think very carefully about
18:02where to settle. It's a life or
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undefined:undefinedpeacock -- the small tortoiseshell
18:26and the peacock.The small
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undefined:undefinedBut Malcolm did more than just
18:46welcome his butterflies. So many
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undefined:undefinedlast three or four years that I
19:05really started recording them on a
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undefined:undefinedconcern, why is this? By monitoring
19:23week by week I've been able to see
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undefined:undefinedrecording the small tortoiseshells,
19:45the first one actually went on in
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undefined:undefinedthe end of summer. That year they
20:02were all in hibernation at the start
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undefined:undefinedtortoiseshells have gone into
20:22hibernation, so clearly that will
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undefined:undefinedhibernating butterflies. We like
20:42everybody to be recalled that
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undefined:undefinedthreatened at present, you know, not
21:04just in this country but around the
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undefined:undefinedthere who are recording the first
21:26orange tip you see, the first
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undefined:undefinedearlier, mating earlier, laying eggs
21:45earlier, so the whole butterfly life
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undefined:undefinedfound is that in the North of
22:03England you still get plentiful
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undefined:undefinedbutterflies on the wing in every
22:21single month of the year and
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undefined:undefinedJanuary, a lovely warm day and I had
22:43a red Admiral sunbathing on a wall.
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23:03came across bustling wood ant nest.
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undefined:undefinedopen and closed the nest entrances
23:26and also the worker ants will come
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undefined:undefinedwarmer and the sun was out. Ants in
23:43other parts of the country, there is
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undefined:undefinedthey have to just regulate the
23:59temperature of their nest really
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undefined:undefinedin your garden. Early results show I
24:15really interesting trend here. These
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undefined:undefinedmore we can keep track of these
24:34changes.It would be interesting to
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undefined:undefinedit actually spends a lot more time
24:50on ground than the greater spotted
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undefined:undefinedHighlands. It's not the only one.
25:06Several of the birds are starting to
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undefined:undefinedlegends. But in recent years they've
25:32also become a hotspot for a new wave
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undefined:undefinedlittle egret with its black bill and
25:57plume feathers, the great white
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undefined:undefinedblack slender legs and feet to
26:34search for prey. They seem to be
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undefined:undefinedlightning fast bird.
27:02lightning fast bird. At 60
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undefined:undefinedBy stealth. In contrast to the
27:40little egret, the great white
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undefined:undefinednext, they can hunt in deeper
28:04waters, stalking the larger fish
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28:35ground to reveal worms,
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undefined:undefinedspreading across Britain thanks to
29:23their different ways of finding
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undefined:undefined140 years ago seeing a little egret
30:05in North Wales and being quite
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undefined:undefinedshould say that because about ten
30:23years ago I made a little prediction
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undefined:undefinedround in large numbers.
30:46Very freshfaced there. Turn your
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undefined:undefinedwhat we have seen in recent decades
31:08with things like the purple heron,
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31:38Scottish records and in 190720 of
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undefined:undefinedsouthern France, and we are now
31:56seeing more in the UK. In 2014 they
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32:29Portugal as far as Asia and Japan.
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undefined:undefinedhave another wetland bird. I took
32:51this picture a few years ago of this
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undefined:undefinedover here, they are increasingly
33:20common.And this is the zitting
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undefined:undefinedany over here yet, but I suspect it
33:45will be just like the little egret,
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undefined:undefinedhad them in the UK and that is quite
34:01strange.But they are not far away.
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undefined:undefinedeventually they will come across to
34:18us.We have to be careful with the
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34:36a while. So those are birds that are
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34:57and we end the week with
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undefined:undefinedunusual effect on some wildlife,
35:11especially birds, like swallows, who
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undefined:undefinedbeen pretty much absent. Look at the
35:36average maximum temperatures in
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undefined:undefinedweather patterns could be changing
35:52as well. The jet stream is so
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36:11longer. Others say the jet stream
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36:29but not as often. As they become
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36:47the weather and how it affects the
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undefined:undefinedswallow. They have been known to
37:06overwinter here and at the moment it
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37:23They are like pioneers and if it
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37:43This photo was sent to us and taken
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undefined:undefinedThis has really got people quite
38:05excited, it's a Turtle Dove
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undefined:undefinedAgain, a change in their behaviour.
38:26This is an interesting bit of
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38:52been disturbed but there is a lot of
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39:11badger. This is what we showed you
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undefined:undefinedthat. We then put the weight of the
39:31rock up to 16 kilograms. The average
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undefined:undefinedthe 16 kilograms weight. We have
40:00some treats under there so it is
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undefined:undefinedagainst the rock. Will the badger
40:22succeed? My goodness, he struggling.
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undefined:undefinedlever to try and push. I like this
40:47action.It's amazing that it's even
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41:09out. Let's try out some weights. I
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undefined:undefinedchiropractor if I am not careful.
41:35Let's move on to twice the weight of
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undefined:undefinedyou don't know about Gillian but she
41:59is a power lifter.Let's demonstrate
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undefined:undefinedMossley master lids to our biggest
42:24rodents. Springwatch was on hand to
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undefined:undefinedthe beavers are impacting the
42:44landscape.
42:51Beavers have a reputation as
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undefined:undefinedmonitoring the beavers.We are very
43:08used to rivers that are linear
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undefined:undefineda dam to create a pool.Beaver dams
43:27are temporary structures that hold
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undefined:undefinedare a vegetarian animal. In the
43:45summer months they feed on riverside
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undefined:undefinedcondition was because of the
44:03encroachment of scrub. One thing the
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44:19would have looked prior to the
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undefined:undefinedmore than 13 separate territories.
44:36One aim of the scheme has been to
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undefined:undefinedsniff of the camera. You see a lot
44:57of otters come through here. We've
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45:14result of the dams and then we've
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45:30voles are more likely to be able to
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undefined:undefinednoticed any difference since the
45:47beavers arrived?Quite
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undefined:undefinedtrap, so I've been starting to see
46:02gravel beds appear beneath the dams,
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undefined:undefineddam, which then was substantial and
46:25saw probably 15 or 20 sea trout
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undefined:undefinedthat fish and beavers have been
46:41living together for millennia, so
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undefined:undefinedecological engineers have a positive
47:04effect on our environment?
47:10Part of the trial we've been working
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undefined:undefinedis about six dams in a sequence, how
47:26that is slowing the flow of water as
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47:46water course. We finished the trial
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undefined:undefinedOtter.Brilliant, isn't that lovely?
48:05I have to say I do like beavers. I
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48:2312th century and that just ignited
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undefined:undefinedthe beaver on the River Otter in the
48:36near future and once we know what's
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undefined:undefinedengage with and know more about the
48:53Cairngorms Connect project. This is
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undefined:undefinedis us, up here, and all of these
49:06coloured areas are the continuous
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undefined:undefinedbetter place for wildlife and
49:24people. What is it made up of? Well,
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undefined:undefinedCummins to these beautiful rivers
49:40that wind down through the largest
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undefined:undefineddiverse wildlife within it. It
50:08supports over 5000 species, 20% of
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undefined:undefinedAnd they will be able to expand
50:25their population. They will be able
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undefined:undefinedrestoring the forest habitat is a
50:42key part of this as well, managing
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undefined:undefinedalso providing a real crucial
50:58habitat for some of Scotland's's
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undefined:undefinedMarsh Harrier here over in Marshes.
51:23And winter visitors, golden eyes, a
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undefined:undefinedsome of our most charismatic raptors
51:41will be soaring over these habitats,
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undefined:undefinednew hectare of peat that is restored
51:59can store up to three and a half
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undefined:undefinedimportant in this project. It's not
52:19just about fencing off and area and
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undefined:undefinedyears. For me though, the most
52:35impressive thing of all is the
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undefined:undefinedtogether in perfect harmony, with a
52:53long-term vision, making a real
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undefined:undefinedWe need more
53:10project in the UK. It's brilliant.
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undefined:undefinedit but haven't we?Absolutely, I was
53:23lucky enough to go on an expedition
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undefined:undefinedThe thickness of this place is just
53:40spectacular. -- the epic nature of
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undefined:undefinedcrested tits that I saw at Lough
54:00Garden, a Highland speciality, never
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undefined:undefinedmonths and these are huge, seven
54:18foot wingspan, and nothing for me
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undefined:undefinedto pick one species. It's about the
54:40feel of a place, it's about the fact
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undefined:undefinedstepping outside of my comfort zone
54:54here! For me, this love only in
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undefined:undefinedthem close up, using our technology
55:10to stick our noses are so deeply
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undefined:undefinedentirely refreshed, I felt there was
55:30scope for me to engage and learn so
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undefined:undefinedPolly in, the local community for
55:46welcoming us into their patch and
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undefined:undefinedthank you very much.Yes,
55:58unfortunately we have to leave, we
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undefined:undefinedof the year I will have taught all
56:18of these some Welsh phrases. SPEAKS
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undefined:undefinedwildlife in Britain with fascinating
56:40stories as well, so we'll see you in
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undefined:undefinedlet's not forget our hidden world,
57:14the jewels of our ecosystems.We
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57:49And, if we do, is the most
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