Bird TV programmes all round in the UK!
Wow, there are two great series (well, I think they are great!) on our screens in the UK now.
BBC1 has Sir David Attenborough presenting Secret Gardens. I think it’s just wonderful to see what people are doing to help wildlife in their gardens. On Sunday (12th April), the programme was in Bristol where a number of neighbours had come together to provide a Hedgehog Highway for hedgehogs. The programme moves around the country, visiting secret gardens in Oxfordshire, Bristol, the Lake District, the Wye Valley and the Western Highlands. It runs on Sunday afternoons on BBC1.
Visit the Secret Garden’s website here.
It’s so important that programmes like this show what actions you can take to help wildlife – and I believe it’s just as important to show that people are actually DOING it. In the case of the hedgehogs and providing a way for them to get from one garden to another to find a mate, I was reminded of Hedgehog Street. This is a joint initiative between the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and the People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and it’s got 100,000 people who have registered to be Hedgehog Champions and help hedgehogs.
Another treat in store for us all this week in the UK is on Channel 5.
Sam & Ade Go Birding features Samuel West (All Creatures Great and Small) and Ade Edmondson.
In search of our feathered friends, the hope is that they will encourage lots of people to go birding and take an interest in birds and other wildlife. The programme starts in West Cornwall with choughs and herons. There’s beautiful countryside, the comeraderie between the two men, and the passionate interest that Samuel West has in birding.
We can all do something to make a difference.
We just need to find out what we could do and then do it!
The beautiful picture of the hedgehog is by Mark McNeill (through Unsplash)
The stunning picture of the fox is by This photo is by Brett Jordan (through Unsplash)
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