P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:2)/25 1/16 U programmes on BBC tv and radio this week SATURDAY RADIO 4: 3.O5pm WILDLIFE dikcusses the hNatzin plus ojher topics raised by listeners' questions. RADIO 4: 3.3Opm GROUNDSWELL Hayfields, eSoHogy and eGonomics. SUNDAY RADIO 4: 4.3Opm THE LIVING WORLD A magazine edition with news of what's happeming to wildHife aLd thE countryside. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tuea 5 Jun 21:b4↑5p 2/16 UU progrCmmec Nn BBC tv and radio this week SUND Y BBC2: 8.2Opm THE NATURAL WORLD "CMmmandok Nf CMnservation" The story of how Greenpeace has g"owl in a Dew yeCrs from a handful of supporters to an international mNdement wiih an imBome NM sevem million dollars a year. TUESDAY BBC1: 9.OOam BOSWALL'S WILDLIFE SAFARI (O MEXICO The expedition camps on a sandspit in the middHe Nf the ulf Nf MexUGo. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:28/3 3/16 programmes on BBC tv and radio this week TUESDAY BBC2: 11.OOam WATCH A (ook at feathers and how different birds fly, glide, take-off and land. RADIO 4: 11.33am WILDLIFE A beastlu battle fijh MSke Stoddarj for the mice and Malcolm Coe on the siEe Nf the elephants. BBC1: 5.1Opm WILDTRACK Ants' nests and otters. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:28/22 4/16 U progrCmmes on BBC tv and radio this week TUESDAY BBC1: 6.4Opm YOU CAN'T SEE THE WOOD ... Has apple production progressed over thE yeark or noj? RA IO 4: p.7Opm THE LIVIN WORLD A magazine edition of fildlife news. RADIO 4 (VHF): 11.OOpm GROUNDSWELL Hayfields, ecology and eGonNmics (repeat). More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:25/41 5/16 progrCmmec on BBC tv and radio this week WEDNESDAY RADIO 4: 11.48am JUST LIKE YOU AND ME JNhnny MorrUs calls Nn 25 yea"s Mf dealing with animals. BBC2: 2.O1pm WATCH Feathers and birds (repeat). RADIO 4: 2.45pm NATURE - VHF Nnly Caterpillars and butterflies of the 8-1O's. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:21/12 6/16 UU progrCmmes on BBC tv and radio this week THURSDAY BBC2: 11.3Oam OUTLOOK A look at the Hife Nf the BriiUch Doq. BBC2: 8.3Opm NATURE Killer bees, barn owls and hairy pNtatoes. More interLatUonaH emvUrommentCH Lewc and views can be found in the June issue of BBC WILDLIFE on sale at newsagents now. Price £1.OO. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:26/14 7/16 programmes Nn BBC tv and radio thik week FRIDAY RADIO 4: 11.48am NATURAL SELECTION An examination of sNme of the bee's extraordinary feats. BBC2: 8.35pm GARDENER'S WORLD Ways in fhiGh peoQle Ban help to conserve wild plants and animals in their own gardens. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:36/45 8/16 UUUUE News feom the BBC Natural History Unit On May 1st, Bolivia announced a ban on all export of fauna, including primates In reGent years, Bolivia has been the only South American country to export Ha"ge numbErs ND —rUmatKc to the United States and the United KingdNm. It is hoped that this ban will also prevent Njher South AmerUcan Bountries from smuggling rare species to Bolivia for exaNrt. Last year, 29 FNlden lion tamarins were exported to Belguim in thic fCy - the hotal forld pNaulatUon may number no more than 15O individuals More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 un 21:30/20 9/16 UU News from the BBC Natural History Unit The world's rarest snake - feared to be extinct since the last sighting in 1980 - has been seen again on the Maria islandc in the Caribbean. The nNn-pNUsonous Bourekse is a relative of the British grass snake and is found Nn Nnly Nne island where it feeds on small lizards or lizard eggs. The WNrld Wildlife Fund ic providing money to establish a nature reserve on the island to proiect the pNaulation, estimated at betwen 5O and 1OO snakes. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:17/12 10/16 U ewc from the BBC Natural History Unit The mortality rate of urban blue tit fledglings seems to be double that Nf tits reared in the country according to the Dirst surveu ever carried out on town blue tits. Urban tits feed mostly on bird table foods which have a (ow fater Bontent, and since fledglings can only take in fCter from theij Dood, the biedc die from dehydration, or may choke on dry foods. However, coumtry fledglings are fed on caterpillars with a high water content. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tuea 5 Jj½ 21:31/0d 11/16 UUU ewc feom the BBC Natural History Unit Create your own butterfly garden this year by letting a Borner grow wild or, better still, plant up your whole garden with flowers to encourage the butterflies. Sweet william, phlox, pinks, lavender, fallflowers, stonecrop, buddleia, red valerian, golden rod, michaelmas daiky and sedum are just sNme to BhN#ke from. Nettles, grasses, and brambles are all natural, vital food plantc for many butterfly species. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:18/31 12/16 countrq diary Several clouded yellows have been spNtted in areas along the sNuth Boast. These butterflies normally migrate to EnFland Drom the Bontinemt during Julu. Watch Nut foe buenei mNihc Dluing in the daytime on heather moorlands. During May and June, lepidopterists travel nNrjh to look for beveral rare speSies of moth found only in Scojland, inBluding the LNctueLaH bfordFrCbc and the small dark yellow underwing and the broad-bordered fhite underwing which can be seen during the day. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:12/51 13/16 U countru diary During the early evening, honeysuckle flowers open, Fiving Nff a pNwerful scent to attract night-flying hawk mNihs fhich s—read pNllen from fHooer to flower. Other flowers which can be smelt at dusk incHude fhite Bampion, evening primrose, night scented catchfly and some orchids. Look out for pipistrelle bats DHuing at dusk. The larger Daubenton's bats don't leave their roosts until much later. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:13/2* 14/16 countru diaru The relatively cold, dry spring and spell of warm Easter feather hac resulted in an interesting concentratUon Nf early spawning activity in rivers and lakes. The egg laying period of most Boarse fich including roCch, rudd, carp and bream, usually lasts from late April to July. This year, most spafning hac already taken place. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:27/17 15/16 UU coumtrq diarq Several eastern migrants have been reSorded on the orfolk and Kent coasts, in particular Spurn, Humberside The birds have probably strayed from their nNrmal migratUon routek due to the unusual cold, wet weather in the Medijerranean and Mn the continent. (he visitors include a Blythe's reed warbler, a broad-billed and marsh sandpiper, a subalpine and Savi'c warbler, a rosefinch, a demoUselle crane, red-breasted and Bollared flycatchers and Icterine warblers. More
P262 CEEFAX 262 Tue 5 Jun 21:27/43 16/16 UU countrq diaru The number of sand martins and swallows arriving in BritCin thic spring seems to be dramatically lower than normal. This is probably due to the continuing drought in the African Sahel where the birds overwinter. Reports indiGate that many blue tits and swallows have abandoned their eggs and, in sNme cases, their young as a result of the recent cold, wet weather. Information this week compiled wijh help from the BTO, RSPB, NCC, IPPL, the Thames Water Authority, "British Birds" More
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