Ö÷²¥´óÐã to roost... Highlights of Autumnwatch show seven
Post categories: Autumnwatch
| 12:48 UK time, Monday, 22 November 2010
As autumn spectacles go you'd have to go a long way to beat the sight and sound of thousands of starlings coming home to roost. As winter begins to tighten its grip, large flocks are gathering around the country. Aberystwyth proved to be a good choice for the Autumnwatch cameras, although initially Kate was a little nervous about the birds turning up...
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The flocking was really just the beginning of our starling journey. With the help of our mini-cameras we managed to get an Autumnwatch first - pictures from inside the roost. These astonishing images amazed even our starling expert, Chris Feare (author of Starlings And Mynas), who'd said he'd never seen anything like it.
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Of course the whole show wasn't just about starlings, we were also joined by Iolo Williams. Iolo decided to take on one of the toughest challenges we've ever set a presenter on Autumnwatch: to track down a wild sea trout. He had the local knowledge but would he have that little bit of luck you so often need when searching for some of our more elusive wild creatures?
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Unpsrung proved once again to be an entertaining affair. There were lots of your great questions and videos plus a few small and furry special guests (I am of course talking about the dormouse and harvest mice...). Remember to post your questions for Martin and the team on the blog.
This week's show will be the last of the run, we'll be looking at winter and what it means for our wildlife. Chris and Kate have been down on the in Devon checking out the winter wildfowl. Chris manages to get his hands on a - something he will not stop talking about! In Northern Ireland, guest presenter Darryl Grimason is with 6,000 whooper swans that have recently touched down for the winter.
So wrap up warm and settle in for the final show this Thursday, 25 November, at 8.30pm on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two.
Roger Webb is the Series Producer of Autumnwatch
Comment number 1.
At 22nd Nov 2010, Dennis wrote:I watched with interest the starlings, as a part time greenkeeper I related this to a simular thing in the garden next to the green,in a morning starlings come in a flock, to the two large trees have a good sing, then split up to look for food, they then retun in the afternoon to the same trees a few at a time and chatter till they are all there, then as one take off for there night roost,all goes quiet.
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Comment number 2.
At 22nd Nov 2010, Unclephil wrote:Watching programme about starlings and couldn't help but wonder if the fact that falcons are recording such success rate (1:4 I think), and high clutch numbers in starling nests, the latter leading to many small starling failing to fledge.Do you think the starlings may be trying to speed up natural selection ie; having lots of offspring in the hope that they produce super starlings able to dodge the falcon, just a theory you may like to ponder
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