Well, the first live broadcast of springwatch went out on the air last night and what a superb programme it was! The aerial shots of the reserve were brilliant and I particularly liked the shots of parts of the reserve taken in February and then again in May; the contrast between the bare, grey, starkness of winter and the lush green of late Spring a reminder of why this place is so special.
Photo credit: Steve Knell (rspb-images.com)
The web cam shots were a revelation in their clarity and surprising in some of the results. The buzzard with one chick seem to be voraciously eating their way through the rest of our wildlife. I can just about bear to see them eating voles, rabbits and squirrels but when you see them eating mallard ducklings,a moorhen chick and this morning a great tit you realise what fine predators they are (though if they start bringing in lapwing young my opinion will change fast!).
I hope they feature our barn owls and chicks tonight and there are a number of other web cams and mini cameras set up to show what a great variety of wildlife Ynys-hir has at this time of year. I will be glued to the T.V. tonight to see what other great footage the BBC will show.