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Nature lover Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall pays tribute to the wildlife heroes who are protecting the West Country's creatures. He meets Beryl Casey who has transformed her home into a hedgehog hospital, nursing sick and injured hogs back to health. The UK's hedgehog population has halved since the millennium so every animal...
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Hugh visits Worthy Farm, the home of Glastonbury Festival, to see how the wildlife copes when a quarter of a million festivalgoers descend on the countryside and discovers that the badgers seem pretty unfazed by their new neighbours.
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Hugh discovers how the people and animals of Dartmoor live alongside each other in this challenging landscape. 51:15 Expired
Lifelong wildlife enthusiast Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall celebrates the natural world of the West Country and the people protecting it. This time, he's in the Wye Valley hoping to come face to face with an animal that's intrigued him since boyhood - the Barbel, also known as the Prince of the River. 52:50 Expired
Nature lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall continues his wildlife adventures across the West Country. This time, he's exploring the diverse county of Dorset where the mild climate creates ideal conditions for all kinds of creatures. In Spring, Hugh joins ornithologist Martin Cade at Portland Bird Observatory to monitor migra...
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Nature lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall celebrates the wildlife of the West Country and meets the dedicated people safeguarding its future. This time, Hugh's journey takes him across Dartmoor from the granite peaks to the sea. Hugh follows the fortunes of a buzzard family as their single chick fledges and heads towards in...
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As he continues his wildlife adventures across the West Country, nature lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is on the trail of woodland creatures in the Forest of Dean with the help of dedicated local naturalists. Hugh goes in search of the imposing wild boar, that have returned to the forest after three centuries. And he ge...
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Lifelong wildlife lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall celebrates the creatures of the West Country and meets the people safeguarding their future. This time he's in the Somerset Levels to witness one of our greatest wildlife spectacles - huge winter flocks of starlings swirling in the sky as they come in to roost.
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Nature lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall continues to explore the wildlife of the West Country while meeting the people helping to safeguard the region's wild creatures. This time, Hugh's on his home patch of the Dorset/Devon border where he investigates the return of an animal that hasn't been spotted since the 16th Centu... 57:31 Expired
Lifelong nature lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall celebrates the wildlife of the West Country and the people who care for it. In this episode, he explores the ancient woods and valleys of Dartmoor on a quest to find out more about his favourite garden bird, the long-tailed tit. He joins local naturalist John Walters to dis...
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Enthusiastic nature lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall continues his wildlife adventures as he explores the Jurassic Coast to investigate the strange life of its most curious creatures and to meet the local heroes dedicated to helping them. 49:25 Expired
Lifelong nature-lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall pursues his fascination with the wildlife of the West country as he teams up with the region's most dedicated nature lovers. He becomes captivated by the extraordinary life of the dipper, the UK's only aquatic songbird. Then meets Stephanie Tyler who studied them for 40 yea...