Nature of Britain

[Pete Shears]

This coming wednesday,Alan Tichmarsh according to to the program listings,is looking at ferox trout in the scottish lochs and pike,the latter fdilmed in Stoney Cove by a diver who has spent 100+ hours observing & filming the pike

Could be interesting......

 

[Les Clark ( not too proud to nick a good idea fro]

Thanks Pete , I will take a look at that .

 

[captain carrott]

the whole program is supposed to be about freshwater life this week

 

[Steve Handley]

Anyone lucky enough to have seen this program will have seen some fascinating underwater film shots,especially the pike and perch in their natural habitat.

I was fortunate earlier this year to see an Osprey feeding at Woodland Waters Ancaster in Lincolnshire. Yes, Lincolnshire. Not exactly where you would expect to find Ospreys, but probably a young bird from Rutland Water. I ended up putting the fishing rod down and just watched this incredible bird in action.

There is actually a video on Youtube of this Osprey catching fish.

 

[clam]

Great shots of the salmon swimming up river to breed.

 

[The Monk]

It is an excellent series, I have his last series on DVD, well worth getting for anyone interested in British Natural History

 

[The Monk]

http://www.nhmshop.co.uk/dvds-and-cds/british-isles-a-natural-history-presented-by-alan-titchmarsh/product.html

 

[clam]

My wife liked the shot of the kingfisher on the on the log/branch.She couldnt belive me when i said i see something like this every time i go fishing.I fish the upper trent alot and ive seen more kingfishers this season then any other/forum/smilies/smile_smiley.gif

 

[Tony Roper]

Anybody no if its being repreated i missed it /forum/smilies/crying_smiley.gif.

 

[Steve Spiller]

I missed it too unfortunately.

I've noticed there seems to be a lot more kingfishers about on the rivers too Clam and also huge buzzards drifting around on the thermals.

Trouble is, I've missed loads of bites whilst watching them, but hey /forum/smilies/smile_smiley.gif

 

[The Monk]

htit should be out on DVD soon

tp://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/09_september/11/nature.shtml

 

[MarkTheSpark]

The footage was good, except for the bit where they chased a manky old srawny ferox with cataracts around Lock Ness... not exactly a fish in the prime of its life. But the pike shots were brilliant.

 

[Fred Bonney]

Tony, it's repeated on sundayBBC2 at 18:10,without the local bit.

 

[Tony Roper]

Brillant thanks for that Fred.

 

[Steve Spiller]

Nice one Fred I will record it, we're up on the Severn hopefully.