THE WATCHES. I have enjoyed and learnt from for years. They offer something for a very wide audience and, I think, encourage others to take care of what there is and enjoy the beauty around us.
On a more serious theme with picking up on a negative comment by Tim Bonner of the country alliance. I get ‘hacked off’ by the rhetoric that flows from the mouths of some. “Let me be clear”, “its broken”, its shambolic” and “everyone knows”. Which takes me to Bonner’s final point when he says “It won’t be missed in the countryside”. So he speaks for everyone does he? He knows the views of everyone? Unrealistic and untrue because he cannot know what we all think. In fact, via Twitter Michaela Strachan says she has been overwhelmed by the responses. And now we can look forward to Springwatch and be positive despite the comments of others.
(This is lifted from a printed article) The camera teams, joined by presenters including the likes of Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke, spread themselves throughout the UK, recording never-before-filmed animal behaviour and sharing incredible wildlife stories.
Springwatch first aired in 2005, with a then one-off special Autumnwatch following, before it became a full series in 2006. Winterwatch then began in 2012.
Tim Bonner, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance, said the end of Autumnwatch offered an opportunity for the BBC to ‘rebalance its wildlife programming’.He added: ‘The BBC covers many rural issues well and produces lots of good countryside content, but there have been concerns about Autumnwatch’s unrealistic and anthropomorphic approach for many years.
He added “It won’t be missed in the countryside”. I say he is wrong. Let’s support wildlife and not destroy it.
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