Autumnwatch
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Latest from the blog
Beach at its autumn best
Storms and turbulent seas wash up wildlife gems along the strandline.
13 November 2009
This week
- Live bird feeder webcams
Daylight and infra-red cameras bring you the wildlife attracted to our bird feeders.
- Beaches aren't just for summer
Autumnwatch goes coastal to celebrate seaside wildlife in Pembrokeshire, west Wales.
- The ospreys' winter home
Simon King completes his migration monitoring, following ospreys from Scotland to their winter home in west Africa.
- Tree O'Clock world record
On Saturday 5 December, 11am to 12 noon, you can take part in an amazing one-off tree planting event.
- Stuff to do this week
In your home or out and about, Autumnwatch can suggest a wildlife activity for you.
- Autumnwatch Local
Discover a wealth of autumn nature and things to do, brought to you by your local BBC team.
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Born in a bowl
Where do young salmon return to as they do not know where they came from, hatched in a laboratory?
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Otter in the garden!
To see an otter peering round the edge of your shed must have been so exciting and quite surreal.
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Marine Bill
Vote for your favourite bit of coast.
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Marine Life Rescue
Volunteer to care for stranded animals.
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Tawny owl survey
The BTO wants you to listen out for owls.
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Beachwatch
Help to survey and clean the UK coast.
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Wet, wet woods
Wildlife thrives in one of England's most rainy places.
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Don't pick me
Just 1% of fungi are edible but you can enjoy them all.
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Leaf colours
Do autumn leaves turn red to fend off interested insects?
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What to feed birds
Start here for links to advice from the RSPB and BTO.
Latest
- The bird feeder webcams are live Monday–Thursday this week
- Martin brings you the latest migration news 13th November 2009
- Chris on the blog: Why I enjoy watching rather than picking fungi
- Why beaches aren't just for summer: new blog post
- Photostory: Filming ospreys in west Africa
Your Videos
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Your movies
Whether an unusual wild visitor to your garden or some truly extraordinary animal behaviour, if you've filmed it, we'd love to see it.
Your autumn photos
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From red deer to spiders to fungi, share your pictures of autumn.
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Wildlife Finder
Red deer
UK's largest resident deer species. -
Earth Explorers
Birds on the edge of Britain
Radio 4 team recording at a Manx bird sanctuary.
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