Farewell to Springwatch
| 09:28 UK time, Monday, 15 June 2009
Well, I had an amazing few weeks following Simon King and the Springwatch O.B crew around various destinations in Wales.
It will take a while to try and digest everything I've seen and done during that time!
It was great to visit so many amazing places that I'd previously only seen on TV and get to see so much wildlife right on our doorstep.
Highlights for me were meeting 'Gelert' the young male goshawk, waking up and seeing Lake Vyrnwy for the first time with a rainbow stretched right across the lake at dawn.
The red kites at Gigrin were unexpected too. I'd seen the feeding many times before on film but I'd urge everyone to go and experience at least once for themselves as nothing can prepare for the spectacle you'll witness in the skies above you.
Racing over to Bardsey Island on one of it's 'dry days' and standing in a dark field at night for 5 hours, listening to manx shearwaters landing all around me but not actually being able to see them.
Being dive bombed at once by thousands of artic terns is also something I won't forget in a hurry either, as well as being lucky enough to step foot on the skerries.
The crew and cameramen were excellent and I learnt alot from them just being in their company and seeing how they work on location.
It seems as if everyone working on Springwatch has a throrough understanding of wildlife - I guess if you spend 8 years working on a programme surrounded by experts, some of it rubs off!
Anglesey was also very special and I'd recommend it to anyone. Stunning scenery, crystal clear seas and quiet coves and very few people! Not yet anyway...
I hope you enjoyed the blogs, photos and various videos I posted up from the field but this is not the end.
Wales Nature blogs shall continue with regular wildlife updates! And we've also got BBC Wales' weatherman - Derek Brockway on board, who will be blogging about the weather for us very soon, so watch this space.
Gull
It will take a while to try and digest everything I've seen and done during that time!
It was great to visit so many amazing places that I'd previously only seen on TV and get to see so much wildlife right on our doorstep.
Highlights for me were meeting 'Gelert' the young male goshawk, waking up and seeing Lake Vyrnwy for the first time with a rainbow stretched right across the lake at dawn.
The red kites at Gigrin were unexpected too. I'd seen the feeding many times before on film but I'd urge everyone to go and experience at least once for themselves as nothing can prepare for the spectacle you'll witness in the skies above you.
Racing over to Bardsey Island on one of it's 'dry days' and standing in a dark field at night for 5 hours, listening to manx shearwaters landing all around me but not actually being able to see them.
Being dive bombed at once by thousands of artic terns is also something I won't forget in a hurry either, as well as being lucky enough to step foot on the skerries.
The crew and cameramen were excellent and I learnt alot from them just being in their company and seeing how they work on location.
It seems as if everyone working on Springwatch has a throrough understanding of wildlife - I guess if you spend 8 years working on a programme surrounded by experts, some of it rubs off!
Anglesey was also very special and I'd recommend it to anyone. Stunning scenery, crystal clear seas and quiet coves and very few people! Not yet anyway...
I hope you enjoyed the blogs, photos and various videos I posted up from the field but this is not the end.
Wales Nature blogs shall continue with regular wildlife updates! And we've also got BBC Wales' weatherman - Derek Brockway on board, who will be blogging about the weather for us very soon, so watch this space.
Gull
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Thanks Gull
I have enjoyed reading your blog.
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it was great seeing Wales on Spring watch, the last programme brought tears to my eyes watching the lovely pictures that had been made and hearing the singing. It brought back wonderful memories of places I have been myself.
Wonderful
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