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James Mair

James works as a researcher at the BBC. Before joining the Natural History Unit, he lived at Longleat Estate while working on television series Animal Park. Of all the places that James visited while filming in the South Pacific, Codfish Island, New Zealand was his favourite.

All stories by James Mair

  1. Close-up of kakapo face © James Mair James and the giant parrot

    South Pacific island giants

    Published 15 May 2009

    The kakapo may just look like an enormous budgie, but it smells like sweet meadows. James Mair travels to Codfish Island to sniff one out.

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