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Last broadcast on Thu, 5 May 2011, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
The re-introduction of European beavers into the British countryside continues to be a long and complex consultation process, with many beavers now in large habitat-scale enclosures. These iconic riverine and wetland mammals, famous for tree felling and lodge building in north America, were part of the British landscape - and many want to see their return. Saving Species has special access to its own pair of beavers - not literally, of course - but we'll be reporting on a male and female from Norway over the coming months from their first release into a large natural enclosure in Devon, observing first hand how they fashion the habitat around them. It also kicks off one of Saving Species' major themes this year - Rivers and Wetlands.
Plus there is the first report from journalist Patrick Evans, who spent six months in the Ukraine, on the state of wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Presenter: Brett Westwood
Producer: Mary Colwell
Editor: Julian Hector.
Female adder
Image by Brett Westwood
Adder in tube
Image by Brett Westwood
A European Beaver
Image by Chris Robbins
A pair of European Beavers
Image by Chris Robbins
A White-tailed Eagle on the hunt in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Image by Vasily Fedosenko
A close up of a White-tailed Eagle in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Image by Vasily Fedosenko
The Open University - “Museum of the Dead"
Visit a potential future with species that slipped into the Museum of the Dead.
Broadcasts
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Tue 3 May 201111:00
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Thu 5 May 201121:00
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