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Countryfile - Season 38 Episode 1 -
Hamza's Highlands - Glen Affric - Life on the Loch
Hamza's Highlands - Glen Affric - Life on the Loch
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00:00This, this is my idea of peace and tranquility. Look at it. It's just beautiful.
00:30Here in Glenafric, the air feels the air.
00:59It's different. It's quiet. It's calm. But it's bursting with life, if you know where to look.
01:12Glenafric Nature Reserve can be found in the heart of the Scottish Highlands.
01:20It's a mosaic of habitats, where ancient Caledonian pine forests sit alongside Morelands and Monroe.
01:30Rivers, lochs and bogs.
01:36This place is not just beautiful. It's a living, breathing ecosystem in motion.
01:41Tell me how good my cast is, Peter. Go on. That one was rubbish.
01:49I'm delving deep into the layers of this landscape to uncover how survival here is a team effort.
01:58Oh, I got something. Excellent.
02:00From the tiniest insects that start life in the depths of these waters.
02:05What is it? And he's swimming.
02:07To the majestic visiting osprey above this awe-inspiring place.
02:13Hang on a minute. She's picking a little bit of food out of a fish and she's feeding it to something.
02:21We'll also take a trip through the Countryfile Archive on a journey through some of the UK's other rich wildlife ecosystems.
02:29Are you going to catch one? I might aid you.
02:36From the cliffs of Anglesey, where one species lends a helping hand to another.
02:41So you've sort of created a little service station for them?
02:45Yes. It's off our legs.
02:48To the wilds of Dorset, where efforts are underway to save one of our most threatened habitats.
02:55They need sand dunes to be able to survive.
02:58This is their only home.
03:00So if it's lost, then they have nowhere else they can go.
03:04We are a little bit of kind of last chance Salonia.
03:08Every story is a reminder that in nature, nothing exists in isolation.
03:13I've spent many days on the sides of lochs, but here in Glenafric, there's something special.
03:28It's nice and calm on the surface, but beneath it, it's bustling with life.
03:33Fish, invertebrates, diving birds, each one depending on the others in this delicate web of life.
03:44Ailey!
03:46Peter Smith has been fishing the waters of the Highlands for 60 years.
03:50Good girl.
03:52He understands more than most how every ripple on this loch is part of a bigger story.
03:58Hello, Peter.
03:59Oh, hello. Nice to see you.
04:01Likewise. Who's this?
04:02This is Ailey.
04:03Ailey, hello.
04:04Half seal, half dog.
04:06Half seal, half dog. Love it.
04:08Tell me, we're looking at this awesome loch here.
04:11We've got ancient woodlands.
04:13We've got a beach.
04:14How does this all connect?
04:17The types of tree that we have here depend on the substrate and the animals that are here depend on the trees and the climate.
04:24So it's all wrapped up into one, really.
04:27From the midges that are around to ospreys at the head of the food chain.
04:34In between, we've got the fish that live here.
04:37They're feeding on the invertebrate life.
04:39There may be a hundred or maybe two hundred different species in there.
04:42There'll be little midges, multiple types of midge.
04:46And then the biggest ones will be the dragonflies, the damsel flies.
04:50There's some really good wildlife around here.
04:52It's a very, very pristine, natural place.
04:55And we're right down here at the shore where it all starts to happen.
04:58Now, you love to fish.
05:02What kind of fish are going to be here in the loch?
05:04So in this loch, we've got brown trout and we've got minnows.
05:08And the minnows were introduced probably by people using them as bait.
05:12And there might be eels.
05:14Traditionally, there were eels in all of these lochs.
05:17To understand more about the interwoven life under the surface,
05:21I want to get closer to its inhabitants.
05:24From the tiny yet vital insects to the fish that rely on them for a meal.
05:30Are we going to be able to check and see if there's any fish in there at the moment?
05:33Well, I think if you and I get our waders on and a rod,
05:36I think we might go and see if we can have a cast and find a trout.
05:40Oh, amazing. I've never done that before. Hard?
05:42No, I'll make it easy for you.
05:44Fantastic.
05:46Ailey's going to help us out as well, I presume.
05:48Absolutely.
05:51Whether it's a freshwater loch teeming with life or a windswept cliff by the sea,
05:56the UK is full of diverse habitats.
06:04Back in 2024, Anita was on Anglesey,
06:07where she discovered that farm life was giving wildlife a helping hand.
06:14On the west coast of Anglesey lies Southstack Cliffs,
06:17an RSPB nature reserve where rolling heathland meets the dramatic Irish Sea.
06:26These rugged cliffs are a vital habitat and the heathland is a vital source of rare plants and invertebrates.
06:34So, with so much wildlife calling this place home, I'm hoping I'll be able to spot some.
06:41Looking after this precious environment is RSPB site manager, Laura Kodelska.
06:51Croeso, Iannis Laud, welcome to Southstack.
06:56We have lots of different species that live here.
06:59We've got the Anglesey flower, the spotted rock rose.
07:02We've got a big seabird colony.
07:04My favourite bird at the reserve is a chuff.
07:07It's a member of the crow family, so it's black, but the difference is it's got red legs and a red pointy long beak.
07:15They're very charismatic birds.
07:17They're very chatty, so you can hear them before you see them flying through the air.
07:24And they've got this amazing ability to swoop and glide in the wind.
07:27So even on the windiest of days, we see them out doing acrobatics in the air.
07:34They can live up to 20 years, so you get to kind of know them quite well.
07:38And if you're really lucky, you might see one on a feeder at the cafe when you come to visit.
07:46Chuff are mainly found on the west coast of Britain.
07:49They did used to be all over the UK until recent years and their numbers have dropped.
07:54Mainly down to a loss of place for them to live.
07:56They need things like the heather to build the nest.
07:58They need grazed ground to get to the food.
08:01They're unusual because they nest in caves.
08:04And here at Southstack, they nest in sea caves, which is why they're doing so well on the coastline.
08:09We have 14 breeding pairs of chuff.
08:13Last year, we got the highest recorded number of chuff chicks we've ever had at the reserve.
08:17With a record 27 chuff fledglings recorded, the team at Southstack is keen to encourage this increase and have been taking an active role in managing the land.
08:29Shepard Pete Godfrey oversees the Heathlands unique gardeners.
08:35Ah, Pete, what a spot!
08:39Yes, beautiful here, isn't it?
08:41If you can get rid of it.
08:43Right, how are we getting in there? Is it Cliff?
08:46Go on.
08:50Shh, don't tell anyone.
08:51So tell me about the flock then, what have you got?
08:55We've got some Hebrideans and some Manx, very native to the UK, and they're very good for conservation grazing, apparently.
09:02Shorten the heather, shorten the grass, so you get more insects that eat the dung, and then you get the chuff that live on the insects.
09:10And then you get more flowers, then you get more butterflies, then you get more caterpillars, so you get the birds and the feed off that.
09:15So you've sort of created a little service station for them?
09:18Yes, but it's on four legs.
09:20Very good.
09:22To help monitor the sheep's movements, David uses a GPS tracker.
09:27It sacks how far the sheep go, how long they stay in a certain area.
09:31Now it's just a matter of attaching it to one of the flock.
09:35Cheers, come by.
09:37Can, can, come by.
09:39You gonna catch one?
09:40I might aid you catch one.
09:43You wanna aid?
09:44I'm gonna aid you.
09:46Well done.
09:54Alright.
09:55There you go.
09:56Well done.
09:57That's it.
09:58And I've never seen a shepherd's crook being used in action, actually.
10:02It's an extension of your hand.
10:03Very good.
10:04So what we'll do now.
10:05Yeah.
10:06Push the button.
10:07Yep.
10:08Put it on like that.
10:09Yep.
10:10And we just tape it all the way down.
10:12Yellow is your colour.
10:13It's easier to see.
10:14Cut it off.
10:16So that's it.
10:17We'll let her go on.
10:18Yeah, let's let her go back to the flock.
10:21So the tracker is gonna obviously track where the sheep have gone.
10:23How does that match up with what the chuff are doing?
10:26Because the sheep graze it, they've done gums out the back end, which encourages the insects and then the chuff will come to feed on the insects from underneath it.
10:34So I suppose you can then monitor where the chuff are going to feed?
10:37Yeah, yeah, like a feeding place.
10:38Yeah, yeah.
10:39So you see whether the system works?
10:40Yes.
10:41And in the 14 years you've been here, is it working?
10:43Yes, it seems to be an increasing chuff.
10:46Are you chuffed about that?
10:47Yeah.
10:48Oh, I'm so sorry.
10:50Terrible.
10:51That's a good one.
10:52No, it's so not.
10:53It's really bad, Pete.
10:54But I just had to get it out of my system because it's been in my head all day.
10:57Good, good!
11:00Come on then girls!
11:02Good!
11:05Off they go!
11:06Happy grazing!
11:08What a sight!
11:09Off to do their job, Nature's Heath mowers.
11:12Yes!
11:13Little mowers and fall legs.
11:17To determine the result of their land management work, the RSPB run fortnightly chuff counts in the area.
11:23RSPB warden Denise Shaw is part of the team that have surveyed the birds for the past 40 years.
11:30How much change has there been in 40 years?
11:35The population has sort of increased and then become stable the last few years.
11:41We've got a very productive stronghold of Chuffier now that produce a lot of young each year, which they survive.
11:47This is a good news story then. It is, yes.
11:49Management of the land is key, but it's all linked. If you've got good soil, good flowers, good insect population, the birds do well, reptiles do well.
11:59And if we wanted to spot them, which obviously I want to do, what am I looking for?
12:04With Chuff, they're quite vocal, so generally you hear them before you see them.
12:09And before we knew it, we heard the call for real.
12:13There's one, there's two just behind it.
12:16Yep.
12:17This is magic.
12:18They're very acrobatic, deal with some quite big winds here.
12:21They are acrobatic, aren't they? And do they fly in pairs?
12:24Yeah, so they're generally always in pairs or in a group, yes.
12:28So the pairs will stay with each other throughout the year, even outside the breeding season.
12:32And then we have what we call the teenagers, so there's a gang of one.
12:36Oh, there's more?
12:37Oh yeah, there's four there now, yes.
12:39And I can see the red bills now.
12:41That's where we're headed.
12:42What a spectacular sight.
12:44Oh, here they come.
12:46Oh, this is great.
12:48Oh, I'm getting a real display here.
12:51Yeah, watching them in high winds is really magical.
12:54It's like watching the red arrows.
12:55Yes.
12:56I have got the most spectacular dance happening.
13:01That was pure joy.
13:03Yes.
13:04Magic.
13:05Yeah, that was great, wasn't it?
13:06Oh.
13:11Since filming, chuff numbers have remained stable.
13:15And Pete's flock is continuing to graze to help keep it that way.
13:26Back in the highlands, I'm continuing my journey through Glenafric,
13:29exploring how this rich ecosystem works together.
13:40What a cast.
13:41Ah, thank you.
13:42That was a good cast.
13:43I don't know what I'm looking at, but it looked good.
13:45What have you got at the end of your line?
13:47It's a fly.
13:48A fly?
13:49Yeah.
13:50Hence the name fly fishing.
13:51Hence the name fly fishing.
13:52I should have known.
13:53So the fly that I'm using today is called an emerger,
13:56and we're trying to match whatever we think is hatching on this particular day.
14:01Okay.
14:02So we're hoping that a trout is going to see the fly and think,
14:04that looks like what I've been eating.
14:05Yes.
14:06And I'm going to take it and maybe we'll catch it.
14:09Would it be possible to have a look at the emerger?
14:11Absolutely.
14:12Oh, wow.
14:13So there it is.
14:14So that's actually representing a type of midge.
14:17But it's very small.
14:19Some of them can be so tiny that you can barely see them.
14:22Really?
14:23Yeah.
14:24And that's enough to catch a fish on?
14:25Absolutely.
14:26Now, when it comes to trout, what's the best time of the year to be catching them?
14:32Well, the best time of year would be when they're hungry,
14:35which would be just after winter, April, something like that.
14:38Yes.
14:39As it gets into summertime, sometimes the water gets a bit warm
14:42and they're more difficult to catch.
14:43Yeah.
14:44And do they tend to then go a bit lower when the water's warmer?
14:47They do, because if you think about it, fish have no eyelids.
14:50Okay.
14:51So when it's very bright, they can't see against that mirror of the sun against the water,
14:56so they go down.
14:57All right.
14:58Okay.
15:01Is this a therapeutic thing for you to do?
15:03It's such a zen thing to do.
15:05You know, we're not seeing any people or roads or trucks.
15:08Listen to what we're hearing.
15:09We're hearing the wind in the trees, sandpipers over there on the island.
15:13Yeah.
15:17I can see you smiling when you're talking about fly fishing.
15:27I love it.
15:28Here, the fish are fed by Mother Nature.
15:41That's right.
15:42By all the nymphs, by all the dragonflies that they're feeding on.
15:45And then we are just reaping the rewards.
15:47I think it's morally justifiable to take a harvest and to treat it with respect.
15:52Yes.
15:53And to take it to eat it.
15:55It's organic meat.
15:56It's a sustainable crop.
15:57And it's a great thing to do.
16:03Peter isn't the only fan of the fish here.
16:06He has some stiff competition.
16:08Here in Glen Africa, there's ospreys.
16:12Do you ever feel hard done by when you see an osprey?
16:16I love to be beaten by an osprey.
16:18Really?
16:19Yeah.
16:20It's such a privilege to see them flying over and this amazing eyesight that they've got from 100 feet up.
16:26They're spotting a little trout like this that's three feet down in water that's peat stained.
16:32How do they do it?
16:33Yeah.
16:34And then feet first and they come out with it and away to the nest.
16:36It's fantastic.
16:37Yeah.
16:38I love being beaten by them.
16:39Now it's beautiful just to see how when you're pulling the line you can sometimes see the top of the fly.
16:46And it really does look like a little insect that is just about to emerge.
16:51So the flies will be spending a lot of their life on the bottom of the loch.
16:55Yes.
16:56And then just at the right time they're going to hatch out and we're trying to mimic them trying to escape out of the surface.
17:01The trout are trying to catch them and eat them.
17:04Yeah.
17:05Just as they're struggling to get out and that's what we're trying to do with our fly.
17:09Would you like to try it?
17:11Yes, please.
17:12Yes, please.
17:13Here you go.
17:14Okay.
17:15Now does it make a difference that I'm a lefty?
17:16It does because I'm going to get out of your way.
17:19Okay.
17:20All right.
17:21I'll give you my stick.
17:22Swap.
17:23And I'll jump where you are.
17:24Now, I don't need to reel anything do I?
17:26No.
17:27It's just a gentle...
17:28Up.
17:29Up fast.
17:30Good power back.
17:31Up fast.
17:32And forward.
17:33Pretty good.
17:34It's my first demo cast.
17:35For a first cast.
17:36First cast.
17:37Okay.
17:38So...
17:39Not bad at all.
17:41I'm very surprised myself.
17:43I must admit.
17:44I must admit.
17:45Tell me more.
17:46Tell me how good my cast is, Peter.
17:47Go on.
17:48That one was rubbish.
17:49Typical, isn't it?
17:52Soon as I start showboating, it goes bad.
17:55Okay.
17:56Here we go.
17:57That's better.
17:58You can do it.
17:59You're a natural.
18:13I might have a job here.
18:15Filming might get sacked a little bit.
18:18And I might take up fly fishing.
18:41Glenafric feels wild and untouched.
18:44But do you know something?
18:45Even nature like this needs a helping hand sometimes.
18:49A couple of years ago, we went to see the team at RSPB Leighton Moss in Lancashire.
18:55Each year, they give nature a helping hand just to keep things in balance.
19:00It's home to the largest reed bed in northwest England.
19:11Each summer, they cut the reeds back.
19:13Essential work to keep the site in great shape for the wildlife that calls it home.
19:18There's some red deer out here.
19:23And they're coming out onto their feed on the emergent vegetation, which is the benefit
19:27of doing the reed calls.
19:29John Carter is one of the managers that oversees the maintenance.
19:34At the moment, the breeding season's over and done with now, so we can get out into the
19:39reed bed and start doing some really serious cutting.
19:41I'm about to show you some of the areas that we've cut in the past couple of days,
19:46to kind of open up some of the reed edges around some of the pools here.
19:50So when the water levels drop sufficiently, we can get out here with the hand tools,
19:54with some of the other kind of power tools, and get this stuff cut away.
19:58So much of that out there is really wet.
20:01So we've got some heavy-duty machinery right out in the reed bed.
20:05So we've got a thing called the truck saw that looks like something out of Thunderbirds.
20:10It's a really amazing piece of equipment.
20:11And we get it in for a few days, and that gets right out into the deeper water, and it
20:15gets creating these big channels, which is great for connectivity for fish, which is
20:18really good for obviously providing food for lots of the wildlife that lives here.
20:23The truck saw it as an aquatic vehicle.
20:25I mean, if we tried to get a digger out there, it would just sink in the mud.
20:31It can pivot, but it also cuts under the water, places we can't get to.
20:39It gets through some really dense areas of reeds really effectively.
20:46It seems quite dramatic.
20:47You know, you're kind of cutting away, and you're kind of chopping down,
20:49you're going out and making a bit of a racket, and you know, it seems like quite destructive.
20:52But actually, the benefits are just phenomenal.
20:58It does stimulate growth of other plants, which means there's more insects in there.
21:01So not only does that benefit things like the reed walbers, sedge walbers,
21:04they've got these kind of corridors on which to kind of like, you know,
21:07kind of feed and find the food they want.
21:09But things like bitterns, which are kind of quite secretive and spend the time in the reeds,
21:12but they do have somewhere to come out and easily fish,
21:14because they're after small eels and aquatic animals.
21:17And things like moorhens, coots, you know, they like the open water,
21:22they like the edges of the water, but then they want to kind of recede off into the reed beds at times.
21:30I mean, as a bird watcher, I've been coming here since I was 11 years old,
21:33so this place really, really means something to me.
21:36It's an incredible thing, because, you know, the seasons just change,
21:39and a site like this, it changes visually, changes, you know, audially,
21:43and the birds and the wildlife changes as well with it.
21:45And if we just left it alone, we'd lose the marsh arrows,
21:48we'd lose the bitterns, otters, all those things that kind of rely on this site.
21:52We'd lose late moss for what it is today.
21:59All that hard work has paid off, especially for the bitterns.
22:04Since 2023, the team has recorded ten booming males and around four nests each year.
22:11It just shows what dedication and a bit of reed cutting tech can do.
22:21Back at the watery heart of Glenafric, it's the little creatures that make the biggest impact.
22:2615 different species of dragonflies have been recorded here.
22:33And they're one of the reasons that this place has been designated a site of special scientific interest.
22:40So where better to learn more about them?
22:47Emma Stephens Veitch is from the British Dragonfly Society.
22:53And she's a very passionate spotter.
22:57Hello.
23:00Hi, Hamba. How are you?
23:02You're very good. You brought me to a very boggy place.
23:05I'm surprised they even found you.
23:07Yeah, you'll always find me on a bog.
23:09What a place.
23:11It's gorgeous, isn't it? Absolutely stunning.
23:13I see you've already got your pond dipping stuff out.
23:16Yeah, I've been doing a little bit already just to see what I could find before you got here.
23:19Have you found anything? Yeah.
23:21Have you? Yeah, I've got some larvae.
23:23Some dragonfly larvae.
23:24You legend. Who's he?
23:26He is a four-spotted chaser and is actually getting to be quite a nice size, so could be emerging soon.
23:34So this is its larval stage.
23:36It lives in the water here and will live here for a couple of years, actually.
23:41So in terms of the dragonflies' life cycle, for most of their life they will be in the water.
23:45You might think living at the bottom of a bog is a miserable existence, but don't be fooled.
23:52Dragonflies have real clout.
23:55Is it true that dragonflies are one of the world's best predators when it comes to success rate in hunting?
24:02Absolutely. Both in the water and out the water as well.
24:05But we've got lions and polar bears and killer whales, but the dragonflies, the cream of the crop?
24:10Yeah, the cream of the crop. Their wings are designed for, like, incredible speed and manoeuvrability.
24:16They can get up to, like, 30 miles an hour, some of the bigger ones.
24:19And then they've got these incredible jaws that just, like, zoom out and catch their prey.
24:23And also in terms of, you know, their eyesight is amazing.
24:28Yes, the compound eyes.
24:29The compound eyes, exactly.
24:30So lots of little tiny lenses inside, which means that they can be taken all in from all around them.
24:36A lot of people would overlook the mini-beasts, but they are the foundation.
24:41Absolutely.
24:42Of an ecosystem like this.
24:43Yeah.
24:44So fundamental parts of food webs here, you know, so dragonflies are kind of in that middle ground.
24:49You know, they'll be eating midges.
24:51Yes.
24:52In Scotland, that's important.
24:53Which is good.
24:54We need somebody to be eating midges.
24:55But, yeah, lots of little creatures.
24:57They eat other larvae and lots of other invertebrates.
25:01They'll eat tadpoles.
25:02You know, they've got quite a varied diet.
25:04But also lots of other creatures eat dragonflies as well.
25:07Right.
25:08So birds of prey, for example.
25:09Hobbies.
25:10Hobbies, yeah.
25:11Yes.
25:12And fish will eat them.
25:13And in turn, birds will then go on to eat those fish.
25:15So, like, osprey, for example.
25:16Yeah.
25:17They're a fundamental part of the food web.
25:22Would it be possible to help you do about pond diving?
25:25Absolutely.
25:26Yeah?
25:27Let's do it.
25:28Right, come on then.
25:29Wrote your net.
25:30Oh, legend.
25:32Our country is an incredible patchwork of different ecosystems, providing sanctuary to
25:38some of our rarest species.
25:41Matt explored just how important they are when he visited one of Britain's most at-risk landscapes
25:47in Dorset.
25:48At the eastern edge of the Isle of Purbeck lies Studland Bay.
26:00It's famous for its sandy shores and calm waters, and is home to one of Britain's most popular
26:06beachfronts.
26:07But tucked away behind this stalwart of the British seaside holiday lies a land in constant
26:14flux.
26:15A mosaic of sand dunes, grasses, and heathland.
26:20Well, these stunning dunes have been built up by wind-blown sand over the last four or five hundred
26:27years.
26:28And in parts, they're still growing at a rate of one metre per year.
26:33And it's this dynamic dunescape that houses hundreds of specialised species.
26:39But Studland's dunes and its inhabitants are in trouble.
26:46The National Trust is leading the charge here to protect this fragile landscape as part of
26:51the Dynamic Dunescape Initiative.
26:54And I'm meeting with Engagement Officer Julia Galbineau to find out more.
26:58Julia!
26:59Hello!
27:00Hello!
27:01How are you doing?
27:02Alright?
27:03Very well.
27:04How are you?
27:05Good.
27:06Right, where are we headed?
27:07Right off over those dunes.
27:08Okay, lead the way.
27:09Lead the way.
27:10Let's go.
27:11Oh yeah, it's incredible around here.
27:14Goodness me!
27:15Gosh, when you get up here, I mean, you look out across there, and if you look that way,
27:19you would never believe that you were on sand dunes, would you?
27:22I know, right?
27:23So how far down is the sand then under here, and how long has this taken to grow?
27:27It's not far at all.
27:28I mean, give it a little dig.
27:29This is the problem then, this soil that's...
27:31So this soil is full of nutrients now.
27:34Sand is obviously really nutrient poor.
27:36Yeah.
27:37But here, the heather and the gorse, with these high nutrients, is going to take over.
27:41You can see, can't you, that if you left this for another 50 years or so...
27:45Yeah.
27:46Well, it would be woodland, wouldn't it?
27:48I mean, looking over there, you can see.
27:49It's incredible how quickly this ecosystem can change.
27:53So in the 1930s, the Southern Peninsula, it was 30% bare sand.
27:58And now, it's only 2%.
28:00The reason that it's all happened is that ecological succession is accelerating.
28:06And that's because of climate change, air pollution, you know, increased amount of atmospheric nitrogen being deposited into the sand.
28:15Those nutrients are going to increase the plant growth.
28:17The way that we use the land and the way that we manage sand dunes as well.
28:21Actually, by trying to protect it, you've actually caused a bit of a problem in doing so.
28:26So for the past 100 years in sand dune conservation management, it was all about stabilising the dunes and protecting them.
28:35So we essentially bubble wrapped our dunes.
28:37But what we've realised now is that sand dunes, they're dynamic ecosystems.
28:42They need these forms of disturbance.
28:44That's how you get that really high biodiversity.
28:47The National Trust has teamed up with other partners in a bid to rejuvenate some of England and Wales' most important sand dunes.
28:57Here, they've reintroduced 10 beautiful red Devon cattle to the dunes to help graze down the unwanted vegetation.
29:04They've also cleared away larger sections of dense vegetation and topsoil, exposing sandy patches so that dune-loving wildlife can thrive.
29:16Gosh, you've got like this sort of desert-stroke beach here then.
29:20Exactly. It might look a little bit odd right now.
29:24That's because it's only been created, you know, a couple of months ago.
29:27But as the time goes, we're going to start seeing all those species that are threatened and vulnerable and now making their home here.
29:36What are those key species then that you're trying to target?
29:39We've got hundreds and hundreds.
29:41But I'll tell you a few of my favourites.
29:42Yeah.
29:43It's got to be the sand lizard.
29:44So beautiful, you know, like little dragons.
29:47They're amazing.
29:48We've also got the heave tiger beetle as well, one of the fastest beetles in the UK.
29:52Wow, yeah.
29:53These species here that we really need our help.
29:56It's not just here at Studland Bay, you know, it's sand dunes across Europe.
29:59They are now designated as the habitat most at risk for biodiversity in the whole of Europe.
30:05Is that right?
30:06This is the most endangered habitat?
30:09Yeah.
30:10The other thing actually we've got here, which is very bad news, is heave star moss.
30:16It's really easy to identify.
30:18So if you look at it really close, can you see us?
30:20It's got little silver hairs growing out from the green leaf of the moss.
30:24Oh, yeah.
30:25So that's the only moss here that actually does that.
30:28Right.
30:29And so why is it a problem then?
30:30What is it doing?
30:31When it grows, it basically clumps up all that sand together.
30:34And as you can see here, there's no bare sand left.
30:37And all of those species that rely on those bare sandy habitats, like our heave tiger beetles, like our sand lizards, they don't have a home anymore.
30:47This site here is perfect for the sand lizards because they like a south facing slope to be able to borrow and lay their eggs inside.
30:56And that one on top is a lot flatter.
30:59That's going to be really, really good for our heave tiger beetles.
31:02Right.
31:03So basically, two great species that we can help by clearing this stuff out.
31:07So the heave tiger beetle then, is that burrowing down where I am?
31:12What they really like the bare sand for is to be able to hunt down their prey.
31:16Ah.
31:17Oh, look at that coming up there.
31:19But the species here as well, I mean, you know, they need sand dunes to be able to survive.
31:24They can't live in other habitats.
31:26This is their only home.
31:28So if it's lost, then they have nowhere else they can go.
31:31We are a little bit of kind of last chance Salonia.
31:34Exactly.
31:35Job done.
31:36Good work.
31:37Now, tiger beetles, sand lizards, in you come.
31:41Make your home.
31:42Quite literally, leave you to it.
31:49A safe place to call home is the holy grail for species survival.
31:55And the bogs and lochs of Glenafric are a haven for dragonflies.
32:00We're doing a bit of dipping to hopefully find some nymphs.
32:05It's good to get a little bit at the bottom, but not too much.
32:08OK.
32:09So you just sort of dip in.
32:10All right.
32:11Watch yourself, don't fall in.
32:12And then just do a little wiggle around.
32:14A little sugar.
32:15And then you bring it back out.
32:18And then you can have a little look.
32:20Oh, I got something.
32:21That's a lucky first dip.
32:23What is it?
32:25Let's get them out.
32:26A little bit of water.
32:27A little bit of water.
32:29And I love that you're using a spoon to scoop them up.
32:33Is that the safest way to do it?
32:35Yeah, we don't want to overly handle them.
32:37What features should we be looking for?
32:39What we're looking at is things like their mask, their face.
32:42Also the eyes.
32:43Are they connected or are they on the side of their heads?
32:46How those sit basically tell us what different species they are.
32:51Emma's got a magnifying pot, so I can get a more detailed look at its features.
32:57So if we pop in the pot and we've got this little magnifying lid, we'll get a better view.
33:03So at the bottom of its abdomen, there's two little forky bits sticking out.
33:08Yep.
33:09His eyes are not connected.
33:10Not connected.
33:11They're quite far apart.
33:12Uh-huh.
33:13He's all brown, but there's a beautiful lighter brown line all the way down the middle of his back.
33:19So we've got all these different groups of dragonflies.
33:23OK.
33:24He looks like this one here.
33:26You think he looks like one of the chasers.
33:28I think you're right.
33:29And it's probably most likely a four-spotted chaser.
33:32That is wonderful to see.
33:45Everyone here, Emma, comes to Glenafric to look at the scenery, the ospreys, but you really love the small stuff.
33:52The mini-beasts.
33:53Yeah.
33:54Why is that?
33:55I think once you get into them, they're just a bit moorish.
33:57They're really addictive and they're also really easy as a species to get into.
34:02How do you mean?
34:03Because there's not so many of them.
34:04Say here, for example, you've got like 15 to choose from.
34:07Yes.
34:08So you start to learn the different features of them.
34:10You can start to get your eye in for them.
34:12But then they're also just incredibly fascinating to watch.
34:15For anyone at home who has a pond, should they be looking out for things like this?
34:20Absolutely.
34:21And also you can record what's in your pond.
34:24One of the things that we do at the British Dragonfly Society is a bit of citizen science.
34:28We've got a massive monitoring programme.
34:29Yeah.
34:30And that helps to contribute to that bigger picture of how our dragonflies and damselflies are doing.
34:35Fantastic.
34:36Right, shall we do some more pondipun?
34:38Sure.
34:39Come on then.
34:50That just took me straight back to being at school, taken out on a field trip for the first time to go pondipun.
35:00And to be able to see the little nymph, which will be eaten by a trout and the trout's being eaten by an osprey,
35:07is just absolutely fantastic.
35:09Insects are vital to a healthy ecosystem, but they need the right habitat to thrive.
35:21Last year, Anita headed to Devon to help protect the precious landscape of one very special butterfly.
35:28Concealed in the ancient woodlands and heather-clad hills of West Exmoor lies Headon Valley, the steep slopes,
35:40home to one of the rarest butterflies in the country, the High Brown Fritillary.
35:45Ellie Wyatt is the project manager for butterfly conservation here in Headon Valley.
35:54Right, Ellie, you're the butterfly expert, so tell me all about the High Brown Fritillary.
35:59So it's an iconic butterfly in the fritillary family, so orange and black.
36:05And since 1978, the distribution has decreased by 87%, which is quite a lot, so due to habitat loss.
36:14The numbers have been going down gradually, just because they need such a specific habitat.
36:20Exmoor here is one of the last four places that have colonies in the UK.
36:26This is an ideal habitat for the High Brown, so they would be up on the slopes,
36:31they would need a mixture of bracken and the dog violets, and they don't want any grass,
36:37and they don't want any scrub, so it's kind of like they need a very specific concoction.
36:42Quite fussy, aren't they? Quite fussy. It's like Goldilocks.
36:46At this time of year, Ellie is looking for seed pods from the dog violet flower,
36:51one of the High Brown's favourite foods.
36:54So along the bank here, you'll see all these love heart-shaped leaves.
36:57Oh, how pretty!
36:58So these are the common dog violets, all these love heart shapes.
37:02So you just kind of have a scan over, and then you'll see, oh, there's one here.
37:08So it's kind of like a little seed pod like this.
37:10Well spotted, Hawkeye.
37:12It's really hard.
37:13Straight in there.
37:14Straight in there.
37:15So this one's not quite ready to be collected.
37:17Right.
37:18When the seeds are ready, Ellie takes them to a local nursery,
37:22where they're propagated into small plug plants.
37:27Now the High Brown is a fussy butterfly.
37:30So to help fashion its preferred habitat, a surprising ally is recruited.
37:35The Mangalitsa pig, known as the Hungarian hog.
37:39Livestock ranger Finley Binns is in charge of these four-legged helpers.
37:44What are Mangalitsas?
37:46So these Mangalitsa pigs, they're, well, we call them fluffy pigs,
37:51but they're basically, they're the closest genetically to wild boar that we can get,
37:56because we're not quite a live wild boar because, you know, they're quite dangerous.
37:59But these guys have all the same habits, and they're able to be outdoors
38:03and survive outdoors and do really well without a lot of human interaction.
38:07I like that you call them fluffy pigs because they're curly.
38:11Yeah, yeah, they're brilliant.
38:12So tell me, what's the purpose of having these Mangalitsas here?
38:15What are they up to?
38:16So the fluffy allows them to sort of stay out during winter,
38:18which means that we don't have to put as much into them to get good body condition.
38:23They do that completely naturally.
38:25They'll go up into these massive patches of bracken and hope to find roots and grubs,
38:30and then I'll completely break up the root system of the bracken,
38:33which is what we want here, because these runnels is where the main points
38:37are where the highbrowns use to glide through and lay their eggs.
38:39Yeah.
38:40And also in these patches where there's loads of grass, they turn these turfs over,
38:44and eventually they'll all become bare ground, which allows the dog violets,
38:48which is the main food source of the highbrown, to thrive.
38:51So we want as many dog violets as we can in this place,
38:54so then we can get more highbrowns and then it's just sort of a domino effect from there, really.
38:59So essentially they are doing all the gardening.
39:02Yep, everything.
39:03Everything.
39:04They're mowing, they're turning the soil, and they're prepping it for the dog violet.
39:09Hey, what's this?
39:16Ah, look at that.
39:18Go on up your gip.
39:19Once the pigs have cleared an area that the butterfly conservation team are happy with,
39:24they get moved on to start again.
39:26There we go.
39:28They're in.
39:29They're in.
39:30Well done, Finlay.
39:32Excellent.
39:33All right.
39:36All right.
39:37Ready to go?
39:38Absolutely.
39:39Are you ready, pigs?
39:42Without the pigs, Finlay would have to use machinery to clear enough area to plant the dog violets.
39:50Pig, pig, pig, pig.
39:52Pig, pig, pig, pig, pig, pig, pig, pig.
39:55Come on, pig, pig.
39:56What's this?
39:57Come on.
39:58Come on.
40:01Excellent.
40:02Well done.
40:03All right, let's get you right in here.
40:05Come on.
40:07All the way in.
40:08Yes, please.
40:09Shall we do some here?
40:10Yeah, that's ideal.
40:11If you just want to pour out in three piles around that area, that'd be perfect.
40:14Yeah.
40:15Here we go, pig, pigs.
40:16Pig, there you go.
40:17That's one.
40:18The pigs are fed once a day with compressed grass pellets, which keeps them happy and easier to handle.
40:23Here's a pile for you.
40:24Don't fight.
40:26There we go.
40:27And so how long will they stay here?
40:29So they will stay here until we're sort of happy they've done a sufficient enough job.
40:34They've been in a similar area and they've been here for like two weeks and they've done enough, which is great.
40:39And everyone's happy.
40:40And everyone's very happy.
40:41The Mangalitza pigs are creating the perfect habitat for the dog violet flowers that Ellie has grown in her nursery.
40:53But the steep valley banks can be a challenge when it comes to planting.
40:57All right, we're in.
40:58They haven't chosen the easiest habitat to live in.
41:02It's all right.
41:03They are worth it though.
41:04So we collected the seeds last year and here's a really lovely example.
41:07You can see the seed pods here.
41:09Yeah.
41:10You can see a flower.
41:11Beautiful.
41:12Beautiful flower.
41:13And then you can see here a seed pod has already burst and the seeds come out.
41:16So we've got all different stages just in this little tray here.
41:19When the high brown fritilleries are back early next year, the caterpillars will feed on the leaves and young buds of the flowers.
41:29So what will happen is the butterflies will fly in.
41:33They'll lay their eggs on some dead bracken.
41:35And the caterpillars will eat the violets that are next to it, but then they'll come out and bask.
41:40They need the sunlight and that warmth, the kinetic energy to be able to grow.
41:44So we want kind of four or five in a cluster so then the caterpillars can easily get to it.
41:51The violets can sustain the caterpillars diet and the plants will return the following year.
41:57Let's see.
41:58So here you go.
41:59You can see.
42:00Are we doing all right?
42:01Yes.
42:02Just something like that.
42:03Perfect.
42:04Okay.
42:05Let's go that way.
42:06Now you can pop it in.
42:07Let's plug you in, pluggy.
42:08There we go.
42:09And then just pat the swirl around it.
42:11Yeah, around it.
42:12The thought that that is now going to grow and provide food source for those caterpillars,
42:18which will then do their thing.
42:21The population will grow, bring us joy.
42:24It will be, yes.
42:25It's all connected to all the work together.
42:28So this path here that we're sitting on was made by volunteers.
42:32In the future, maybe the pigs can do it as they're doing great work elsewhere.
42:36The violets we're planting will all create work to create this connectivity through this valley,
42:42which would be amazing.
42:43And wonderful.
42:44Mm-hmm.
42:47All this effort for one butterfly.
42:49Yes.
42:50Why?
42:51I think it would be sad to lose the high brown from England.
42:54I think it's so beautiful, so iconic, especially for Exmoor.
42:58It's part of the greater food web.
43:00It's part of the food chains.
43:02And it would just be sad to lose such an iconic species, really.
43:07And I think they're very charismatic creatures, aren't they?
43:11You see them fly past and it does bring a smile to your face.
43:15And there's something quite magical about them and almost fairytale-like,
43:18which is probably why we love them so much and they're beautiful to look at.
43:22Wonderful.
43:27Since filming, the high browns were hit hard by wet weather.
43:32But they're now showing signs of recovery, even appearing in new areas in the reserve.
43:38With the team's continued conservation work, there's real hope they'll continue to thrive.
43:58It actually turned out quite nice here in Glenafric.
44:01But if you want to know what's in store for the week ahead,
44:03here's the Countryfile weather forecast.
44:08Thanks, Hamza. You were really lucky because as we started the new year,
44:17we opened the door for this Arctic blast and it continues to hold its grip across the country.
44:23The change of wind direction today brought further snow showers across Northern Ireland,
44:27North West England and parts of North Wales.
44:29We still had blizzard-like conditions as well today, though.
44:32This was Highland Scotland earlier on.
44:34And here, an amber weather warning remains in force until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
44:39We could see further snow accumulations, maybe as much as 30 centimetres.
44:44And yes, there will be further drifting.
44:46This has been the snow showers in recent hours.
44:48You can also see the snow showers through Northern Ireland, North West England and parts of North Wales.
44:53Now, as we go through the evening and overnight,
44:56some of those showers will drift their way south and east down through the Midlands towards the capital.
45:01Not out of the question.
45:02We have a light dusting of snow in London first thing tomorrow morning.
45:05Icy stretches almost anywhere as once again those temperatures really fall away sharply.
45:10Across snow fields in Scotland, we could see lows of minus 10 degrees.
45:15And yes, this is where the amber weather warnings are.
45:18We'll have further snow showers tomorrow morning.
45:20We'll also see some snow showers across North East England, potentially,
45:24and one or two out along Western fringes of Wales.
45:27But sandwiched in between the two, some sunny spells, but another bitterly cold day.
45:32Temperatures generally just a degree or so above freezing,
45:36despite the sunshine and feeling miserable in those snow showers.
45:39Now, as we move into Tuesday, this little fellow will enhance some snow showers across Scotland
45:44and through the north of England for a time.
45:47So we could see further accumulations, could cause some issues once again in Scotland,
45:51another five to ten centimetres quite possibly.
45:54It'll be rain along the coast and rain out to the west,
45:57albeit quite light and patchy as mild air is starting to push in.
46:02But it will continue to be cold across central and eastern parts of England and Scotland.
46:07Again, just a few degrees above freezing.
46:10Those weather fronts sink their way south during the early hours of Wednesday morning.
46:14A band of rain, sleet and snow really, and then a transient ridge builds in for Wednesday.
46:19But look at this, this weather front pushing in from the Atlantic could cause some issues,
46:24trying to bring in milder air, bumping into that bitterly cold story.
46:29But on the whole, Wednesday will be a relatively quiet day with some sunny spells coming through,
46:34clouding over a little from the west and we start to see that milder air and wetter weather pushing in here.
46:40So it stays cold in Scotland where we've got the lying snow,
46:43but temperatures out to the west between five and eight degrees.
46:47Now, as we move into Thursday, on the leading edge, we could see some snow for a time once again into Scotland and northern England.
46:53A lot of uncertainty from Thursday onwards.
46:57The position of this front could be that little bit further north or further south.
47:01And it looks likely at the moment that computer models want to suggest the milder air sitting down to the south.
47:07So we could see double digits and that means rain rather than snow.
47:11But it still stays cold, but quieter further north.
47:15However, look what happens potentially when those temperatures fall away during the early hours of Friday morning.
47:22It turns windy and there is the potential some computer models want to suggest we see some snow through the Midlands,
47:28East Anglia and the London area.
47:30And if this happens, it could cause some disruption.
47:34A lot of uncertainty from Thursday into Friday.
47:37Keep watching the forecast, but there is the potential for some rain and snow with gales at times.
47:42Bye-bye.
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49:31I'm exploring one of Scotland's most breathtaking landscapes, Glenafric.
49:40Both under the surface of its lochs.
49:43At the bottom of its abdomen, there's two little forky bits sticking out.
49:47Yep.
49:48His eyes are not connected.
49:49They're not connected.
49:50They're quite far apart.
49:51And from above.
49:53That was a lovely cast.
49:55I'm very surprised myself, I must admit.
49:57I must admit.
49:58Tell me more.
49:59Tell me how good my cast is, Peter.
50:01Go on.
50:02That one was rubbish.
50:03Typical, isn't it?
50:05As soon as I start showboating, it goes bad.
50:11Now I want to catch a glimpse of one of the top predators in this ecosystem, the migrating osprey.
50:18But while much of the wildlife in Glenafric is accessible to visitors, we must keep a safe and discreet distance from the osprey nests for their protection.
50:29I'm just looking at the ospreys now.
50:32We're well over a kilometre away.
50:34So we're not disturbing them.
50:37And it's really important for people to realise that to be able to film these birds, you need to A, have a special licence, but also respect the birds themselves.
50:47You have to read the bird and see if the bird's comfortable with you being in its territory.
50:54At the moment, she's calling, but she's not doing the agitating call.
50:59She's calling out to her partner so that he can go off, get a fish, bring it back to the nest.
51:05You can see the male and the female are on there at the moment.
51:18And it looks like he's given her a fish.
51:23He's just taken off.
51:24There you go.
51:26You can see the female.
51:27She's clearly enjoying something, munching away at it.
51:31Now, bear in mind, this is well over a kilometre away.
51:34It's difficult to be able to get really pristine images because there's heat haze along the way.
51:41Ideally, I'd want to be a lot closer.
51:44But if I'm a lot closer, I'm going to be disturbing these birds.
51:47And that's the last thing I want to be doing.
51:49This is a good shot.
51:53Now, you see, there's a gentleman on a boat.
51:57He's fly fishing.
51:58And in the foreground, you've got the absolute expert of fishing.
52:04These ospreys can see a fish from 20, 30, 40 metres up in the sky,
52:11and they'll be able to see it.
52:13And they have to not only judge the angle of the entry into the water,
52:18they need to actually use the diffraction of the water where the light hits.
52:22It actually turns a little bit.
52:24They need to calculate that angle so that they'll be able to catch a fish.
52:31They've also evolved to have expert catching skills.
52:35Unlike most raptors, ospreys can reverse one of their toes,
52:39giving them a powerful two-way grip.
52:44They need to be able to grab that fish,
52:46and everyone knows how slippery a fish can be,
52:48be able to pierce it and fly up with it back to the nest.
52:52And they always, always, always switch the fish facing forward.
52:56And that's because of drag.
52:58They don't want to be dragging the fish backwards.
53:00If they drag it backwards, all the little scales will act like an air brake.
53:04You can't look at an osprey and not be in awe of it.
53:09You've got to imagine being able to submerge yourself,
53:13come back out with your food,
53:19and your food being nearly half your own body weight.
53:23Just imagine that.
53:24These guys are phenomenal.
53:28Hang on a minute.
53:42Hang on a minute.
53:45I can officially say that this pair of ospreys have got a very young chick.
53:55So young that you can't even see the chick poking its head up.
54:00But if you have a look at the mum at the moment,
54:02she's picking a little bit of food out of a fish,
54:05and she's feeding it to something.
54:07Have a look there, see?
54:08That is awesome.
54:10While mum is busy feeding the newborn,
54:14dad is nearby, playing an equally important role.
54:18You've got the nest all the way on the right-hand side,
54:22and the male's probably about 100 metres to the left.
54:26She's wanting her security to be on the lookout.
54:30So if she sees the odd osprey that she doesn't know,
54:34a golden eagle, a whitetail eagle,
54:36she's going to then start making an alarm call
54:38and she expects her male to come over
54:40and fight off all these other animals.
54:42Where are you now?
54:44Oh!
54:46Look at him go.
54:48Oh! Come on!
54:50The male is scaring off a hooded crow,
54:54and that's perfect husband material.
54:58This is exactly why the male is protecting the female.
55:04There he is. He's back up again.
55:06See him?
55:10And he's gone back to the nest.
55:12See?
55:16So he's just going to go and get some brownie points.
55:18See that, love?
55:20Yeah, I scared it away. It was all me.
55:22Yeah, that's exactly why the male has to be
55:26within proximity of the nest,
55:28whether that's earshot or sight.
55:30Making sure I have pitched up at a suitable distance
55:34is Kirsty Knight,
55:36one of the environment rangers for forestry and land Scotland.
55:40Hello Kirsty, how are you doing?
55:42I'm great, how are you?
55:44Keeping well?
55:45Great, yes.
55:46Come and have a look.
55:47Oh, let's see what you've got today.
55:48I love that you've got a great shot,
55:50even though you're a perfect distance away from the nest.
55:52Yeah.
55:53That's brilliant.
55:54And then, believe it or not, they've got chicks.
55:56Oh, wow!
55:57That was going to be my next question.
55:58Because the last I saw, she was on eggs.
56:00Yeah.
56:01And that's great news.
56:02Yeah, at least one.
56:03Brilliant.
56:04Great.
56:05That's fascinating.
56:06How long have these guys been here?
56:09So I think this pair have been using this nest since about 2023.
56:13Okay.
56:14So a couple of years.
56:15So I think they're a fairly young pair.
56:17Yeah.
56:18Good to see that they're getting their experience up with breeding
56:20and it's a success story so far.
56:22How many Ospreys do you have here?
56:25So far this year,
56:26this is the only pair we've got nesting in the Glen.
56:28Okay.
56:29We do have another nest on the other side of the Glen
56:31but we've not seen that pair knocking about this year at all.
56:33Yeah.
56:34So hopefully they'll be back next year and following years.
56:37Fingers crossed.
56:38Fingers crossed.
56:39But I'll leave you to it.
56:40No worries.
56:41And yeah, best of luck.
56:42Thank you very much.
56:43Thank you so much.
56:44Appreciate it.
56:45Cheers.
56:46Bye now.
56:47See you soon.
56:48Come on.
56:49Go and catch a fish.
56:56This is a perfect way to end the day.
57:00I'm going to leave these guys to it.
57:02Head away.
57:03Yeah.
57:04Jobs are good and pretty nice.
57:06Just to be able to see them like this fills my heart with joy.
57:11That's what they do.
57:12I could spend days watching the wildlife here, seeing how it all connects together.
57:25The bugs, the fish, the birds.
57:26It's just pristine.
57:27It's peaceful but quite busy.
57:28Nature is just quietly getting on with things.
57:30I absolutely love it.
57:32Next time.
57:33Here in Northumberland you're in with a chance of having one of the rarest wildlife encounters in England.
57:34Oh, look.
57:35That's happening now.
57:36That's happening now.
57:37Oh, look.
57:38That's happening now.
57:39That's happening now.
57:40Oh, look.
57:41Amazing.
57:42Margarita.
57:43You're trotting.
57:44You're trotting now.
57:45Well done.
57:46Well done.
57:47I bet your heart starts pumping.
57:48That's happening now.
57:49That's happening now.
57:50Oh, look.
57:51That's happening now.
57:52That's happening now.
57:53Oh, look.
57:54Amazing.
57:55Margarita.
57:56Trotting.
57:57You're trotting now.
57:58Well done.
57:59I bet your heart starts pumping as you're getting closer and closer, that expectation
58:06of what you're going to find.
58:07I have to say, you're going to have a chance of having one of the rarest wildlife encounters
58:12in England.
58:13Oh, look.
58:14That's happening now.
58:15Oh, look.
58:16That's happening now.
58:17Oh, look.
58:18Amazing.
58:19Margarita.
58:20Trotting.
58:21Stirling effort, everyone.
58:22Honestly, fantastic.
58:27See you next time.
58:28Bye-bye.
58:51Mom.
58:52Boot words, you are going to watch 1963, The Big Freeze.
58:57Hello.
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