Summer in the Meadow
Relaxing TV
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1h 12m
Stephen de Vere has travelled the world photographing wildlife for the BBC, but what he loves most is making films about nature in England.
Some of the species featured:
Carrion crow
Roe deer and fawn
Badger
Barn owl
Meadow ant
Vetch aphid
Red-tailed mason bee (or Thatching bee)
Ashy mining bee
Caterpillar of the Tortoiseshell butterfly
Fox
Green woodpecker
Corncrake
Short-eared owl
Key Moments:
00:00 Intro
01:49 Clever corvids (crows and jackdaws)
04:24 Roe deer 'in velvet'
10:55 Roe deer wars
21:15 Badgers at dusk
24:50 Barn owl
26:12 Ants and aphids
31:26 Bee on a broomstick
36:26 Ashy mining bee
41:51 Annual mowing
45:29 Foxes
51:36 Woodpeckers
53:28 Roe deer rut
1:00:14 Corncrakes
1:03:53 Machair (The Hebrides)
1:06:10 A new era of farming?
1:08:42 Short-eared owl