Countryfile

[stevefoster]

Ellie Harrison for me, not always on Countryfile but usually on Country Tracks, down to earth, well mannered and walks like a farmers Daughter, Lovely:thumbup:

[mr brightside]

Anyone see it tonight? FFS i was crying with laughter. A lady running a bird of prey rescue centre was telling countryfile about one of her favourite cases...

Lady- I was telephoned by a lady who said, "i've found a baby bird, i think it's a Dodo".
Countryfile- What was it?
Lady- A baby Pigeon.

[CalFerguson]

Anyone see it tonight? FFS i was crying with laughter. A lady running a bird of prey rescue centre was telling countryfile about one of her favourite cases...

Lady- I was telephoned by a lady who said, "i've found a baby bird, i think it's a Dodo".
Countryfile- What was it?
Lady- A baby Pigeon.

Hahaha, I saw that as well...how far out could you be with a observation of a bird, must've been a p**s take

[Rob Furness]

Anyone see it tonight? FFS i was crying with laughter. A lady running a bird of prey rescue centre was telling countryfile about one of her favourite cases...

Lady- I was telephoned by a lady who said, "i've found a baby bird, i think it's a Dodo".
Countryfile- What was it?
Lady- A baby Pigeon.

Haha! That's brilliant

[wharfeego]

...Lady - "i've found a baby bird, i think it's a Dodo".
Countryfile- What was it?
Lady- A baby Pigeon.

...how far out could you be with a observation of a bird, must've been a p**s take

Actually the lady had a point.

Taken from the National Geographic News…

"Molecular analysis of DNA retrieved from a Dodo specimen at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, England, confirms that the bird belongs firmly in the middle of the pigeon tree (family tree!) in evolutionary terms."

So there you are chaps, that lady was not as daft as first thought.

[CalFerguson]

Actually the lady had a point.

Taken from the National Geographic News…

"Molecular analysis of DNA retrieved from a Dodo specimen at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, England, confirms that the bird belongs firmly in the middle of the pigeon tree (family tree!) in evolutionary terms."

So there you are chaps, that lady was not as daft as first thought.

Interesting! Not many links that I could think of straight off (flightless, native to Mauritius etc) but pretty cool that they are somewhat "related". Still doesn't make me a fan of pigeons, though...ha ha!

[anthonykay]

Yesterday's Countryfile had several items that have been the subject of recent discussion on the Forum: raptors (apparently the Isle of Sheppey in Kent is the best place to see them; a long way from fell-running country!); Herdwick sheep in the Lake District; white hares (in the Cairngorms, not the Dark Peak). Still available on iPlayer, I presume.

[IanDarkpeak]

Yesterday's Countryfile had several items that have been the subject of recent discussion on the Forum: raptors (apparently the Isle of Sheppey in Kent is the best place to see them; a long way from fell-running country!); Herdwick sheep in the Lake District; white hares (in the Cairngorms, not the Dark Peak). Still available on iPlayer, I presume.

I plan to revisit my Hare spotting place and use his techniques, but they aren't usually that relaxed when I see them..

[wharfeego]

...white hares (in the Cairngorms, not the Dark Peak)...

And not a mention of the mass culls that have been going on in the Cairngorms National Park - https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wo...national-park/

[anthonykay]

And not a mention of the mass culls that have been going on in the Cairngorms National Park - https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wo...national-park/

Do they have to cull the hares because most of the raptors that would otherwise control the hare population have already been killed?