Another series of the nature programme that monitors the latest news and information of our wild-life. Introduced by Tony Soper with Su Ingle
Britain has 14 species of reptiles and amphibians, 100 species of mammals, 200 breeding birds, 2,000 flowering plants and 20,000 insects. What's being done to protect the rare ones? What's the best way of seeing the commoner ones? In today's programme: TONY has the exclusive story of how a herd of red deer was transported by helicopter to an island off the coast of Wales. It's one of the most important reintroductions recently undertaken, but will the animals stay there? Deer are known to be strong swimmers !
And su INGLE goes rock climbing in the Avon Gorge to see how some of Britain's rarest plants are being saved, before blasting operations destroy them.
Assistant producer NEIL CLEMINSON Producer MIKE BEYNON BBC Bristol