The last of a natural history of Britain and Ireland, presented by Julian Pettifer New Landscapes
Much of our wildlife has found refuge in our 20th-century landscapes. The new wetlands of gravel pits and reservoirs shelter great crested grebes and cormorants, and sand martins excavate homes in working quarries. On the man-made cliffs of industry ravens and mistle thrushes nest, while the cooled slag of a steel works becomes carpeted by vivid flowers teeming with insect life. Even motorway verges have become havens for wildlife. These unofficial nature reserves supplement those that preserve more ancient, fragile landscapes.
Photography ANDREW ANDERSON and HUGH MAYNARD
Film editor CHARLES ALDRIDGE Music EDWARD WILLIAMS Producer ROGER R. JONES
Executive producer PETER CRAWFORD BBC Bristol
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