Flight of the Ospreys

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Emily Knight follows Scotland's ospreys on their epic autumn flight to West Africa.

Follow Scotland's ospreys on their epic migration. Over ten weeks, Emily Knight joins a team of conservationists following these beautiful birds of prey from Loch Garten to Ghana.

Scotland's ospreys are about to set off on their epic Autumn flight to West Africa. over the course of ten weeks, Emily Knight joins a team of conservationists following these beautiful birds of prey from Loch Garten to Ghana.

The crew, headed up by biologist Sacha Dench, aims to discover much more about the journey that the ospreys make and the challenges they face along the way. Climate change is making weather patterns less predictable, crucial wetlands on their route are being poisoned by pesticides and depleted by drought and the birds have the unfortunate habit of electrocuting themselves when they land on powerlines with freshly caught fish.

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Scotland's ospreys are on their epic autumn migration to West Africa. Emily Knight and a team of conservationists follow them south through the UK and on to the English Channel.

Scotland's ospreys have started their epic Autumn flight to West Africa. A team of conservationists headed up by biologist Sacha Dench is following them all the way, aiming to discover much more about the journey that the ospreys make and the challenges they face along the way. Climate change is making weather patterns less predictable, crucial wetlands on their route are being poisoned by pesticides and depleted by drought and the birds have the unfortunate habit of electrocuting themselves when they land on powerlines with freshly caught fish.

Today, the Conservation Without Borders team choose which of the British birds they'll follow on their epic journey. They'll be stopping at key osprey breeding sites in Mid Wales, Rutland and at Poole on the south coast, before Sacha and the ospreys tackle the crossing of the English Channel.

Producers: Emily Knight and Alasdair Cross

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