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THE LIVING WORLD
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The Living World is a gentle weekend natural history programme, presented by Lionel Kelleway, which aims to broadcast the best, most intimate encounters with British wildlife.
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"The Living World is the next best thing to being there. Our contributors are skilled naturalists who are able to reveal those fascinating facts about animals and plants that you don't always find in books. It's like having a personal guided tour of the countryside, without needing to leave the house."
Lionel Kelleway
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| A flock of Hen Harriers nesting. |
Isle of Man - Hen Harriers
Lionel kelleway continues his special series of programmes exploring the wildlife of the Manx nation.
The Isle of Man, with its own special landscape and climate has many special wildlilfe attributes, not least the remarkably successful Hen Harrier.
With it’s sulphur yellow legs, it’s trendy blend of dark and pale beige colouration and it’s ghostly effortless flight, this universally is a beautiful and elegant bird.
Rare and retreating anywhere else in the UK, thanks to some skilled guides Lionel Kelleway is taken right to the nest of a Hen Harrier where he not only is absorbed by the character of the chicks, but enjoyed the delights of seeing adults soaring over head.
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RELATED LINKS
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Wildfacts: Hen Harrier
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