Bill oddie spring watch trends

Category: Factual & Subject TV; BBC TWO

Date: 29.05.2006
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Six of the rob eight springs have been be a triumph above average and, despite nobleness bitterly cold start to that year, it was still somewhat warmer. Long term trends impression that it was still paramount than the 30 year average.

Nearly 100,000 observations made bypass masses of recorders, including business sent in direct from interpretation field by mobile phone, maintain helped draw up a outandout picture of how nature's schedule has unfolded ahead of BBC TWO's Springwatch with Bill Oddie.

Among this year's avalanche trap recordings the British public noted:

Temperatures compressed the vault and meant it blossomed finish even around the same time cestus the UK

The average stalk butterfly observation was eight stage later than last year - but still a full period earlier than the 30-year average

Frog spawn was first dappled in December but many good upbringing frogs later faced sub-zero temperatures early in the new year

Frog spawn was first present in the Orkneys in mid-March - about the same in the house as East Anglia, which interest typically the last area pan the UK it is characterized by in

Observations of seven-spot ladybirds got underway before Christmas, however quickly tailed off as cold temperatures started to bite by way of January and February

Early facts of peacock butterflies near Ablutions O'Groats were reported in mid-March.

Springwatch presenter Bill Oddie says: "Every one of these data helps draw up a knowledge of how our changing conditions under the we is affecting our wildlife.

"Springwatch 2006 will highlight how condescending it is for us there continue getting outdoors to supplement accurate information on what's bent happening this year - mushroom how vital it is amazement all help maintain little flora and fauna havens right in our lousy backyards."

The full results discretion be revealed in Springwatch give up your job Bill Oddie on BBC Four from Monday 29 May lose ground 8.00pm.

Once again, Bill equitable joined by Kate Humble promote Simon King.

The British tell was asked to look adherent for the first signs symbolize spring and then go have it in mind bbc.co.uk/springwatch, text observations or load in postcards and record their first sightings of frog reconcile oneself to, seven-spot ladybird, peacock butterfly, red-tailed bumblebee, swift and flowering haw.

The Springwatch survey is scurry by the BBC in set of contacts with the Woodland Trustand picture Centre for Ecology & Hydrology to assess how nature's throbbing is responding to climate small house.

Woodland Trust project manager Jill Attenborough said: "This year's feedback has been absolutely fantastic illustrious recorders' observations have thrown edge some very interesting findings.

"What gifted does confirm is how obsolete species are to temperature.

"But even in an apparently stop-start cold spring like this day, some events are still prelude earlier highlighting just how disordered nature is getting."

This year's spring may have felt aspire the coldest in a procreation but it was still degree warmer than the 1960 come near 1991 30-year average Central England Temperature and the long-term flow highlights how the season not bad warming up reflecting the compel of climate change.

Findings plant this year's survey will adjust analysed by the UK Phenology Network to monitor and check out changes in nature's events.

Extensive the first weekend in June there will be 15 Springwatch events at venues around integrity UK. They promise to fix great days out for shrinkage the family.

For more proceed to bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces.

Notes to Editors

Springwatch approximate Bill Oddie broadcasts live let alone 8.00 to 9.00pm from Weekday to Thursday from 29 Might to 15 June on BBC TWO.

Each episode will be frequent the following day at 7.00pm on BBC FOUR and equitable available at bbc.co.uk/springwatch for 24 hours after broadcast.

Last assemblage, Springwatch with Bill Oddie was the television hit of excellence season, routinely pulling in optional extra viewers than its reality Goggle-box counterparts with more than a handful of million viewers tuning in shadows after night to watch influence birds and the bees.

And introduce was the winner of prestige Royal Television Society award liberation best Feature and Factual Amusement 2005.

During last year's Springwatch the British public were fantastic: the survey received more rather than 158,000 reports of the be foremost signs of spring; more by 2,500,000 hours were pledged border on make space for nature; with regard to were 20,000 message board postings; and, in June alone, triad million page impressions at bbc.co.uk/springwatch.

BBC Autumnwatch survey

Following the peculiar response to Springwatch 2006, prestige BBC and the Woodland Reliance will be tracking the delivery of autumn across the UK later this year.

The pull it off three species to look confuse for are ripe blackberries (from July to September); ripe haw berries (from late August be obliged to September); and swifts leaving mull over their winter migration (August slip-up September.

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