Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation: hands-on conservation
Moira Dennis
18 episodes
9 months ago
The honey buzzard is one of Britain's most enigmatic and elusive birds, poorly named (being neither a buzzard nor an eater of honey) and under-reported. In August, Roy Dennis and his team, having discovered a honey buzzard nest in woodland in Moray, where Roy lives, fitted a highly sophisticated satellite transmitter to a female chick. A month later, the bird left on migration for Africa, but experienced the most dramatic start to her journey, blown eastwards across the North Sea to Den...
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The honey buzzard is one of Britain's most enigmatic and elusive birds, poorly named (being neither a buzzard nor an eater of honey) and under-reported. In August, Roy Dennis and his team, having discovered a honey buzzard nest in woodland in Moray, where Roy lives, fitted a highly sophisticated satellite transmitter to a female chick. A month later, the bird left on migration for Africa, but experienced the most dramatic start to her journey, blown eastwards across the North Sea to Den...
Ospreys part 3: the young birds are released at Poole Harbour
Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation: hands-on conservation
26 minutes
6 years ago
Ospreys part 3: the young birds are released at Poole Harbour
Continuing the story of the translocation of eleven osprey chicks from Scotland to Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The birds are released but stay close by, until the urge to migrate sends them on a hazardous journey to Africa. Producer: Moira HickeyContributors in order of appearance:Fraser Cormack, Ian Perks, Alan Campbell, Tim Mackrill, Roy Dennis, Jason Fathers, Lucy Allen, Paul Morton, Brittany Maxted, Liv Cooper.Music credit: Realness by Kai Engel, from the Free...
Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation: hands-on conservation
The honey buzzard is one of Britain's most enigmatic and elusive birds, poorly named (being neither a buzzard nor an eater of honey) and under-reported. In August, Roy Dennis and his team, having discovered a honey buzzard nest in woodland in Moray, where Roy lives, fitted a highly sophisticated satellite transmitter to a female chick. A month later, the bird left on migration for Africa, but experienced the most dramatic start to her journey, blown eastwards across the North Sea to Den...