Autumnwatch 2018

[CelticSparrow Jan]

Hopefully it will be Jen 

It will be interesting to hear what it was like from anyone who watched it last night.

AW,SW,WW have all been interesting in the past and good to see the different seasons,nesting birds in spring,geese and deer ruts in autumn but this year it seems like its just another wildlife programme from abroad,such a shame.

[AnnB]

Well, it was just as I expected really. Had it been given a completely different title I would have watched and enjoyed it in the same way I would have done with any new wildlife programme but I do want "Autumnwatch" to be in the UK, I feel far more interested when it's closer to home.

[Feedyourhedgehog]

That's how I feel Ann....Had to reply on FB to someone from over the pond who said he was witnessing British snobbery...told him No snobbery , just a loyal fan base wanting to see a good British Autumn..and it was a personal choice.

I would definitely watched had it been a different programme....sad, that we don't get our usual fix of our lovely Autumn has to offer..the good and the bad  

[jen]

It seems we're the only ones who could fill an AW 2018 full of interesting subjects , and for years to come .

The BBC has run out of wildlife they can present from the UK 

All the Watch programmes belong to the UK ...... there are plenty of World Wildlife  programmes 

I wonder if Martin had some knowledge of what was going to happen    and left in time .

I'd like to know what FB goes on to say , Paula ... and the BBC response

[sensiblenamejohn]

Enjoyed the show 😊 I was impressed how few of the locals and tourists were shown....it looked empty 😁

[accipiter]

HeIlo once again playmates, I hope members do not think I am a grumpy old man who enjoys having a rant but it is a fact one’s tone is very difficult to express in a medium such has this, however having said that the following is my opinion on autumn watch. And so to begin with I do not own a TV has there is nothing on worth watching, well hardly anything, but I just so happen to see autumn watch last night whilst visiting a friend and found it has boring as ever hosted by those whom mostly know what they read from books and given information told from researchers, in fact I doubt if any one of them has ever spent more than a few hours in the countryside let alone many summers in a tent.


On the question of Johnny Kingdom, he was not the person he was made out to be has he was also a poacher, I know this has I have family who own land in that part of the world. Having lived in the countryside all my life I know all about poaching and their appalling methods in killing animals and it is not the romantic thing the general public think it is. I could go on to describe their methods in vivid details, but think Africa and you will not be far out.


But why oh why did the BBC choose America this year, has most people know this country is one of the worst in the world for animal welfare and world issues, for instance they believe global warming does not exist. Furthermore this is a country where hunting all kinds animals is seen as a jolly good day out not only by the use of guns but all kinds of medieval traps. Bow hunting is also allowed in which most thing are targeted from large to small including Elk and moose, being a field archer and have been all my life who only shoots at straw targets I am still aware of what would be involved in shooting an animal with a bow and believe it is not a pretty sight, having found arrows in animals bodies done by from trespassers on my own land.


Some of these fools use the compound bow which can be has lethal has a rifle the arrow passing right through all in its path, in consequent s a low draw weight recurve bow is often used, by that I mean a forty pound draw weight when forty five to fifty five pound draw weigh is needed to stop a large animal providing one strikes the heart. However most of these fools could not hit a barn if they stood inside let alone an animal’s heart often leaving the poor animal to run around wounded and dying in agony with a medieval broad head buried deep inside its body.


But I expect huge amounts of money” was the catalyst in deciding where to go this year in order to increase one’s own bank balance by “all concerned,” has for the autumn colors nothing beats the sights that can be seen in this country in my opinion. And before it slips my mind tagging an animal and showing maps and charts of its journey is foolish has it does not take a genius to know why animal choose to move from one area to the next, science will not solve the problem either as only mans attitude can do that which will never be done as long as man remain in charge, as greed remains as ever the finale answer to everything the world over, and as for man killing each other over such a thing as creed and land ownership, well that is another story.


Alan, still wandering