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THE LIVING WORLD
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The Living WorldÌýis 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 dormouse found in one of the nestboxes
Picture taken by Tracey Langley |
The Dormouse and the Vet
In The Living World this week, Lionel Kelleway joins a group of volunteers on a day out in Cheshire looking for dormice.
The Cheshire Wildlife Trust's Dormouse Project has been running since 1996, monitoring on a re-introduced population in the Wych Valley.
Sue Tatman shows Lionel around the ancient woodland as she checks the next boxes and scans each animal for microchips.
Over the last few years the project has been micro chipping the animals to give a more scientific approach to population monitoring - now they can identify individuals and understand their movements year by year. Any animals found without micro chips will have one put in by the on site vet.
The project is beginning to uncover aspects of dormouse social behaviour which are otherwise entirely unknown.Ìý With such an early spring, will 2007 be a good year for dormice? |
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