Hugh’s Wild West
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- Episode
- Episode 5
- Broadcast Info
- 2018 (58 mins)
- Description
- Lifelong wildlife lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall celebrates the creatures of the West Country and meets the people safeguarding their future. This time he’s in the Somerset Levels to witness one of our greatest wildlife spectacles - huge winter flocks of starlings swirling in the sky as they come in to roost. The reedbeds where they seek refuge have been created from old peat quarries and thanks to dedicated volunteers they’re now a haven for rare bitterns and great white egrets. Nearby, there’s another conservation success story - the large blue butterfly has been brought back from extinction. And avid nature enthusiast, Stephen Hembury, spends every spare moment catching his local wildlife on film but there’s one elusive animal he’s really focussing on - the hare.
- Genre
- Natural History
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The Open University, "Hugh’s Wild West". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/229498 (Accessed 17 Dec 2025)