Iolo's Secret Life of Birds

Season 12010

Iolo Williams explores the behaviour of birds in Wales, revealing all aspects of their lives from surviving harsh winters and avoiding predators, to living alongside us in our towns and cities.

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5 Episodes

E01 Dawn Chorus

In this first episode, he investigates how and why birds communicate, looking at the reasons snipe use their tail feathers to make a very distinctive noise and what's happening when thousands of starlings participate in stunning aerial displays in Aberystwyth.

November 14, 2010

E02 Feathering the Nest

In this episode, Iolo investigates the courtship and nesting behaviour of birds, including the amazing courtship display of great crested grebes at a reservoir near Pontypool, the impressive sky dance of hen harriers in the dramatic Cambrian Mountains, how nuthatch use mud like cement to prepare their nest in a woodland near Harlech, and why long-tailed tits near Newtown are exceptional nest builders.

November 21, 2010

E03 Living on the Edge

Iolo discovers the difficulties birds face in order to stay alive, and the programme includes a dramatic scene in which a sparrow hawk seizes the moment to attack a wood pigeon nest.

November 28, 2010

E04 Living with Us

In this fourth episode, Iolo Williams explores how birds in Wales have adapted to living alongside us, making use of our buildings, parks and gardens and even the waste we throw away. One of the most notorious urban birds is the gull and Iolo explains why these very adaptable and intelligent birds are doing so well in Cardiff.

December 5, 2010

E05 Designed for a Welsh Life

In this final episode, Iolo explores bird design - from their ability to fly to the way that their beak design, colour and camouflage enable them to live in the many habitats Wales has to offer. Using ultra-slow motion photography, Iolo looks at how garden birds have such control over take off and landing, and explains why fulmars are one of our most supreme fliers.

December 12, 2010

Iolo's Secret Life of Birds

E01 Dawn Chorus

E02 Feathering the Nest

E03 Living on the Edge

E04 Living with Us

E05 Designed for a Welsh Life

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Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter

Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan

Mulheres de Areia

Gintama: Mitsuba Arc

Work Later, Drink Now

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Dream Maker

Baki Hanma

A Friend of the Family

In Search of the Lost Future

Black Bullet

Haibane Renmei

Celebrity Lingo

Zwei Münchner in Hamburg

Sun, Sea & Love Cheats

Cursed in Love

Gold Rush

Blue Orchestra

E01 Dawn Chorus

E02 Feathering the Nest

E03 Living on the Edge

E04 Living with Us

E05 Designed for a Welsh Life