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  1. Concerning Swans (1984 Video)

    Director
    David Urry; Katie Urry
    Producer
    John Tomkins
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale (video only - RSPB Film & Video Unit), Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1997 sale: £8.15 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Shows the beauty and serene majesty of swans: whooper and Bewick’s swans in winter; mute swans courting and nest building in spring; cygnets; the swannery at Abbotsbury, the only surviving managed colony...

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  2. Where Eagles Fly (1984 Film, Video)

    Producer
    John Tomkins
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A study of the golden eagle in Scotland, showing physical features and behaviour and, as winter ends, nest building at the eagles’ chosen cliff site. Sequences show incubation, hatching, feeding of young,...

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  3. Heritage of the Forest (1983 Film, Video)

    Director
    Robert Crane
    Producer
    John Tomkins
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Gives a brief account of the vast forests which once covered Britain, describing the various types of woodland that evolved and how man has managed them over the centuries. Shows the wealth of flora and...

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  4. Commendable Crow, The (1981 Video)

    Producer
    John Tomkins
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min.

    A study of the chough, a rare member of the crow family, which is sparsely distributed over mountain regions of Europe, Asia and Africa, but in Britain is confined to a few rugged coastal areas in Ireland,...

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  5. Secret Reeds, The (1981 Film, Video)

    Producer
    John Tomkins
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Deals with the ecology and management of reed bed areas, explaining how reed beds are very short-lived, always giving way to scrub and then woodland. RSPB reserves include major reed bed areas which support...

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  6. Osprey (1979 Film, Video)

    Director
    Hugh Miles
    Producer
    John Tomkins
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Robert Powell tells how, for nearly 50 years, the shrill cry of the osprey was not heard in Scotland. The birds returned in the 1950s and have arrived each year since then to build their enormous eyries, to...

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  7. Talons! (1978 Film, Video)

    Director
    David Leighton
    Producer
    John Tomkins
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows specific behavioural aspects of individual British birds of prey and demonstrates their success as predators. Birds shown in action include the golden eagle, peregrine falcon, buzzard, kestrel,...

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