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Recordings of bird sounds of 175 species, with the aim of providing the most commonly heard sounds of each species. The recordings were selected from the collection in the Wildlife Section of the National...
A study of the foraging behaviour of barnacle geese. Involves the study of 21 flocks of barnacle geese, ranging in size up to 30 birds, feeding on grassland near Loch Gruinard, Scotland. Students collect...
John Maynard Smith describes the way flight developed in the animal kingdom: the fossil record indicates that the long tails which stabilised the flight of the first birds evolved into shorter, less stable...
Introduces the life cycle, making comparisons between mammals, birds, amphibians, insects and plants, and looking at birth, growth, maturity and death within each group.
Four Survival Anglia programmes from the 1980s on 1) PEOPLE OF THE GREAT SAND FACE: the Gwike people of southern Africa; 2) LAST KINGDOM OF THE ELEPHANTS: the remote Luangwa Valley in Zambia, which contains...
Tony Soper presents 55 species of bird. Each bird is highlighted, giving clear identification points, examples of songs and calls, behavioural patterns and preferred habitat.
An exercise in observing, identifying and quantifying the bahaviuor patterns of animals and in analysing the relationship between individuals. Explores the range and type of behavioural patterns displayed by...
Conflict is common in the animal world; it might be over food, mates or territory. Disputes do not always end in fights; the occurrence and intensity of aggressive behaviours is directly related to the costs...
Introduces the geological history of Hawaii and shows how the volcanic environment and climate have produced many different kinds of habitat. Illustrates how species got to the islands and how they became...
Examines the international wild bird trade, showing wild birds trapped in their natural habitats in South America, Africa and Asia and transported to Europe. Looks at the resulting threat of extinction for...
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