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May is hedgehog month, and we should all be doing our bit to help this much-loved but declining mammal. For a quick, two-minute summary of the simple things you can do tune in to Hedgehog
Close ( above right, YouTube), an ever-so-sweet stop-motion film made by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and narrated by Gordon Buchanan. If it’s British wildlife you’re after, then don’t miss Wild Britain, a sumptuous eight-parter narrated by actor Hugh Bonneville and weaving together more than 100 stories about our best-loved species, from badgers and puffins to golden eagles ( right) and red squirrels ( My5, until February 2019). We have long admired the peregrine falcon as the fastest animal on Earth, capable of exceeding 320kph, but just how does the bird do it? Super Fast Falcon ( BBC
iPlayer, until 25 May) follows a peregrine family in urban Chicago and uses cuttingedge technology to unlock the secrets of this speedy species.
Finally, for a nice and concise introduction to underwater acoustics, dive into Fish Sounds: Do Fish Talk To Each Other? ( BBC Earth Unplugged,
YouTube), in which marine biologist Steve Simpson talks us through fish chatter, the use of hydrophones in science and film-making, and noise pollution in the ocean soundscape.