The Estuary
Peter France narrates an extraordinary story of life on the Wash as the tides and the seasons change, set against a backdrop of sounds recorded on location by Chris Watson
The Estuary - Episode 1
At low tide, the vast expanses of mud which stretch almost as far as the eye can see are a magnet for migratory birds.
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The Estuary - Episode 2
Peter France narrates an extraordinary story of life on the Wash. As the tide starts to advance across the mud flats, the feeding birds are forced to move nearer the shore.
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The Estuary - Episode 3
The birds have been pushed across the mud flats by the advancing tide. They soon run out of space and are forced into the air in one of Britain's greatest natural spectacles.
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The Estuary - Episode 4
As the tide begins to recede, the hundreds of thousands of birds which had been roosting inland on the shingle banks and lagoons return to the mud flats.
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The Estuary - Episode 5
Peter France narrates an extraordinary story of life on the Wash. How might climate change and rising sea levels affect this wild, desolate and beautiful landscape?
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