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Strictly Birds of Prey

Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin goes in search of his favourite birds of prey

around the UK, meeting the people who are fighting to protect them. The journey takes him from white-tailed eagles in Scotland to London’s peregrine falcons. Catch up on the episode on iPlayer

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Big Little Journeys

Dive into the extraordinary worlds of six tiny animals as they embark on the biggest

journeys of their lives. The first of three episodes features a turtle hatchling in search of a wetland pond and a young bushbaby leaving his family. Catch up with all episodes on iPlayer

Metamorphosis

Entomologist Erica McAlister on the soldier fly that’s part of a fast-growing insect

farming industry addressing the urgent need to find cheap protein. And how Namib desert beetles survive where the only source of water exists in the air. Catch up with the episode on BBC Sounds

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Green turtles are among the stars of Planet Earth III – see page 40

Planet Earth III may well

be the best series yet

PAUL McGUINNESS, EDITOR

Ifelt like I was in my element when my son first became fascinated by dinosaurs. Here was a subject I knew well from my own childhood. But, as I soon discovered, there were a lot more dinosaurs now than there had been when I was my son’s age! Of course, new ones hadn’t been invented; it was our understanding of them that had changed, and I loved learning about these ‘new’ dinosaurs. The same logic applies to life on Earth today. The planet has changed at an astonishing rate since I discovered my big brother’s Ladybird dinosaurs book, but so has our understanding of the world we share with the animals and plants that star in Planet Earth III (not to mention the improvements in TV tech). It’s 17 years since the first Planet Earth, and seven since Planet Earth II. The latest instalment looks set to be as welcome and important as anything that’s come before. If you’re sitting comfortably...

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