James Henry on the Little Tern
Author James Henry is often accompanied by little terns while out windsurfing on the Blackwater estuary in Essex.
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Author and lifelong birdwatcher James Henry enjoys windsurfing on the Blackwater estuary in Essex. In summer his activity is often enriched by little terns flying alongside him, or observed at their breeding colony nearby. Yet James worries. With rising sea levels, will their shingle breeding grounds survive?
Producer : Andrew Dawes for BBC Audio in Bristol
Studio Engineer : Caitlin Gazeley
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- Sun 8 Sep 202408:58BBC Radio 4
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