Catching Crabs

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Chris Packham relives programmes from The Living World archives. What better way could there be to bring the wildlife to the attention of the next generation than to spend a leisurely hour or two down by the seaside, bucket and net in hand searching under rocks for a crab or two. In this programme from 1999 Lionel Kelleway does just this and heads to Scotland to join naturalist Stephen Wiseman as they steal a few golden hours at low tide at the exposed rock pools of Culzean Country Park. It's a warm summer's day and Lionel finds himself wading into the shallow waters of a large rock pool while Stephen begins to search for crabs and reflect how rockpooling remains as popular as ever. An activity that is sure to reconnect people to their their natural environment. Producer Andrew Dawes.