Biodiversity, Whales and the enterprising village.

Is our wildlife disappearing and should we be worried? Our community reporter goes whale watching in the Bay of Biscay and the village celebrating 10 years of community enterprise.

Last updated: 12 September 2010

Country Focus - Sunday 12th September at 07.00am presented by Rachael James. Repeated Monday 13th September at 0532.

This, if you did but know it, is the International Year of Biodiversity. With fears of declining species and our wildlife under threat do we need to be worried and what can we do?

Where did you go for your holidays? The Snowdonia Mammal Group, and our intrepid community reporter, Huw Jenkins took somewhat of a busman's holiday and went Whale Watching.

The financial row over the preservation of a truly Welsh Castle

and the enterprising village that's saved not's just it's shop or it's pub or it's chapel but the whole lot. Happy 10th Birthday to the community of Cwmdu.


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