An edition of the Tyne Tees Television series on the wildlife of the north presented by Kim Inglis. The programme begins at Tynemouth harbour where Peter Hughes of Sunderland University explains why dolphins are become a more and more frequent site along the region's coastline. Next, Kim travels to Dalby Forest near Pickering in North Yorkshire to try and find and learn more about the elusive Roe deer. After the break, a report from the harbour at Amble in Northumberland which is one of...

An edition of the Tyne Tees Television series on the wildlife of the north presented by Kim Inglis. The programme begins at Tynemouth harbour where Peter Hughes of Sunderland University explains why dolphins are become a more and more frequent site along the region's coastline. Next, Kim travels to Dalby Forest near Pickering in North Yorkshire to try and find and learn more about the elusive Roe deer. After the break, a report from the harbour at Amble in Northumberland which is one of the main habitats for Eider ducks and their chicks who have travelled across the sea from their nesting site on the Farne Islands. Finally, we meet Brian Howarth of Ebchester in County Durham who is one of 250 people in the country keeping records of the birds in his garden. He also has his own special recipe for bird food which he shares with the camera. There are three quarters of a million roe deer in Britain, and quite a number of them are located in the North East. However, spotting them isn't easy, as presenter Kim Inglis discovers on a visit to Dalby Forest near Pickering in North Yorkshire. Alastair Ward, from York University, who has been studying roe deer in the forest, says that the deer are experts at keeping themselves out of the public eye. And their kids are so well camouflaged that people very rarely see them. The harbour at Amble on the Northumberland coast is one of the main habitats for attractive Eider ducks and their chicks. Many of these chicks are born on Coquet Island, a mile offshore from Amble and then set off with their mothers across the water to the mainland. 'They are extremely plucky birds' says Paul Morrison of the RSPB. Often the sea can be very rough but they just plough on. The birds first came to prominence in the 11th century when they were discovered on the Farne Islands by St. Cuthbert. He ruled that they were such good mothers that they should not be harmed. Ever since then the birds have been known in Northumbrian as 'Cuddy's ducks' - Cuthbert's ducks. From ducks to dolphins - Kim talks to dolphin expert Peter Hughes from the University of Sunderland about why more of these inquisitive mammals are appearing on the North East coast. For the first time, boat owners at Seahouses in Northumberland are running trips to see dolphins. 'Getting close to a wild animal like a dolphin is a real thrill,' says Peter. And finally for those of you who like to feed the birds that visit your gardens, the programme gets some timely advice from Brian Howarth of Ebchester in Co. Durham. Brian is one of 250 people in the country who keeps a record of the birds in his garden as part of an annual scheme run by the British Trust for Ornithology. Visitors to his garden include nuthatches and woodpeckers. His recipe for a tasty treat for birds includes bird seed, chopped nuts, flour and melted butcher's dripping. Mixed together and forced into the holes of a wooden feeder this keeps the birds going through the hardest of winters. Credits: Presenter Kim Inglis Camera Lee Sutterby Dubbing Mixer Andy Ludbrook Editor David Hindmarsh Executive Producer Jane Bolesworth Producer Charles Bowden CBTV production for Tyne Tees Television End credit: A Tyne Tees Television Presentation. Granada. © Tyne Tees Television MMI