We had a great day filming with Springwatch and were blessed with wonderful weather. You can see the results at 7pm on BBC2 on Boxing Day, and if you miss that it will be repeated at 3.15 pm BBC2 on New Year’s Eve.
The feature is about mistletoe and the damage it does to apple trees despite its importance as a wildlife habitat.
There was no shortage of mistletoe in the traditional orchard at West Bradley, unfortunately, as is the case in so many of our Somerset orchards. Neil was eager to get at some of it with his pole saw and Kate was happy to get her hands sticky with the berries.
The crew, from Bristol, were charming, and included Scott Tibbles, son of the great wildlife cameraman Maurice Tibbles, and a great wildlife cameraman in his own right.
It will be a short piece in a review of the year, but we will all be glued to our screens!
