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Wildlife cameraman and naturalist Eric Ashby
Wildlife cameraman Eric Ashby, born 100 years ago, pioneered the ‘keep it real’ style of film-making on the BBC, refusing to film tame or captive animals and
instead patiently staking out his subjects.
Britain’s forgotten naturalist: Cyril Diver
On Countryfile Ellie Harrison visited the Studland peninsula in Dorset to report on an innovative citizen science project that repeats the ecological survey work of a 1930s conservation pioneer.