| A helping hand for “Living the Wildlife” |
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It’s three years since the RTE TV series “Living the Wildlife” came on television for the very first time. It’s become part of the furniture now, with Westport-based Colin Stafford Johnson popping up on our TV screens every Tuesday evening. Filmed by GMarshTV from Crossmolina, the series focuses on the fascinating wildlife right here in Ireland, under our noses, showing the hidden lives of Ireland’s animals and birds. The filming regularly features the Westport, area and part of next week’s episode, which is the last in the series, was filmed right in the town centre. It will centre on a pair of crows nesting in the lime trees on The Mall just outside the church. It’s three years since the RTE TV series “Living the Wildlife” came on television for the very first time. It’s become part of the furniture now, with Westport-based Colin Stafford Johnson popping up on our TV screens every Tuesday evening. Filmed by GMarshTV from Crossmolina, the series focuses on the fascinating wildlife right here in Ireland, under our noses, showing the hidden lives of Ireland’s animals and birds. The filming regularly features the Westport, area and part of next week’s episode, which is the last in the series, was filmed right in the town centre. It will centre on a pair of crows nesting in the lime trees on The Mall just outside the church. Getting up to see the crows in their nest was a bit of a challenge though, but the resourceful Colin Stafford Johnson recruited the help of local broadband company WestNet and their cherry picker' “It’s not what we usually use the cherry picker for”, laughed Peter Moore of WestNet, “We’re normally trying to get to the top of a building looking for the best wireless signal and you don’t get too many crows there. We were happy to help Colin out though, and it was fascinating watching him at work.” The “Crow” episode will be screened today, Tuesday, 8th June at 7.00pm on RTE 1. 
Date: 2 June 2010
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