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[Music] Lies Over the Bavarian Forest National Park the low-lying sun lends the park a particular
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Magic no bird not a sound Echoes through the forests
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only the falling leaves in interrupt the mysterious silence [Music] the smell of the forest has
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changed it has become intense and heavy but this golden Autumn also marks the beginning
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of a difficult time for many animals it will be harder to find food [Music] even the lynx
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finds it harder to hunt for food in the snow over a dozen of these elegant cats are wandering
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through this border to the Czech Republic again they were gone from the Bavarian forest
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for over 150 years and sightings are still rare it has had too many bad experiences with
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The Predator man
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others a little impressed by the change in season like the European otter the water is
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its Kingdom the Otters physical characteristics are perfectly adapted to a life in water the
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thick and water resistant fur boasts 50 000 hairs on every Square centimeter of its body
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it conceal its eyes and ears and its large lung capacity allows it to stay underwater
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for up to seven minutes [Music] the
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otter is a playful yet solitary mammal [Music] National Park is only a part of the Otter's
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original habitat it used to live in the Abundant waterways of streams and rivers but human
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activity hunting and water pollution forced the otter out when it had to resort to helping
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itself from fishing ponds it was almost wiped out an animal that had been indigenous to
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Bavaria for centuries
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awesome the time of the mushroom their diversity and abundance is hard to grasp
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a few species like this fungus Beetle can finally afford to be picky it depends on a
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very specific mushroom that only grows on wood at a particular point of decay these
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conditions are rare and fleeting
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[Music] mushrooms are a microcosm unto themselves being an able climber is an advantage but
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only clean feet have enough traction and regular preening is vital [Music] foreign
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Garb in which the forest bids the year farewell Feast for the senses here along the Highland
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border Autumn draws in three weeks earlier than in the lowlands of the Danube
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it's probably the last time this year that the common lizards will be able to Sun themselves
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on the fallen tree trunks they're only a few weeks old and still quite small [Music]
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common Viper enjoys the Sun's Warm Rays the young lizards are too small a meal for this
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need for alarm or unnecessary
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lying flat on their stomachs the lizards can soak up the heat stored in the wood [Music]
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overnight the first snow has fallen in the highlands
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The View stretches far over land unobscured by fog or clouds [Music] makes the Alps seem
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within reaching distance
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slowly Autumn draws to an end the days of becoming shorter and the air is getting colder
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[Music]
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the weak rays of the sun only paint a soft image and its soft light blurs the shapes
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and lines of the landscape [Music]
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the onset of dawn brings with it a very special spectacle that is already over shortly before
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Daybreak the rutting season
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The Roaring Stags can be heard for kilometers through the young Forest this bizarre setting
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brings with it the end of the year
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the dominant stag proudly presents its Mighty antlers showing off its strength
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the young stag needs to come up with a strategy he's caught the scent of a doe chases her
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and hopes this will give him a chance of action
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but the dough shows no interest and disappears
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he only gives up the chase once she's well Out Of Reach
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[Music] now Begins the hardest time in time in Varian Forest winter it lasts for almost
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six months with some snow flurries lasting for days life seems to suffocate under a thick
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layer of ice and snow it also becomes harder and harder for the birds to find food many
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escape to The Valleys where there is less snow and more on offer
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[Music]
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meter thick snow lies in the highlands for months
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the old Lynx doesn't seem to care how many of these Winters has he already gone through
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his face and fur showed the signs of a long life of survival in good conditions the lynx
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can live for up to 15 years but here where even the water is Frozen things are a little
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different
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the old links knows that there is no point in chasing a deer in deep snow stands no chance
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against the 350 kilo weight of a fully grown male only the sick and the young are realistic
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prey
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Red Deer no they have nothing to fear from the lynx undeterred they carry on their power
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struggles in the deep snow
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mid-winter the region is now particularly inhospitable the temperature can plummet to
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30 degrees below freezing and everything suffers in this cold at no other time of year is nature
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so undisturbed and primal [Music]
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only the icy winds from Bohemia interrupt the endless Stillness foreign
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only a few hundred meters lower ice coated trees and enormous snow crystals the mountains
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sunk into a deep snow a magical forest a winter wonderland [Music]
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in the midst of the white wilderness veins a water and ice even now the otter still makes
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his way along the water [Music] snow and cold barely affect the otter his thick fur protects
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him it is this little Otter's first winter and his first snow but even the old artists
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like to slide along the snow the winding track in the snow has inspired the legend of the
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tatsalver at the entrances and exits of the waterways there are slide-like tracks made
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by the others an unmistakable sign
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of their presence
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[Music] for the young mutter everything is interesting he's never run on snow never experienced
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the snow-covered Forest [Music] there's something to play with ever the joy of a frozen bit
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of wood endless [Music]
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otters do not hibernate only very thick Frost forces them to reduce their activity and spend
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several days in their hold but sleep is far from The Young otters mind this new material
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can even be made into shapes to frolic so carelessly is not without dangers the lynx
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is not prowling through the forest for fun but out of hunger
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[Music] the lynx has Keen senses and if something draws as much attention to itself like the
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utter self to blame [Music] a Quick Escape for the otter the lynx has to find his lug
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elsewhere no mean feat in a forest covered in deep snow in spite of its broad pores every
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step consumes a lot of energy in the cold
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[Music] only a few meters further a natural wonder as delicate as they are beautiful each
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a unique specimen precious for a moment [Music]
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perhaps it was not only the sight of a winter wonderland but moved the pine marten to liebert's
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den but also hunger the kingdom of the skilled climber is usually up in the Treetops but
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now it's easier to find something down here than up there in the icy Twix of the Treetops
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if only it weren't for the unusual sounds
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the hunt for food continues but the deer can't shake its itch
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it's all a little too much for the pine marten retreat [Music] the sun is gaining in strength
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every day liberating the forest from its white coat
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foreign the snow on the bark melts first as wood warms up more quickly this way the dead
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trees give the Next Generation a head start many years from now a thick group of conifers
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will be the only sign that a dead tree Once stood in their midst
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[Music]
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in the late winter months of February and March the male Lynx begins to roam far and
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wide the lynx is a solitary creature but it is now on the hunt for a female mating season
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has begun as hopeless as it may seem to stumble across each other in the endless Forest the
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female lens a helping hand she leaves a trail with her urine that puts the male on the right
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track
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when the two find each other he bites into the fur at the nape of her neck only a few
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minutes and it's all over during heat the female only mates with one male the young
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will be born in two months
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[Music] slowly spring chases the winter out of the National Park
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[Music]
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the brimming streams demonstrate that Nature's seasonal change is Unstoppable [Music] it
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will take weeks for the remaining molten ice from the snow masses to flow down into the
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valley [Music]
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thank you
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foreign [Music] the first spots of color Adorn the banks of the Mountain Streams
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life is Awakening in every corner finally there is more than enough food a blessing
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after the long hard winter
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slowly the ice begins to thaw the first days of spring also sees the common toads emerging
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from their winter habitat from every corner they head to their spawning Waters there are
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usually more males and they try to get hold of the females from behind unfortunately there
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are many rivals [Music] [Applause] [Music]
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the lucky chosen female is defended by any means but once it gets too much flight is
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the only option [Music]
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the last snow patches are melting soon fresh luscious green will shoot from the ground
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an abundant tapestry
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but the Hazel Grouse has already had its fill its attention is fixed on something else hen
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proudly he rises into position but the hen is far more interested in the fresh green
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grass
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he's not giving up follows her step step
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and again tries to impress her
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and again his advances go unnoticed she must surely be full soon
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[Music] spring is even slowly reaching the Highlands [Music]
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the first flowers are showing off their color [Music] then from almost one day to the next
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boasts dead trees do not mean a dead Forest Rowan trees are not only one of the first
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to grow in the dead wood areas but also the first to show their tender Green in the vibrant
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Spring Forest there are only a few open Rock faces in the National Park these rare spots
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are inhabited by peregrines they need High protected spots to breed the national park
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has been home to three to four Peregrine pairs that raise their young here for only a few
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years
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the chicks are just over two weeks old Paragons breed early in the year they lay their eggs
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in late winter between March and April
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their main prey is other birds even in the national park they mainly live off a diet
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of pigeons
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but the young only gets a bite once it's been plucked clean
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in the National Park the peregrine falcons have no fear of human intervention but the
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harsh climate and sparsely protected nests from other Predators mean many young don't
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survive
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[Music] the chances of survival naturally rise if the nest is less exposed one bird
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that makes the most of all the nooks and crannies in the forest is small and bustling Ren
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their nests sometimes lie well hidden in Roots and at other times hang as here under the
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lofty Heights of a fallen tree trunk the young are always well protected Five Little Pigs
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waiting to be fed there's no time for rest
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the Ural owl has set its sights on something
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a mouse that it doesn't eat itself it must have young to feed
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for a long time the Ural owl was the most mysterious inhabitant of the Highlands measuring
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60 centimeters it is the second largest species of owl for decades it was considered extinct
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in the National Park since 1975 the birds have been bred and released into the wild
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now there are over half a dozen breeding grounds a slow success Ural owls need unspoiled Mountain
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forests rich in beach with many dead trees here they breed in the old trunks it's important
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that there are clearings close to their home in the forest this is where their main prey
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lives in large numbers mice
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the black woodpecker is often the Ural owl's neighbor it also makes its home in the mixed
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Woodland first to pack its home into the trunks of living Beast trees of the nine different
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woodpecker species in Germany seven reside in the Bavarian Forest National Park five
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of them regularly breed here to make sure the young black woodpeckers get their fill
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the parents bring ants wood wasps as well as bark and longhorn beetles and as with all
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young siblings there's always one who thinks it got less than the other
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others don't have it quite so easy they have to cover long distances to find food the purple
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Emperor has come all the way from the Treetops the butterfly prefers the forage for food
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in the morning skillfully it sucks moisture and minerals from the forest floor with its
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long trunk the rare butterfly is picky it prefers rotten carcasses or animal dung
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the European otter prefers fish but it's not too picky it will go for almost anything that's
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making its way along the Riverbank from muskrats to frogs Ducks Coots to the occasional worms
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and insect
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which is why the Wren should be careful the bird is probably too quick for the otter but
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the nest with the young ones could be a welcome alternative meal
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the Wren remains cautious not flying to its nest in case it gives it away
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but the otter seems full and far more interested in playing in the water or maybe it's seen
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the nest and knows it's Out Of Reach but only once the otter is gone does the careful Wren
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return for the next feed
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for another little bird breeding season is in full swing the Pygmy Owl the smallest of
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the owls is native to the region and grows no larger than a starling the Pygmy Owl like
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sit clean and any debris is quickly thrown from the nest
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the National Park is home to around 50 breeding pairs of the small howl they often use old
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woodpecker homes as their nest and start hunting at nightfall their behavior is unremarkable
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and they are one of the most secretive dwellers of the forest quickly and with lightning speed
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the small owl returns to its nest after hunting during the summer months a mighty thunderstorm
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is never far away
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[Music] the mountains hold every bad weather front so downpours often interrupt the sunshine
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the summers are cool and wet the climate is Harsh
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in the thick Mist the trees comb the water particles from the passing fog clouds in the
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highlands the amount of water gained through this method exceeds even that of rainfall
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the countryside seems foreign and mysterious in the Mist wind and weather Forge New and
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dramatic pictures
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[Music] a real stroke of bad luck falling out of the protected nest in inhospitable
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weather the fate of this young sparrow hawk whether he ventured too close to the edge
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or his mother accidentally nudged him out in her flight from The Nest is now of little
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importance
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only a few meters above him his siblings and his mother they take no notice of him she's
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busy feeding all the beaks that remain in the nest a young sparrow hawk falling out
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of the nest is quite common the losses are made up for by the high amount of Offspring
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the bird has the sparrowhawk has a bad reputation amongst bird lovers the beautiful birds are
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Keen predators
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the little one has survived the long fall but alone and helpless doesn't stand a chance
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on the forest floor foreign
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[Music]
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[Music] s of yesterday are forgotten
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without the care in the World the Robin enjoys a bath in the sudden grass
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the wet blades allow for a thorough clean
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breakfast time the rare Kappa Kaylee hen is already awake at this early hour not a reason
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for the robin to be disturbed from his path
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the hen is Scavenging for food the dead wood areas offer the careful bird plenty of shelter
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from its enemies yet still the Kappa kalihen the largest of the Native Forest Birds is
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threatened with Extinction even though it isn't Hunted its natural habitat outside of
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the park has been steadily reduced and the koi animal has been forced into the highlands
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where it meets Ramblers or walkers in snow boots
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it will take some time until this spider has something to eat it's still working on its
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deadly trap as Flawless as it is ingenious perfected over millennia [Music] an unmanaged
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wild forest nowhere can the cycles of nature be better observed than here in the National
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Park trees grow get older die fall and Make Way for new generations [Music] only the play
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of light and Shadow of growth and collapse and the proximity of young forest and clearing
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enable such diversity the more species here the closer its natural state and the more
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resistant it is to pests and environmental factors
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these ancient natural forests are also home to the Ural owl these beautiful owls are usually
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only active at night or Dawn it's only when they have young to feed that they hunt during
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the day young Ural owls already scramble out of the nest at three weeks not yet able to
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fly they sit on neighboring tree trunks where they're fed over a period of weeks
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[Music]
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but that still doesn't guarantee a feeding this time the mother only has food for the
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second fledgling she takes care to make the portions a small and clean
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it's a time-consuming process that often takes too long for the little one like all young
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creatures it still has to master patience the Ural owls only leave their parents after
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three months
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patience is a virtue of the cross spider must master and the weight is worth it There Is
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No Escape for the victim a daddy long legs first it's encased then digestive juice is
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injected into it and finally it sucked dry [Music]
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the end of June a pack of deer is grazing on the forest edge the stately animals find
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enough food in the clearing essential for the growth of their antlers and bodies they
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are still carrying the Velvet antlers that grew in recent weeks its velvet covering is
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very sensitive the reason why the animals are being so careful conditions and age dictate
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how strong and spread the antlers become they're fully grown after about five months and within
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weeks The Velvet is brushed off
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there's a strict division of labor for the sparrow Hawks while the fledglings are still
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small the female tends to The Young and the male hunts for food only when the young are
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two weeks old and can no longer be fed by the male alone does the female leave the nest
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to also hunt
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summer in the highlands the willow herb is in full bloom its roots keep the soil firm
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and protect the forest's new generation countless animals make the most from their plentiful
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supply of blossoms and the occasional Berry is also highly prized by those in the know
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[Music] thank you Deadwood is anything but dead and is teeming with life countless plants
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mushrooms and small animals use and take the wood apart [Music]
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for beetles it's not just food but a shelter for their larvae even very rare species like
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the brown spotted click beetle for years this was considered lost or extinct and has only
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been rediscovered recently the beetle hails from a time when this was still primordial
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Forest
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the death of a tree giant offers living space for endangered animal species over decades
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mushrooms plants and animals besiege the slowly degrading trunk one day it will disappear
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and with it the species that are dependent upon it unless a tree nearby has also Fallen
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to its natural death foreign
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the horizontal trees the dense entanglement of twigs and the regrowth offer shelter to
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the kappaquelion here it can remain undisturbed for now
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she has nothing to fear from the honey Buzzard yet its presence unsettles her
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it's probably lost its way and soon disappears
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the young links has never set eyes on honey Buzzard before
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the young feline the wood is one big playground with endless new things to discover nowadays
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one litter of links are born a year in the National Park usually a litter only consists
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of two young and only two out of ten animals survive into adulthood but there is even more
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reason to fear for the Link's future
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it's rare that a lynx which leaves the national park Will Survive although the animals are
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under protection they're often poisoned or shot despite hundreds of thousands of Euros
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being spent on their protection and research a sad reality in Bavaria often unmentioned
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even the sparrow hawk is illegally hunted outside the National Park only half the young
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survive beyond their first year although other birds of prey and mid-air collisions are more
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to blame than human intervention
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young links are suckled for six months after two months they also start to eat solid food
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they stay with their mother until they are a year old and must then hunt on their own
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terrain a decision that can make the difference between life and death after they've flown
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The Nest Sparrow Hawks stay around for three to four weeks they only fly back to the nest
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for feeding
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the Shadows grow longer
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otter has chosen a comfortable spot for the night almost perfect if it weren't for the
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disturbance [Music] the Woodpecker still seems to be hungry foreign [Music] because of hunting
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the otter has become a nocturnal animal in the national park it feels safe here it is
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often on the move during the day and can sleep at night
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[Music] it is the return to the wild the diversity large and small that gives this Forest its
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strength and natural beauty [Music]
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nature can flourish here without any disturbance and has been able to do so for millennia in
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summer and winter the countryside offers a fascinating insight and shows a world that
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is unique in Central Europe and can only be found here in the Bavarian Forest [Music]

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After an unusual mass reproduction of bark beetles in the nineties, thousands hectares of old spruce forest were destroyed. Soon after, a new, healthier forest started to grow – a new primeval forest. Within a few years, in place of the former monoculture, a diverse forest developed, rich in spruces, ashes, beech and fir trees. Naturally, this diversity has in turn attracted new animal and plant species. Even lynx and otters returned and made Bavaria their home again. The film presents the Bavarian Forest National Park as the seasons pass by. In autumn, the young forest is at its prettiest and its slopes are wonderfully colorful. In some years, deers’ roar can be heard deep into the fall. Countless stubs and fallen trees are ideal for lizards and vipers to catch some sunshine. Winter is harsh and cold in the Bavarian Forest. Storms last for days and temperatures reach 30°C below zero. The cold brings a lot of suffering to the inhabitants. Yet, during no other season is the nature so pristine and unspoiled. Many animals have to fight for their survival, for only the strongest and the healthiest can withstand in the times of food shortage. Finally, the spring arrives – even if too late for some… The slopes are taken over by the green and the forest starts to take on bright colors. By the time summer comes, all the forest birds are back and the forest is filled with the sound of their songs. Butterflies, beetles and bees repopulate the blooming slopes. Even late-brooding sparrow hawks’ and pygmy owls’ chicks are now full-fledged. The film shows how powerfully and relentlessly the wildness has returned to the national park. Nature has come to life again without the man’s guidance, as it has done for millions of years. Throughout the year, the national park offers fascinating insights into the unique world of the Bavarian Forest.

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  • This feature is available in the UDL Helper extension. Make sure that "Show the video snapshot button" is checked in the settings. A camera icon should appear in the lower right corner of the player to the left of the "Settings" icon. When you click on it, the current frame from the video will be saved to your computer in JPEG format.

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