   bill oddie goes wild was a british tv programme, about natural history, presented by bill oddie. three series were made. ==series 1== a six part series, on fridays, from 5 january 2001, showing on bbc two at 7.30pm. oddie visited six locations around the country in search of a variety of wildlife - including birds, but also featuring sharks, snakes, dragonflies, badgers, bees, deer, squirrels and many more. the series was supposed to start in september, but had been delayed until the new year. as with birding with bill oddie, the programmes were only loosely scripted and a lot of oddie's dialogue is spontaneous. ===cornwall in late summer=== 5 january species seen: shore crab, pipefish, dormice, badgers, little egrets, butterflies (gatekeeper, red admirals, marbled white, skipper), moths (rosy footman, swallowtailed, scarce silver-lines), seals the first episode has some superb photography of badgers at dusk, which captivated oddie: "one of the wildest animals i've ever seen". although the intention of the series was to look more at wildlife other than birds, it's obvious that they couldn't stop oddie doing some birding (from the pub car park). for oddie to get views of the seals, he has to lie on his back in the water. whilst this does attract the seals, there are all behind him so unfortunately he can't see anything. to add the to the humiliation, one of them chews a chunk out of the seat of his wetsuit. oddie later admitted that his wetsuit was inflated as he has a fear of water. clovelly charter boats were used in this episode for oddie to get views of the seals. ===lake district in autumn=== 12 january species seen: red squirrel, mushrooms (razorstrop, jew's ear, puff ball (also known as 'the devils snuff box'!), fly agaric and dead man's fingers), bearded tits, red deer, medicinal leech, white-clawed crayfish, bats (daubenton's bat, noctule), whooper swans how does a red squirrel feeder work? as we find out in this episode - weight! the grey squirrel, being larger and heavier, fall out a special trap door in the feeder ("should've stayed on the diet shouldn't you!" mocks oddie). the red squirrel,
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