The final edition of the Tyne Tees Television series on the wildlife of the north presented by Jonathan Morrell. In the first report a trip to the North Pennines foothills to learn more about one of our rarest moorland bird the Ring ouzel. Next, to scrubland at Hamsterley Forest in County Durham to meet moth enthusiasts and to learn more about the various species who live in the area. After the break, a look at the restoration of Rainton Meadows in County Durham from an open-casting mine to...

The final edition of the Tyne Tees Television series on the wildlife of the north presented by Jonathan Morrell. In the first report a trip to the North Pennines foothills to learn more about one of our rarest moorland bird the Ring ouzel. Next, to scrubland at Hamsterley Forest in County Durham to meet moth enthusiasts and to learn more about the various species who live in the area. After the break, a look at the restoration of Rainton Meadows in County Durham from an open-casting mine to nature reserve and to find out what kind of plant and wildlife now call the site their home. Finally, to Redcar in the Tees Valley to join Lynn Appleby and her rapid-response hedgehog rescue service. More than six hundred hedgehogs owe their lives to Lynne Appleby. That's the number of injured or orphaned animals she's treated at her home in Redcar over the past eleven years. This episode highlights Lynne's tireless work running a hedgehog rescue service. Lynne not only nurses them back to health, but is able to return many of them to the wild. July is the busiest time when Lynne gets emergency calls about baby hedgehogs abandoned by their mothers. She feeds them a mixture of kitten food and goats' milk until they are strong enough to move on to a normal hedgehog diet. The programme also includes the now rare ouzel, which looks like a starling with a white collar. It used to be common on moorland, but a recent survey by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has shown that the ring ouzel is declining fast - with most of the remaining seven thousand pairs living in the North. Jonathan Morrell also discovers the nightlife of moths - and there are hundreds of different kinds. He says: 'I found out that moth watching is an easy hobby which you can do from your back garden - and a lot of them are absolutely beautiful.' Credits: Presenter Jonathan Morrell Camera Simon Crouch, Lee Sutterby Sound Postproduction Andy Ludbrook Editor David Hindmarsh Executive Producer Jane Bolesworth Producer Charles Bowden CBTV production for Tyne Tees Television © Tyne Tees Television MMI