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13/30 Chris Sperring this week interviews Jeremy Biggs from the charity Pond Conservation about how well we are doing looking after the wildlife that live in ponds. Ponds are small wetlands caricatured by frogs, water lilies and dragonflies - but they are much more as Biggs says. Over the years we have broadcast stories illustrating the steady decline in the classic village pond. However a lot of good work has been done and the conservation of some species living in UK ponds have Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs) - plans that target their specific conservation. We hear of great successes but does a BAP make a successful outcome for wildlife any easier to achieve in ponds or any other UK habitat? We talk to Natural England on the future of BAPs.

And the latest report from Bob Swann surveying the seabird colonies of Tain and Canna.

And a report from Newcastle from Trai Anfield on the future of urban nesting Kittiwakes who are being re-located to breeding towers on the River Tyne.

Presenter: Brett Westwood
Producer: Mary Colwell
Editor: Julian Hector.