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Two local charities are set to star on primetime national TV next weekend.
BBC One’s Countryfile has been in the Island filming at Plémont with the National Trust and flew in to see some of the birds and bats at Durrell.
Next Sunday’s show will see presenter Ellie Harrison meeting up with local conservationist and campaigner Mike Stentiford to talk about the Trust’s ‘Coastline Campaign’.
The new beauty spot on the site of the old holiday camp opened to the public last week after the States stumped up £3.5 million so the Trust could buy it and put an end to years of campaigning to return it to nature.
It’s hoped the headland will be a magnet for flora, fauna and people for generations to come.
The Trust’s team showed Ellie the new sites set up for slow worms, green lizards, toads, palmate newts and a number of other small mammals and she helped line one of their ponds.
The crew also interviewed Stella Henley who stayed at the holiday camp back in 1949 when she was.
The National Trust for Jersey’s Lands Manager Jon Parkes said: “The national exposure of the project and for the Trust is obviously hugely exciting, for everyone involved and also very welcome for the Island, as we know from talking to visitors, many come to enjoy our beautiful countryside and especially the north coast.
“We hope that more people will want to come and visit after seeing Countryfile which was filmed on such a lovely day, it will really show the best of what our island has to offer.”
The BBC’s Matt Baker flew in to find out more about Durrell’s work with the Livingstone fruit bats and red-billed choughs.
The special Channel Islands’ episode goes out on BBC 1 on Sunday 31 May at 7pm.
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