Hello, its Caroline here! Thanks for getting in touch after last nights programme, especially about the dragonfly photograph. I asked you what type of dragonfly it was. Roger Goy from the Wildlife Helpline National Service emailed to say, Hi, although Im not a dragonfly expert, I think its the Scarce Aeshna, aeshna mixta - one of the large Hawker species. Roger, youre more of an expert than I am! Chris from Swanland wrote, The brief glimpse I got of the dragonfly looked like a Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta). It is steadily spreading its range northwards to include Lincolnshire and some of East Yorkshire. We are now in the middle of its flight season. So there are two votes for the Migrant Hawker. Lynn though thinks, it is not a dragonfly at all, I think it is a damsel fly, specifically a Coenagrion puella damsel fly. They are very common, generally found close to water but not particularly fast moving streams. Ah, so some difference in opinions there, but overall I! think there were more people saying it was a type of Hawker Dragonfly. Anyway, it was very pretty. Thanks go to Campbell Whyte from Beverley for that photograph. Much appreciated and of course therell be another photograph on tonights Look North at the usual time just before the weather forecast. Weve had some great shots come in, including a great one of the waves crashing over the breakers at Hornsea from Colin Pay, but Im not sure yet which photo well use tonight. I thought Colins photo really represented our horrible weather at the moment though. If there are any photographs of our region that you want to share with us, then send them in. You can send them to our main email address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I look forward to seeing another one of your photos on tonights programme.
Classic TV Perhaps Ill be showing my age with this one, but these are certainly classic childrens programmes from my childhood at least. I got quite excited when I read this, because Rentaghost and Worzel Gummidge could be returning to TV after the rights to the programmes were obtained by a UK production company. Producers think theres potential for these shows to be reworked for a modern day audience. Well, I dont know about that Id just like to watch the old version all over again. Can you remember those shows? Rentaghost was first screened on the BBC from 1975 and ran for nine years and was about an employment agency staffed by ghosts! Now, I know I said Im showing my age, but Im not as old as Worzel Gummidge! It began as a series of childrens books back in 1936 and then arrived on our screens on ITV from 1979 until 1981. It starred Jon Pertwee from Dr Who fame as a scarecrow with interchangeable heads for thinking, dancing and working. Aw. They were great shows w! hen I was little and now they may be making a comeback! Illegal Downloads Theres been a lot of press about illegal downloads of music, films and TV shows over the internet. There was the court case recently where a woman was prosecuted for sharing a pinball computer game online. But perhaps with this story the US music industry is taking it all too far. A mother is fighting the US music industry bosses for the right to post a video on the internet showing her young son dancing to a song by Prince. Its just a twenty-nine second home movie that she filmed back in February 2007, but the legal battle is still playing out in the federal courts in California. Music bosses have got themselves all worked up, because the toddler is seen dancing and bouncing along to Princes hit song, Lets Go Crazy. So it seems that the music industry is clamping down on copyright infringements even on toddlers! Thanks for reading the Letter. Keep well today and dont forget your umbrella! Caroline Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box. 1.94.4
