Bill Oddie to leave Springwatch

[Hyacinth]

Wonder who they'll get now?

Ray Mears?...then we could have a kill&cook programme combined ::)

I love the programme. Hope that Kate Humble continues to co-front it.

[Hyacinth]

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

oh dear

If they're looking for an old beardie with an attitude problem, maybe Ringo Starr is free.......

Is Tony Soper still compost mentis i wonder?

[thifasmom]

i know he has his haters but  i will miss him and my daughter will be sorely upset when i let her know after school today, ah well things always change :-\.

[Hyacinth]

I thought...shame that the Attenborough(sp?) bloke might be a bit old to stay up nights, cos I really love his knowledge, his enthusiasm....and (sorry Mr. Oddie) his lack of ego...

PS Thifas....tell your daughter to dry her eyes...I've read that it's not that The Odd One has left the Beeb.....merely stepped down from fronting this particular programme.

[betula]

Sad  to see him go.

[tonybloke]

Is Tony Soper still compost mentis i wonder?

LoL  ;D ;D ;D

[Hyacinth]

Is Tony Soper still compost mentis i wonder?

LoL  ;D ;D ;D

....wondered that abt the Odd One anorl last year ::)

[Flighty]

Anyone but Alan Titchmarsh!  How about Chris Packham?

[caroline7758]

Must say I find Bill Oddie quite annoying- it was ok on the Goodies but...
Maybe they'll get Rory McGrath to do it- he's always showing off how much of a twitcher he is!

[thifasmom]

i know he has his haters but  i will miss him and my daughter will be sorely upset when i let her know after school today, ah well things always change :-\.

well no tears but her lip got awfully long for all of 5 minutes with pouting :-\. she want to know who's replacing him, when i said i didn't know she said they better be good.  :)

[thespade08]

wonder why he has left??...or has he had a shave  ;D

I see simon king as a good replacement

[Kea]

Yes Simon is the obvious but he's so good out in the field.

I know a lot of people don't like Bill Oddie but I quite like his sometimes grumpy manner and his very strange sense of humour.

[honeybee]

Well I will miss him, I always loved the Bill and Kate duo....what about me? I can do it  ;D

[Eristic]

Why has it got to be a celebrity? Anyone with good natural history knowledge should be capable of being trained up for the TV.

[Carol]

I like Bill Oddie but he really has turned into a 'grumpy' old man.  I should think David attenborough be too expensive for this type of programme.  rory Mcgrath may fill the gap though. 

;)

[flossy]

   Love Bill Oddie's garden,  full of 'stuff '  --  his wife called it a ' glorified mess '
   [ or similar ],  but did he attract the wild life or what ?

   Want the back end of our garden the same as his , even kept a newspaper photo
   of it as a reminder.     Remember the nesting birds were having trouble with ' prediters '
   he placed an old wire hanging basket over the nest box and they were safe to breed and produce
   their young,  remember they were wrens.

   Sometimes the compulsion to tidy the garden is great, but a Bill Oddie area will produce and encourage more than kept lawns and tidy flower beds  --   A 'bit of rough ' aint a bad thing !

   floss x    ;D

[Carol]

I have quite a large area of rough.  bit like steptoes yard along with long grass, rotten trees and such like.  Didn't plan for it to be like this, its just an area thats never been tidied up and need a skip to do so.  I am sure it will attract a lot of bugs and a haven for other kinds of wildlife.

::) ::)

[Carol]

Sorry, I just went off topic, must have had a senior moment but I was thinking of that mess that is a mess   ::) ::)

[theothermarg]

Aw I really love bill oddy and I thought him and kate were perfect together. why have peeps got to knock things and spoil them? I vote chris packam to replace him if he's got to go
marg

[SamLouise]

It is a shame he's decided to leave but personally, I found him a little hard to watch/listen to in the last series or so.  He was very loud - almost to the point of shouting at times, and was constantly interrupting Kate which annoyed me a bit but the thing that bugged me the most about him was his need to pull the one upmanship all the time.  Whatever anyone had done or seen, he'd seen or had it bigger and more frequently.  I think the first Springwatch without him will be a bit strange but depending on who replaces him, it will still be as good.  I agree with Marg re Chris Packham, I think he's great but I also think Simon Cowell would be fantastic.  No, not that Simon Cowell, this one ... He presents Wildlife SOS (I love that too lol)