There are over 30 country parks in Wales. 威尔士有超过30个郊野公园.
Thousands of people visit them every year. 每年都有成千上万的人去拜访他们.
Some are old estates of wealthy landlords. 有些是富有地主的老庄园.
Some are old industrial sites. 有些是旧工业用地.
The parks are usually close to towns 公园通常靠近城镇
and that's because they've been set aside 那是因为他们被搁置一边了
for us to enjoy on our doorstep. 让我们在家门口享受.
But what I like about them most is that they're great places for wildlife. 但我最喜欢它们的是它们是野生动物的好去处.
If you keep your eyes open,you'll see some great sights. 如果你睁大眼睛,你会看到一些很棒的景点.
Behind me is Margam Castle and it's a stunning building. 在我身后是玛格姆城堡,这是一座令人惊叹的建筑.
It's the centrepoint of a fantastic estate right on the outskirts of 这是一个梦幻般的庄园就在郊区的中心
Port Talbot in South Wales. 南威尔士的塔尔博特港.
Margam Country Park is set in an estate once owned by the Talbot family, 玛格姆郊野公园坐落在一个曾经由塔尔博特家族拥有的庄园里,
who were,during the 19th century, 在19世纪,他们是谁？,
one of the richest families in South Wales. 南威尔士最富有的家庭之一.
It was this wealth that enabled the family to develop the ironworks in 正是这笔财富使这个家族得以在
Margam and create a new harbour 玛格姆和创建一个新的海港
in nearby Aberavon and name it Port Talbot. 在附近的阿伯拉文,并命名为塔尔博特港.
At one time,the estate was huge - 有一段时间,庄园很大 -
nearly 19,000 acres. 近1.9万英亩.
Today,the country park is owned by Neath Port Talbot Council and is a 今天,郊野公园由Neath Port Talbot Council拥有,是一个
fraction of the size. 尺寸的分数.
But it's still large enough for some stunning parkland,lakes and woodland. 但它仍然足够大,可以容纳一些令人惊叹的公园,湖泊和林地.
It's a beautiful place to visit with magnificent old buildings and great walks. 这是一个美丽的地方参观宏伟的古老建筑和伟大的散步.
And,of course,the park has some good wildlife and I like looking for 当然,公园里有一些很好的野生动物,我喜欢寻找
it early in the morning when there are fewer people around. 周围人少的时候是一大早.
I've been taken to the hills above the castle by one of the park's wardens. 我被公园的一个管理员带到城堡上方的山丘上.
Margam is very well-known for its deer, Margam以其鹿而闻名,
probably more than anything else,really. 也许比什么都重要,真的.
And there's three different types here, 这里有三种不同的类型,
you've got red deer and you've got fallow deer and you've also got a 你有马鹿,你有休耕鹿,你也有一个
rare and very exotic deer called the Pere David's deer. 罕见的和非常奇特的鹿称为佩尔大卫的鹿.
And I've come up with Jonathan this morning,upon the high ground,here, 今天早上我和乔纳森一起来到这里,在高地上,
where you've got all of this bracken to look for the deer with their fawns. 在那里你可以找到所有的蕨类植物和它们的小鹿.
There's quite a few around,too. 周围也有不少人.
Fallow deer are variable in colour and not always easy to identify. 休耕鹿的颜色各不相同,并不总是很容易识别.
Most are a pale gingery brown colour with white spots on the back. 大多数是浅姜黄色,背面有白色斑点.
They also have a characteristic black and white tail and a white 他们也有一个特征的黑色和白色的尾巴和白色
rump with a black outline. 臀部有一个黑色的轮廓.
It's the first day of July and the fallow does have given birth in the 这是七月的第一天,休耕确实在七月里生了孩子.
bracken during the past month. 在过去的一个月里,布莱肯.
We've come down into one of the valleys now and come across a herd of red deer. 我们现在来到一个山谷,遇到了一群马鹿.
Whereas the fallow tend to be right up on top in all that bracken, 而休耕往往是在所有的蕨类植物的顶部,
the red deer are bigger and are more confident as well. 马鹿更大,也更自信.
And you can see that these have got fawns,I think I counted nine, 你可以看到这些有小鹿,我想我数了九只,
there's another one come across now,that's ten fawns now. 现在又遇到了一只,那就是十只小鹿.
They're still giving birth too. 他们还在生孩子.
What's interesting is you look at the adults, 有趣的是你看着大人们,
they're that lovely rusty red colour,but the fawns are mottled. 它们是那种可爱的生锈的红色,但小鹿是斑驳的.
They look like a large fallow deer, 它们看起来像一只大休耕鹿,
sort of brownish with cream spots on them. 有点棕色,上面有奶油色的斑点.
That's all part of their camouflage really,so when they're lying up, 这都是他们伪装的一部分,所以当他们躺着的时候,
they blend in a lot better with the background, 它们与背景更好地融合在一起,
whether it's the bracken or whether it's some bushes,wherever it is. 无论是蕨类植物还是灌木丛,无论它在哪里.
While the red and fallow deer have just given birth, 而红鹿和休耕鹿刚刚分娩,
the park's other deer species,the Pere David, 公园的其他鹿种,佩尔大卫,
are well into their rutting season. 他们已经进入了发情的季节.
Pere David deer originally come from China Pere大卫鹿最初来自中国
and they nearly became extinct during the 19th century. 它们在19世纪几乎灭绝了.
Their perilous state was noticed by a Father David, 大卫的父亲注意到了他们的危险状态,
a French missionary working in China at the time and the deer are named after him. 当时在中国工作的法国传教士和鹿都以他的名字命名.
During Midsummer,the stags compete for females. 在盛夏,雄鹿争夺女性.
STAG BELLOWS 雄鹿波纹管
A young stag has just come down from the distance over there and he's got 一只年轻的雄鹿刚刚从远处下来,他得到了
perilously close to all the hinds,so the alpha male, 危险地接近所有的hinds,所以阿尔法男性,
the big alpha stag has come down,he's going to see him off,I think. 大头鹿下来了,我想他会送他的.
He's been thrashing through the bracken,making a lot of noise. 他在蕨类植物中打来打去,发出很大的噪音.
And,of course,they don't really want to fight. 当然,他们并不是真的想打架.
They want to scare the opposition away without fighting, 他们想不打仗就把反对派吓跑,
if at all possible. 如果可能的话.
You see the resident stag is not happy at all, 你看驻场雄鹿一点也不开心,
he really isn't happy at all. 他真的一点也不高兴.
Look at him. 看看他.
Hello... 你好！...
STAG GRUNTS 雄鹿咕噜声
That's interesting. 真有意思.
No fighting at all. 根本没有战斗.
Threats,bellowing... 威胁,咆哮...
This one's probably quick because there is another stag just up there 这只可能很快,因为上面还有一只雄鹿
around the corner.He's just seen him off and he's seen this one down 就在拐角处.他刚送走了他,他看到了这个
here,so he's come after this one and he's probably quite concerned 在这里,所以他来找这个,他可能很担心
that he's left all of his hinds up there. 他把所有的心都留在那里了.
And the young male has actually gone now. 而年轻的男性实际上已经走了.
He obviously got a little bit too close to the hind. 他显然离后腿有点太近了.
He's turned and he's gone after him and chased off over there. 他转过身去追他,然后在那边追了出去.
But it is never-ending. 但它是永无止境的.
It's absolutely never-ending for them,for a period of weeks. 对于他们来说,这绝对是永无止境的,为期几周.
Can you imagine how tired you'd be at the end of all that? 你能想象在这一切结束时你会有多累吗？
Not only do you have to see to all the females, 你不仅要照顾所有的女性,
but you've got to fight off allcomers as well. 但你也得击退所有的敌人.
And by the end,they just lie down,just shattered,I think. 到最后,他们只是躺下,只是粉碎,我想.
Yeah,back he comes.He's coming back now. 是的,他回来了.他现在回来了.
There we are. 我们到了.
Well,he's won the day today,anyway. 不管怎么说,他今天赢了.
The most outstanding feature in Margam Country Park is the castle, 玛格姆郊野公园最突出的特色是城堡,
which was built during the early 19th century and is the last of a 它建于19世纪初,是一个
succession of houses built on the site. 连续的房屋建在网站上.
700 years before the castle was built,the estate was run by 在城堡建成前700年,这座庄园由
Cistercian monks and parts of the monastery still remain. 西多会僧侣和修道院的部分仍然存在.
Margam Abbey monastery was built by skilled stonemasons and they left 玛格姆修道院修道院是由熟练的石匠建造的,他们离开了
their signatures on their work. 他们在工作上的签名.
Here's one. 这里有一个.
There's another one.And see,they were covered in lime wash. 还有一个.看,他们被石灰水复盖.
Another one here.Here. 这里还有一个.这儿.
Local historian,John Adams,is helping me find them. 当地历史学家约翰*亚当斯正在帮我找到他们.
And here as well.And there. 还有这里.还有那里.
And on that one on that one.This looks like a bed,almost. 在那一个,在那一个.这看起来像一张床,几乎.
So what are these then,John? 那么这些是什么,约翰？
Well,they're basically the mark of individual masons. 他们基本上是个别石匠的标志.
When they started building an abbey like this,they appointed a master 当他们开始建造这样的修道院时,他们任命了一位大师
mason and then he appointed masons and when they 梅森,然后他任命石匠,当他们
finished training,they were given a mark. 训练结束后,他们得到了一个分数.
So this is the mark of one individual mason. 所以这是一个梅森的标志.
What's interesting about this building is this occurs almost anywhere. 这座建筑有趣的是,这几乎发生在任何地方.
So it's more or less,there's a lot of work from one man. 所以或多或少,一个人有很多工作.
So,why would he have put them marks? 那么,他为什么要给它们做记号呢？
I'd have thought,you know,the monks coming in, 我会想到,你知道,僧侣们会进来的,
wouldn't have wanted to see these marks everywhere. 我可不想到处看到这些痕迹.
Well,one,they were covered over,but of course the other thing was 嗯,一个,他们被复盖,但当然另一件事是
you could use them for quality control. 你可以用它们来进行质量控制.
There would've been a roof on this,would there? 这上面会有个屋顶,对吧？
- A stone roof. - There was marvellous rib vaulting coming across but the -一个石头屋顶. -有一个奇妙的肋骨拱来跨越,但
sad thing was when the monastery was closed, 可悲的是修道院关闭的时候,
a man called Sir Rice Mansel bought it. 一个叫赖斯*曼塞尔爵士的人买了它.
Now,they needed a coal house,so at some point in time, 现在,他们需要一个煤房,所以在某个时间点,
they basically used this for storing coal. 他们基本上用这个来储存煤炭.
- You're joking. - No,I'm not joking. -你在开玩笑 -不,我不是在开玩笑.
And then in the vestibule,they used that for brewing beer and 然后在前厅,他们用它来酿造啤酒和啤酒.
basically they took the lead off the roof,lined it with oil cask paper 基本上他们从屋顶上带头,用油桶纸内衬
and eventually what happened was the water seeped through. 最终发生的事情是水渗入.
The pillar went out of vertical and it collapsed. 柱子垂直了,倒塌了.
I'm pleased to say that the Abbey 我很高兴地说修道院
is treated with a little more respect these days. 这些天受到了更多的尊重.
During early spring,any masonry or stone wall in 在早春期间,任何砖石或石墙在
Margam Park is a potential nesting site for birds. Margam公园是鸟类的潜在筑巢地点.
Walking across through the gardens from the Abbey now and there's a 从修道院穿过花园,现在有一个
pine tree,I think it's Scots pine over there, 松树,我想那边是苏格兰松树,
and there was a coal tit digging away at the moss. 有一个煤山雀在挖苔藓.
A beak full of moss,obviously building a nest, 满是苔藓的喙,显然是筑巢,
and then he came over here and what it's doing, 然后他来到这里,它在做什么,
there's a slit low down in the wall over there and it's diving in there 那边的墙下面有一条缝,它在里面潜水
and taking moss,both birds,and every now and again, 以苔藓,两只鸟,不时地,
they'll perch up on this branch over here with a beak full of moss. 它们会长着满是苔藓的喙栖息在这里的树枝上.
And dashing in...It's the perfect place. 然后冲进去...这是个完美的地方.
They're funny birds,coal tits,whereas you find blue tits, 他们是有趣的鸟,煤山雀,而你发现蓝色山雀,
great tits will use nest boxes,holes in trees,holes in walls, 伟大的山雀将使用巢箱,树上的洞,墙上的洞,
quite high up,these will nest low down,often in old mouse holes. 相当高,这些将巢低,经常在老鼠洞.
And this is perfect because it's dry in there,it's out of the way, 这是完美的,因为里面很干,很碍事,
it's safe,no cats,no dog,anything can get in anywhere near that nest. 它是安全的,没有猫,没有狗,任何东西都可以进入巢附近的任何地方.
And they're cracking little birds. 他们在打小鸟.
They dive in like little mice diving out of the way. 他们像小老鼠一样潜入水中.
Of course,at the moment,because they're getting moss, 当然,目前,因为他们正在长青苔,
they're just building the base of that nest. 他们只是在筑巢穴.
Once they've finished that base,they then go off looking for wool 一旦他们完成了那个基地,他们就会去寻找羊毛
or maybe deer hair and they'll do the fine lining and that's when 或者鹿毛,它们会做好衬里,就在那时
she'll eventually lay the eggs. 她最终会下蛋的.
Oh,here we are,look. 我们到了,看.
Here we are.One's just landed on a branch here and in he goes. 我们到了.一个刚落在树枝上,他就走了.
Like a mouse,into the wall.Cracking little birds. 像老鼠一样,进了墙.开裂的小鸟.
Most of the visitors that come to the park live locally and sunny days 大多数来公园的游客都住在当地,阳光明媚的日子
draw literally thousands. 从字面上绘制数千.
Margam has a group of friends of the park. Margam有一群公园的朋友.
These are volunteers who help to look after the park and keep it tidy. 这些志愿者帮助照顾公园并保持公园整洁.
I'm meeting Doreen Nash at another great ancient building on a hill 我在山上的另一座伟大的古建筑里见到多琳*纳什
above the castle. 城堡上方.
- Hello there. - Hello. -你好 -你好
- How are you? All right? - Fine,pleased to meet you. -你好吗？ 好吗？ -很好,很高兴见到你.
- Nice to see you. - Thank you,thank you. -很高兴见到你 -谢谢,谢谢
- Thank you. - Litter picking. - Yes,I'm afraid so. -谢谢 -捡垃圾. -是的,恐怕是的.
We usually get quite a bit around here because they come of a night 我们通常会在这里呆很久,因为他们是晚上来的
and they have barbecues and they have drinks and you know... 他们有烧烤,他们有饮料,你知道...
- So it'll be kids mainly,is it? - I would say teenagers. -所以主要是孩子,对吧？ -我会说青少年.
So,there's a gang of you. 你们有一帮人.
There's you...I saw a couple of people...I can see them all now. 这就是你...我看到几个人...我现在都看到了.
There's a gang of you,come out... 你们有一帮人,出来...
Yes,there's between four and five come up. 是的,有四到五个.
- Shall we go in and have a look? - Yes. -我们进去看看好吗? -是的.
It looks like there have been barbecues lit here fairly recently. 看起来最近这里有烧烤.
- Yes,there have,yes. - Something is over here,look. - Of course they have. -是的,有,有. -这里有东西,看. -当然有.
- And this building now,is it a chapel? - Old Chapel,built in 1470. -现在这栋楼是小教堂吗? -老教堂,建于1470年.
It was built for the farmers and the peasants to come up to worship 它是为农民和农民上来礼拜而建的
because they weren't allowed in the Abbey Church 因为他们不被允许进入修道院教堂
because they were only for the rich and for the monks. 因为他们只为富人和僧侣.
So it was for the peasants,not the bigwigs,sort of thing. 所以这是给农民的,而不是大人物的.
Definitely not the bigwigs. 绝对不是大人物.
Definitely not them.And we do have a mass here once a year. 绝对不是他们.我们每年在这里举行一次弥撒.
- Do you? - In July.Yes,yes,yes. -你呢？ -七月.是的,是的,是的.
I bet you're all praying it doesn't rain for that? 我打赌你们都在祈祷不会下雨吗？
It has been raining,but it still goes on. 一直在下雨,但还在继续.
- Does it? - Still goes on,yes. - That's fabulous. -是吗? -还在继续,是的. -太棒了
- That's brilliant. - I can see what you mean now. -太棒了 -我明白你的意思了
There a barbecue here and behind me over there. 这里和我身后都有烧烤.
Yes,it's a shame.And what's happening is,doing the barbecues 是的,真可惜.现在的情况是,做烧烤
- against the stone,you know... - It ruins it,doesn't it? - It's going to ruin it. -靠着石头,你知道的... -它毁了它,不是吗？ -会毁了它的
- And this has all just been done... - This is a shame. - ..this part. -这一切都刚刚完成... -这是一个耻辱. - ..这部分.
And the same as the litter in the park. 和公园里的垃圾一样.
We pick up plastic bags,or numerous things,but what people don't 我们拿起塑料袋,或许多东西,但人们没有
realise that the animals are in danger through the 意识到动物正处于危险之中.
litter in the park.I mean,it's a fact that five deer die in every 在公园里乱扔垃圾.我的意思是,这是一个事实,五只鹿死在每一个
- park every year. - Honestly? - Yes,through litter. -每年停车. -说实话？ -是的,通过垃圾.
- So,what is that,from plastic...? - Yes,plastic bags from dog bags. -那么,那是什么,从塑料...? -是的,塑料袋从狗袋.
They think it's food. 他们认为这是食物.
- Well,well. - You know,visitors come in,they throw litter everywhere, -好吧,好吧. -你知道,游客进来了,他们到处乱扔垃圾,
they don't realise that they are killing our wild animals. 他们没有意识到他们正在杀死我们的野生动物.
The park is now closed and the people have gone home. 公园现在关闭了,人们已经回家了.
And one thing I really wasn't expecting to see right in front of 还有一件事我真的没想到会在面前看到
the big house is a hare. 大房子是一只野兔.
But a hare has come from the top fields down here... 但是一只野兔从下面的田野里来了...
..and it's feeding,I think,on the young grass and of course, ..我想,它在幼草上觅食,当然还有,
this is mown,so you get young,fresh,succulent growth and that's 这是割草,所以你会得到年轻,新鲜,多汁的生长,这就是
why the hare has been attracted down here. 为什么兔子会被吸引到这里来.
She's happy enough.There she is,just going right across in front of the big house. 她已经够幸福的了.她来了,就在大房子前面.
Wow! 哇塞!
Well,that was unexpected. 那真是出乎意料.
That really was unexpected. 这真是出乎意料.
It just goes to show what's around once everybody's gone home. 它只是为了显示每个人回家后的情况.
In addition to parkland and gardens,Margam Country Park also has 除了公园和花园,玛格姆郊野公园还拥有
woodlands and they are particularly stunning 林地和它们特别令人惊叹
and busy with birdlife at dawn during spring. 春天黎明时忙于鸟类的生活.
This is my favourite part of Margam Park. 这是我最喜欢的玛格姆公园.
It's an old woodland,ancient woodland and it's pretty unique, 这是一个古老的林地,古老的林地,非常独特,
I think.I don't know of another woodland like this anywhere in 我想.我在任何地方都不知道还有这样的林地
Wales,at least.These are old sweet chestnuts, 至少是威尔士.这些是老甜栗子,
hundreds of years old and they're all twisted and gnarled, 几百岁了,他们都是扭曲的,粗糙的,
they're full of holes and because of that,they're fantastic for all 他们充满了漏洞,正因为如此,他们对所有人来说都很棒
nesting birds,of course,and I bet there are all 当然,筑巢的鸟,我敢打赌,都有
kinds of invertebrates,bats in there as well. 还有各种无脊椎动物,蝙蝠.
And of course,the backdrop of Margam Castle,here, 当然还有玛格姆城堡的背景,这里,
it's just a stunning place and I know that there's no-one else here,just me. 这只是一个令人惊叹的地方,我知道这里没有其他人,只有我.
I've come round now to the other end of this 我现在回到了这件事的另一端
sweet chestnut woodland here. 这里是甜栗子林地.
I've heard a woodpecker.There's been a great spotted woodpecker been calling 我听过啄木鸟的声音.有一只大斑啄木鸟打电话来
and drumming as well and it's all come from this area here, 还有击鼓,都来自这个地区,
so I reckon there's got to be a nest here somewhere. 所以我想这里一定有个窝.
I've found the nest.This is the tree,here. 我找到了巢穴.这是树,在这里.
It's a dead sweet chestnut and the nest is maybe what,five, 这是一个死甜栗子和巢也许是什么,五,
six metres up? Around the other side,facing down that way. 六米高？ 在另一边,朝下.
And what's odd is that it's the male who's in there. 奇怪的是,里面是男性.
He's gone in.I saw him go in.I suspect what he's doing, 他进去了.我看见他进去了.我怀疑他在做什么,
because it's early May now and they don't usually lay their eggs 因为现在是五月初,它们通常不会产卵
until middle of May,maybe even towards the end of May. 直到5月中旬,甚至可能在5月底.
I suspect what he's doing is he's finishing off the nest chamber. 我怀疑他正在做的是他正在完成巢室.
What you've got,you've got hardwood on the outside, 你有什么,外面有硬木,
it'll be soft on the inside. 里面会很软的.
So they'll dig through the hardwood and then they'll go down about a 所以他们会挖透硬木,然后下去.
foot and that'll be the nest chamber. 脚,那就是巢穴.
They won't take grass or anything like that. 他们不会吃草之类的东西.
You've got bits of wood in there. 你里面有木头.
So she's gone off to feed and she'll fatten up 所以她去吃东西了,她会变胖的
in order to make some eggs. 为了做一些鸡蛋.
Look at this lovely building,this is the Orangery. 看看这个可爱的建筑,这是橘园.
It's one of the oldest buildings here. 这是这里最古老的建筑之一.
This dates back to the late 18th-century and just look at the 这可以追溯到18世纪后期,只要看看
intricate carvings on the wall there. 那里墙上错综复杂的雕刻.
Amazing place.And this was so that they could have their own citrus trees. 令人惊叹的地方.这样他们就可以拥有自己的柑橘树了.
Isn't that amazing? 这不是很神奇吗？
They could have their own citrus trees over 200 years ago and they 他们可以在200多年前拥有自己的柑橘树.
were kept in here,in the winter,and there was a coal fire right at 我们被关在这里,在冬天,有一个煤火的权利
the back just to keep it warm and then what they would do, 背部只是为了保持温暖,然后他们会做什么,
is they would bring them outside between about May and October, 他们会在五月到十月之间把他们带到外面吗？,
just to make the best of the sunshine. 只是为了充分利用阳光.
Isn't that amazing? They'd cart them out,leave them here, 这不是很神奇吗？ 他们会把他们赶出去,把他们留在这儿,
then come October when it got cold again,take them back in, 然后到十月再冷的时候,把它们带回去,
light up the coal fire, 点燃煤火,
so that it was warm enough to keep these trees alive. 所以它足够温暖,让这些树活着.
And now,it's hugely popular. 现在,它非常受欢迎.
You can have weddings here,you can have functions here, 你可以在这里举行婚礼,你可以在这里举办活动,
so it's still used,not for the same thing,but it's still used and still 所以它仍然被使用,而不是为了同样的事情,但它仍然被使用并且仍然
very busy. 很忙.
Many of the old buildings in the country park are used for functions 郊野公园内的许多旧建筑物都用作功能
and one of the original buildings is even let for holiday accommodation. 而原来的建筑之一,甚至让度假住宿.
This odd-looking cottage was built because the Talbot family wanted to 这座看起来很奇怪的小屋是因为塔尔博特家族想建造的.
retain this beautiful facade designed by the famous 17th-century 保留着名的17世纪设计的这个美丽的门面
architect,Inigo Jones. 建筑师,伊尼戈*琼斯.
The facade was relocated here in 1837 from an old banqueting hall 立面于1837年从一个古老的宴会厅搬迁到这里
that used to be close to the castle. 以前离城堡很近.
A lean-to was built against the facade 靠着立面建了一个靠墙
to form a cottage for workers. 形成工人的小屋.
Peter Nash used to live in the cottage as a child and belonged to 彼得*纳什小时候住在小屋里,属于
the last family to live in the house as estate workers. 最后一家住在房子作为房地产工人.
Did your family work for the big house,then? 那你的家人是为大房子工作的吗？
Yes,my mother was a maid for four years. 是的,我母亲做了四年的女仆.
My father worked in the sawmills on the estate. 我父亲在庄园的锯木厂工作.
My grandfather and great-grandfather 我的祖父和曾祖父
worked on the estate,on maintenance, 在房地产、维修方面工作,
repairing fences you know,various jobs,like,you know. 修篱笆,各种工作,比如,你知道的.
It would've been a busy place,I would imagine. 我想那会是个很忙的地方.
- Dozens of people working for them. - There were dozens. -几十人为他们工作. -有几十个.
You had valets,you had grooms with the horses,you had stable lads, 你有仆人,你有马夫,你有稳定的小伙子,
dozens of maids. 几十个女仆.
- I think they had 41 bedrooms. - 41 bedrooms? -我想他们有41间卧室. -41间卧室?
It was quite a big place. 那是个很大的地方.
And what's it like for you now? 你现在感觉怎么样？
Because I know you lead walks around here. 因为我知道你在这里走来走去.
Is it nice to be able to share all these memories and stories with 能够分享所有这些记忆和故事是很好的吗
- people in the park? - Absolute... -公园里的人? -绝对...
Some people can't believe you actually live there. 有些人不敢相信你真的住在那里.
There's certain things you do remember,like on a hot evening, 有些事情你确实记得,比如在炎热的夜晚,
my bedroom window would be this one on the left and you'd have the sash 我卧室的窗户就在左边,你就有窗框
down and you go to bed with a candle. 趴下,你拿着蜡烛上床睡觉.
And you'd have a little orange lamp,didn't give much light, 你会有一盏橙色的小灯,光线不多,
but it would attract bats. 但它会吸引蝙蝠.
And the bats then... 还有蝙蝠...
..they'd come around and my mother'd be terrified. ..他们会过来,我妈妈会害怕的.
But we never thought anything of it,like,you know. 但我们从没想过,就像,你知道的.
They'd just come around,go back out.Come around,go back out. 他们会回来,回去.过来,回去.
The bats are still around. 蝙蝠还在附近.
And on a summer's night,hundreds come out to feed. 在一个夏天的夜晚,数百人出来吃东西.
It's about 10.30 now,finally getting dark, 现在是10.30左右,终于天黑了,
and all the bats have suddenly come out. 所有的蝙蝠都突然出来了.
There are lots of different species around the trees,but the ones I'm 树周围有很多不同的物种,但我是
really interested in are these,down by the water here, 真正感兴趣的是这些,在水边,
they are Daubenton's bats,real water specialists. 他们是道本顿的蝙蝠,真正的水专家.
They'll skim over the surface,back and forth,feeding on midges, 它们会在水面上掠过,来回掠过,以虱子为食,
on caddisflys,on any water insects. 在caddisflys上,在任何水昆虫上.
And really,they'll not just eat them with their mouths, 真的,他们不会只用嘴吃它们,
but they'll take them out to the water sometimes,as well, 但他们有时也会把它们带到水里,
with their feet or even with their tail,they can scoop them out with their tail. 用他们的脚,甚至用他们的尾巴,他们可以用他们的尾巴把他们舀出来.
They're fantastic bats. 他们是很棒的蝙蝠.
And there are lots of them,so many of them,all gathered around here. 他们有很多,很多,都聚集在这里.
Margam Country Park is one of the best bat sites in Wales. 玛格姆郊野公园是威尔士最好的蝙蝠遗址之一.
11 of the 18 species of bat living in the UK can be found here. 生活在英国的18种蝙蝠中有11种可以在这里找到.
Without a bat detector,it's difficult to identify the different species. 如果没有蝙蝠探测器,很难识别不同的物种.
The best time to view them is on a clear,still,dry night. 观看它们的最佳时间是在一个晴朗,静止,干燥的夜晚.
Sensibly,they tend not to come out when it's wet and if you see big 理智地说,它们在潮湿的时候不会出来,如果你看到大的东西
bats behaving like this above water,they're pretty certain to be 蝙蝠在水面上表现得像这样,它们肯定是
Daubenton's bats. 道本顿的蝙蝠.
Margam Country Park has a number of man-made ponds and this one in front 玛格姆郊野公园有许多人工池塘,前面有一个
of the castle is the biggest. 城堡是最大的.
It was created by the family during the 1920s to help relieve 它是由家庭在20世纪20年代创建的,以帮助缓解
unemployment in the area at the time. 当时该地区的失业.
I've no doubt that the project also improved the view from the mansion. 我毫不怀疑,该项目也改善了从豪宅的看法.
The pond has matured into an excellent wildlife habitat, 这个池塘已经成熟成为一个极好的野生动物栖息地,
but most of its wealth is hidden in the water. 但它的大部分财富都藏在水中.
Hannah Shaw works for the Freshwater Habitats Trust on a 萧汉娜为淡水生境信托基金工作.
national project that helps to protect freshwater wildlife. 帮助保护淡水野生动物的国家项目.
She's creating a database of pond species throughout Wales. 她正在创建一个威尔士池塘物种数据库.
Hello,Hannah.Have you got much? 你好,汉娜.你有很多吗？
Hi,Iolo.Yes,I've got a few things,I think. 嗨,伊洛.是的,我想我有几件事.
Oh,I love pond dipping. 我喜欢泡池塘.
Just have to have a look through. 只要看看就行了.
It's a bit like Christmas,you never know what you're going to get. 这有点像圣诞节,你永远不知道你会得到什么.
Look at that,look at that. 看看那个,看看那个.
That's a water scorpion. 那是水蝎子.
Wow! Aren't they cool things? 哇塞! 他们不是很酷吗？
With that siphon on its tail. 尾巴上有虹吸管.
Does it breathe through that? 它能呼吸吗？
- Yes. - So it sticks that up above the water and then goes down and hunts -是的. -所以它把它粘在水面上,然后下去打猎
- under water. - Yeah. -在水下. -是的.
They're cool things,aren't they? 它们很酷,不是吗？
And a snail.Look at the size of that snail. 还有一只蜗牛.看看那只蜗牛的大小.
- That's a ram's horn snail. - A ram's horn. -那是一只公羊角蜗牛. -公羊角
I can see why it gets that name,yeah.That is nice. 我知道为什么会有这个名字,是的.这很好.
That is nice,OK. 很好,好吧.
And this has all just come out of the edge of this pond here,has it? 这些都是从池塘边出来的,对吧？
Yes,just through the reeds,yes. 是的,只是穿过芦苇,是的.
In a pond,most of the wildlife is in that first metre of the 在池塘里,大多数野生动物都在池塘的第一米.
vegetation around the edge of the pond. 池塘边缘的植被.
Wow! Is that a leech? 哇塞! 那是水蛭吗？
Is it a leech on there on the side? 是水蛭在那边吗？
Yes,that's a duck leech. 是的,那是一只鸭子水蛭.
A duck leech. 一只鸭子水蛭.
- Mm. - As opposed to what? -嗯. -而不是什么？
Well,you can get fish leeches and there's other types of leeches that 嗯,你可以得到鱼水蛭,还有其他类型的水蛭
eat small invertebrates,but these actually parasitise ducks. 吃小无脊椎动物,但这些实际上寄生鸭.
Do they? As in,hang on the feet of ducks or what? 他们呢？ 就像在,挂在鸭子的脚上还是什么？
No,they go in their nasal cavity,in their beak. 不,它们进入鼻腔,在喙里.
Oh,do they? Wow! 哦,是吗？ 哇塞!
- I've never heard of a duck leech. - But they are really good parents. -我从没听说过水蛭 -但他们真的是好父母.
I'm sure they are(!) 我肯定他们是（！)
There's a stickleback as well,look,a little stickleback. 还有一个粘背,看,一个小粘背.
Probably three-spine stickleback,is it? 可能是三脊背,对吧？
- Is it that one probably? - Yes,it is. -可能是那个吗? -是的,是的.
Do you know,the amazing thing is,you walk past here, 你知道吗,令人惊奇的是,你走过这里,
you wouldn't think that you'd find any of this in there. 你不会认为你会在里面找到这些的.
And if it wasn't for the fact that you were going in with a net and 如果不是因为你带着网进去,
bringing them out,I'd have no idea. 把他们带出来,我不知道.
Wow! Look,we've got a water stick insect here as well. 哇塞! 听着,我们这里也有一只水棍虫.
Look at that. 你看.
Wow! That's a water stick insect. 哇塞! 那是一只水棍虫.
Yes,it's a bug,the same as the water scorpion is a bug. 是的,它是一只虫子,和水蝎一样是一只虫子.
- He's gone back in. - And a back swimmer.So it's one of the bugs. -他回去了 -还有一个游泳运动员.所以这是一个错误.
That is very,very odd. 这是非常非常奇怪的.
And is this common in our pools? 这在我们的游泳池里很常见吗？
They're quite widespread,but not common. 它们相当普遍,但并不常见.
Do you know what? I think that's only the second one I've ever seen. 你知道吗？ 我想这只是我见过的第二个.
That is amazing.I would have missed that,see? 太神奇了.我会错过的,看到了吗？
I really would have missed that.What a weird looking thing. 我真的会错过的.看起来真奇怪.
I think they're really under recorded in Wales. 我想他们在威尔士的记录很少.
I'm not surprised.You can't find them.Look at that. 我并不感到惊讶.你找不到他们.你看.
Wow! And this one again uses that siphon on the tail, 哇塞! 这个又用了尾巴上的虹吸管,
it sticks out above the water to breathe. 它伸出水面呼吸.
- Mm-hm. - I find it really weird that they breathe through their bums, -嗯-嗯 -我觉得他们通过屁股呼吸真的很奇怪,
basically,don't they? 基本上,不是吗？
- They do. - Isn't that odd? -是的. -这不奇怪吗?
Wow! So,how does this pond then rate? 哇塞! 那么,这个池塘如何评价呢？
- Is it a good pond? - It's a pretty good pond,yes. -这是个好池塘吗? -这是一个很好的池塘,是的.
And that again is because of the variety of wildlife in it. 这又是因为这里有各种各样的野生动物.
Yes,yeah. 是的,是的.
One of many lovely landscapes in the park is Cwm Phillip,a quiet, 公园里许多可爱的风景之一是Cwm Phillip,一个安静的地方,
sheltered valley,situated behind the castle. 庇护山谷,位于城堡后面.
It's particularly beautiful during early autumn 初秋特别美
and it's perfect territory for adders. 这是添加者的完美领地.
Almost every encounter I've ever had with an adder has involved one or 几乎我和加法器的每一次接触都涉及到一个或一个
the other of us being startled and often the adder just making their 我们中的另一个被吓了一跳,而且经常是加法器.
way off,which is a shame. 太遗憾了.
But there's one on the edge of this old path here, 但在这条老路的边缘有一条,
it's overgrown,she's right in the vegetation. 长满了,她就在草木里.
She's curled up and the head is just lying there, 她蜷缩起来,头就躺在那里,
looking straight out at us. 直视着我们.
It's a perfect spot for adders. 这是adders的完美场所.
We've got the bracken here,you've got some gorse, 我们这里有蕨菜,你有金雀花,
you've got some vegetation,and open areas where they can sunbathe, 你有一些植被和开放的地方,他们可以享受日光浴,
plenty of mice and voles and lizards for them to eat. 大量的老鼠,田鼠和蜥蜴供他们吃.
September is a real critical time for adders because it's when they 九月是一个真正的关键时刻,因为它是当他们
give birth,they give birth to live young,of course. 分娩,他们生下活年轻,当然.
And,of course,they're going to be thinking about what they call brumation. 当然,他们会考虑他们所谓的冒进.
They don't hibernate,they go underground and they do move 它们不会冬眠,它们会进入地下,它们会移动
and they will come out as well on a warm winter's day, 它们也会在温暖的冬日出来,
but they brumate,which means that they slow down. 但他们暴躁,这意味着他们慢下来.
And what they will do,they'll feed now but before going into brumation, 他们会做什么,他们现在就会吃东西,但在开始吹牛之前,
they'll empty their stomach out because what they don't want,of course, 他们会清空他们的胃,因为他们不想要的,当然,
if there's a mouse or a vole in there, 如果里面有老鼠或田鼠,
they don't want that to rot away 他们不想让它烂掉
inside and it's not the best view I've ever had of an adder. 在里面,这不是我所见过的加法器的最好的观点.
But I always think an encounter with an adder is a good one. 但我总是认为与加法器的相遇是一个很好的.
If I can find the animal,I can watch the animal, 如果我能找到那只动物,我就能看到那只动物,
I can film the animal if I want to,and when I leave, 如果我愿意,我可以拍摄动物,当我离开的时候,
the animal is still there.It's not been disturbed. 动物还在那里.没有被打扰.
And that's exactly what I'm going to do now. 这正是我现在要做的.
I'll let it be,I think. 我想我会顺其自然的.
Margam Country Park is mostly known for its beautiful buildings and its deer. 玛格姆郊野公园以其美丽的建筑和鹿而闻名.
There are not many parks in Wales where you'll see three species of 在威尔士,你可以看到三种不同的公园.
deer and so easily. 鹿,那么容易.
Like many other country parks,there's also plenty of other less 和许多其他郊野公园一样,还有很多其他的公园
obvious wildlife which takes a bit more effort to find. 明显的野生动物需要更多的努力才能找到.
And that's the real fun of wildlife watching. 这才是观看野生动物的真正乐趣.
The deer have all come together up on the hill now,the red and the fallow. 鹿现在都聚集在山上,红色和休耕.
And then you come down to Cwm Phillip, 然后你来到Cwm Phillip,
now in its autumn colours,absolutely stunning. 现在它的秋色,绝对令人惊叹.
Of course,that's where we saw the adder and it gives you some idea of 当然,这就是我们看到加法器的地方,它给了你一些想法.
the size of the park. 公园的大小.
It is huge and of course,this is only the back bit. 这是巨大的,当然,这只是后面的一点.
You've also got the front bit over there,as well. 你也有前面的位在那里,以及.
And this is nothing compared to the size of it 150 years ago. 与150年前的规模相比,这算不了什么.
It was huge. 这是巨大的.
That gives you some indication of the wealth of the people involved. 这给了你一些有关人员财富的迹象.
A fantastic place. 一个奇妙的地方.