Casquets lighthouses Casquets lighthouses Casquets Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the rocky Les Casquets, Alderney, Channel Islands. Casquets Lighthouse is the latest in a series of three lights on Les Casquets. The first lighthouses started operation on 30 October 1724, and were three towers lit by coal fires called St Peter, St Thomas and the Dungeon. Three stone towers were built to give the lights a distinctive appearance which would not be confused with lighthouses in nearby France. They were built by Thomas Le Cocq, owner of the rocks, under license from Trinity House and who was paid a halfpenny
Living Britain early summer featuring may-flies, moles, gannets and phalaropes. Midsummer is a busy time for insects, grouse & merlins rear their young & basking sharks visit our shores. Autumn is a dramatic time of change - birds migrate, red deer rut, leaves change colour & fungi abound. Looks at the influence of people on Britain's wildlife in the past & looks ahead to the new millennium. Living Britain Living Britain is a six-part nature documentary series, made by the BBC Natural History Unit, transmitted from October to December 1999. It was narrated by Samuel West and produced by Peter Crawford. It