History of lighthouses with demands, and to the loss of a number of ships, most notably the Dutch merchant ship Vreede in 1800 with the loss of 380 lives. After the reforms of the Lighthouse Act 1836, owners still managed to collect large dues, of which the largest were for the Smalls Lighthouse which collected £23,000 in 1852 and Trinity House was forced to spend over £1m in buying back leases, including £444,000 for the Skerries Lighthouse. The modern era of lighthouses began at the turn of the 18th century, as lighthouse construction boomed in lockstep with burgeoning levels of transatlantic commerce. Advances
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