SIR David Attenborough has hinted he could by no means fly abroad once more after filming all over the world for practically 70 years.

The 94-year-old naturalist says he now hates planes.

Sir David Attenborough, who took a chopper to the North Pole in 2011, has hinted he may never fly overseas again

Sir David Attenborough, who took a chopper to the North Pole in 2011, has hinted he could by no means fly abroad once moreCredit score: Handout

The 94-year-old naturalist says he now hates planesCredit score: PA:Press Affiliation

Requested if he would journey abroad to movie once more, he advised Radio Occasions: “No, not so much.

“It’s in all probability a truth of age, however I used to be discovering my coronary heart was sinking deeper and deeper into my boots each time I walked up into an plane and regarded down that lengthy line and thought, ‘I’m going to be right here for one more 24 hours’.

“It didn’t make my coronary heart elevate with pleasure.”

Sir David’s first overseas journey for TV was in 1954 when he went to Sierra Leone for Zoo Quest. He has made greater than 300 programmes throughout seven a long time.

Sir David’s first foreign trip for TV was in 1954 for Zoo Quest

Sir David’s first overseas journey for TV was in 1954 for Zoo Quest

Sir David travelled to Rwanda for Life on Earth in 1979Credit score: Naturepl

His most celebrated documentaries embrace Life on Earth in 1979, watched by greater than 500 million individuals, 2001’s Blue Planet and 2011’s Frozen Planet.

For his The Lifetime of Birds documentary he travelled 256,000 miles — equal to 10 occasions around the world.

Over his profession he’s thought to have travelled nearly two million miles.

Final 12 months’s Seven Worlds, One Planet coated all seven continents and 41 nations.

For his The Life of Birds documentary he travelled 256,000 miles — equivalent to ten times round the world

For his The Lifetime of Birds documentary he travelled 256,000 miles — equal to 10 occasions around the worldCredit score: BBC

Sir David says he has been warning the world about climate change for 20 years and needs air journey to be costlier to fight it.

Final 12 months, he mentioned: “I feel that one strategy to cut back these items is to depend the prices of what it’s that air journey prices in actual phrases — in what it prices the setting.

“And if you happen to value that, then you will notice the tickets are terribly low cost.”