It's May Bank Holiday and Springwatch is back for a special 90-minute opening show - broadcasting live from the Sherborne Park Estate in the Cotswolds. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan host, with a plethora of live cameras trained on brand new nests across the Gloucestershire countryside, with blue tits, marsh tits, treecreepers and a gorgeous little owl. \n \nThey are joined by Steve Backshall, the first in a series of special guests, who is investigating the Sherborne Brook and some of the small but vitally important creatures that live here. \n \nGillian Burke, who will spend the next three weeks travelling the length of the UK, is starting at its northern tip in the Shetlands, where she hopes to see killer whales and looks at the vitally important seabird colonies on these islands. \n \nWith films about a stunning butterfly conservation success story, ravens setting up home on the Gower peninsula in south Wales, and the wildlife to be found in Richmond Park in London, it's an action-packed 90 minutes.
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2024: Episode 12
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are joined at RSPB Arne in Dorset by Iolo Williams. The trio bid farewell to this year’s nests and recap on the highlights of the serie ...
11-07-2024
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2024: Episode 11
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan begin the deliberation of which nests will fledge before the end of the series. Plus a check-in with the progress of the graffiti artist who ...
09-07-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 10
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan broadcast from RSPB Arne in Dorset, while Iolo Williams has spread his wings to the Dorset coast and Portland Bill bird observatory - a hotsp ...
07-07-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 9
In a celebration of wildlife in Britain's cities, Megan McCubbin heads into Glasgow to revel in its urban cast of characters, while Iolo Williams visits a nature reserve in the ...
04-07-2024
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2024: Episode 8
A celebration of a true conservation hero. Roy Dennis has dedicated his life to bringing species back from the brink, this episode shines a light on his positive and groundbreak ...
02-07-2024
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2024: Episode 7
The excitement continues as the over-18 Wildlife Hero winner is announced. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan have the honour of meeting the winner and handing over their prest ...
01-07-2024
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2024: Episode 6
Springwatch celebrates the wildlife heroes who dedicate their time to nature. After hundreds of nominations, the under-18 winner receives their coveted Wildlife Hero Award.\n\nC ...
27-06-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 5
The wildlife cameras have been capturing all the dramatic wildlife action over the weekend, and Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are back at RSPB Arne in Dorset to give an up ...
25-06-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 4
Iolo Williams heads back to the fold and joins Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan at RSPB Arne in Dorset to round up the week and answer viewers' wildlife-themed questions.\n\n ...
24-06-2024
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2024: Episode 3
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan commentate on the comings and goings of the live nests as the drama unfolds in Dorset.\n\nIolo Williams is back at Hengistbury Head, where he ...
21-06-2024
BBC 2
2023: Episode 4
Week one of Springwatch wraps up with a deluge of drama. The nests are proving as exciting as ever, and Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan provide all the highlights ahead of t ...
15-06-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 2
Featuring a smorgasboard of wildlife: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, inverts and a botany bonanza.\n\nMichaela Strachan heads out in search of all six of Britain's native ...
08-06-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 8
In a celebration of Britain's seas, Gillian Burke has ventured further down the Llyn Peninsular and explores a seagrass meadow. This threatened habitat holds so much importance ...
29-06-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 12
In the final episode of the series, all eyes are on the nests at RSPB Arne in Dorset. Will they fledge before the night is over? Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan look back ov ...
12-07-2023
BBC 2
2024: Episode 11
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan begin the deliberation of which nests will fledge before the end of the series. Plus a check-in with the progress of the graffiti artist who ...
09-07-2024
BBC 2
2018: Episode 2
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are live once again from the Gloucestershire countryside, where overnight events have already thrown up plenty of surprises, including yet mo ...
29-05-2018
BBC 2
2022: Episode 12
In the final episode of the series, we say goodbye to all the nests that we have followed throughout this season.\n\nChris Packham and Michaela Strachan recap the highlights and ...
16-06-2022
BBC 2
2021: Episode 7
Featuring an island paradise for puffins in Scotland and golden hares in Northern Ireland. Chris checks in on the live nests to see who’s ready to fledge, whilst Michaela ...
22-06-2021
BBC 2
2014 - Episode 2
Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan have the lastest from the RSPB's Minsmere reserve in Suffolk, and track down its most secretive resident, the bittern.
27-05-2014
BBC 2
2015: Episode 4
At the end of an action-packed week, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games bring the best of the season's wildlife, while Chris Packham is on the trail of the local badgers, ...
28-05-2015
BBC 2