Springwatch 2026 episode 8 brought the second week to a close from the rain-soaked National Trust reserve at Crom in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, where Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan tracked a dramatic mix of new life, sudden loss and behaviour rarely caught on camera.

Springwatch 2026 episode 7 delivered one of the season’s most dramatic blends of survival, predation and surprising urban wildlife

Springwatch 2026 episode 6 brought Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan back to the storm-touched shores of the Crom National Trust Estate in County Fermanagh, where a single promise opened the night: every animal had survived the previous 24 hours. That mattered. Recent days had been brutal viewing, with Irish stoats and pine martens predating nests across the reserve. Predators arrived, broods shrank, and viewers held their breath. Yet the live cameras showed life settling rather than ending. Buzzards once bullied down from three chicks to two were thriving. A favoured grebe nest endured. The episode balanced loss against survival with