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Winterwatch 2022 episode 3

Winterwatch 2022 episode 3

Winterwatch 2022 episode 3: The days may be shorter and the nights longer, but winter is far from a season of slumber. In Northern Ireland, Megan McCubbin takes a look inside an egret roost after dark, revealing a world we rarely get to see. Norfolk is putting on a show of its own at Wild Ken Hill, where the wading marsh is awash with action. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan bring us its winter highlights. Over on the Isle of Mull, Iolo Williams is banking on some hungry winter dinner guests. A golden eagle wouldn’t be too much to ask, […]

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Winterwatch 2022 episode 2

Winterwatch 2022 episode 2

Winterwatch 2022 episode 2: With cameras trained on a carcass on Mull, Iolo Williams is hoping for an appearance from one of the island’s most enigmatic residents, the eagle. In Norfolk, Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan look at the winter survival strategies of the local wildlife and keep their eyes peeled for one of Wild Ken Hill’s resident beavers, while Megan McCubbin investigates winter wildlife at WWT Castle Espie.     Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual BBC television series which chart the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in

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Winterwatch 2022 episode 1

Winterwatch 2022 episode 1

Winterwatch 2022 episode 1: Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan visit Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk, where thermal cameras reveal animal antics after dark. Iolo Williams witnesses eagles and otters on the Isle of Mull, and Megan McCubbin watches events unfold at WWT Castle Espie in Northern Ireland, where swathes of winter waders are seeing out the season.     Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual BBC television series which chart the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in the United Kingdom. The programmes are broadcast live from locations around the

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Attenborough's Wonder of Song

Attenborough’s Wonder of Song

Attenborough’s Wonder of Song: Sir David Attenborough chooses his favourite recordings from the natural world that have revolutionised our understanding of song. Each one – from the song of the largest lemur to the song of the humpback whale to the song of the lyrebird – was recorded in his lifetime.     When Sir David was born, the science of song had already been transformed by Charles Darwin’s theory of sexual selection: singing is dangerous as it reveals the singer’s location to predators, but it also offers the male a huge reward, the chance to attract a female and

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Autumnwatch 2021 episode 4

Autumnwatch 2021 episode 4

Autumnwatch 2021 episode 4: Chris and Michaela present the final instalment of the wildlife dramas that have been unfolding all week at Wild Ken Hill. Gillian is looking at the importance of wetlands for carbon capture, Megan sheds light on the significance of marine bioluminescence, and spoken word artist Isi the Scribe gets inspired by the beauty of badgers and red squirrels. And find out why an autumn hedgerow has such rich pickings – even for fish!     Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual BBC television series which chart the fortunes of British

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Autumnwatch 2021 episode 3

Autumnwatch 2021 episode 3

Autumnwatch 2021 episode 3: At Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk, Chris reveals images of animals at night taken by a thermal camera, while Michaela heads to the coast to find out why the Wash is awash with migrating birds at this time of year.     Megan takes a dip in shark-infested waters in Scotland, Gillian looks into the genetics of red squirrels and there’s an autumn assassin in the shape of a wasp spider. Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual BBC television series which chart the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing

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Autumnwatch 2021 episode 2

Autumnwatch 2021 episode 2

Autumnwatch 2021 episode 2: In this episode, there’s a woodland symphony composed using the sounds of fungi, and Chris and Michaela search for signs of the beaver kit born at Wild Ken Hill.     Gillian gets stuck into the importance of mud at Strangford Lough, while in Scotland, Megan checks out how hedgehogs are doing on Mull. And there’s a Mindful Moment from the beautiful lakes and mountains of Cumbria. Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual BBC television series which chart the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in

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Autumnwatch 2021 episode 1

Autumnwatch 2021 episode 1

Autumnwatch 2021 episode 1: Autumnwatch returns for a week of live wildlife stories from across the UK. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are at Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk to see what’s changed since spring and to revel in the Snettisham Spectacular – an autumn highlight in the birding calendar. In Northern Ireland, Gillian Burke digs deep into how moles cache worms for the cooler months, and Megan McCubbin is live from the Isle of Mull, a place famous for its eagles, red deer and otters.     Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual

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Serengeti episode 1

Serengeti episode 1

Serengeti episode 1: Serengeti follows the interconnected stories of a cast of savannah animals over one year, in a bold new dramatised natural history format for BBC One. Narrated by award-winning British actor John Boyega, the series captures the high drama of the area’s distinctive wildlife up close. There’s love and loss, jealousy and rivalry, tragedy and triumph, as their lives entwine and dramatically unfold in the heart of this legendary land.     It’s the time of plenty in the Serengeti, with food in abundance, but a series of unexpected events turns families against each other and stretches relationships

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Ocean Giants episode 3 - Voices of the Sea

Ocean Giants episode 3 – Voices of the Sea

Ocean Giants episode 3 – Voices of the Sea: Whales and dolphins are nature’s supreme vocalists, with a repertoire to put an opera singer to shame. The mighty sperm whale produces deafening clicks in its blowhole which it uses to locate giant squid two miles down in the ocean abyss, while migrating narwhals use similar sounds to pinpoint vital breathing holes in Arctic ice floes.     The pink boto dolphin creates bat-like ultrasonic clicks to ‘see with sound’ and to catch fish in the murky waters of the Amazon River, and also uses whistles and chirps for social conversations.

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Ocean Giants episode 2 - Deep Thinkers

Ocean Giants episode 2 – Deep Thinkers

Ocean Giants episode 2 – Deep Thinkers: Humans have long wondered if the universe may harbour other intelligent life forms. But perhaps we need look no further than our oceans?     Whales and dolphins, like humans, have large brains, are quick to learn new behaviours and use a wide range of sounds to communicate with others in their society. But how close are their minds to ours? In the Bahamas, Professor Denise Herzing believes she is very close to an answer, theorising that she will be able to hold a conversation with wild dolphins in their own language within

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 Ocean Giants episode 1

Ocean Giants episode 1 – Giant Lives

Ocean Giants episode 1 – Giant Lives: This episode explores the intimate details of the largest animals that have ever lived on our planet – the great whales. From the balmy waters of the Indian Ocean to the freezing seas of the Arctic, two daring underwater cameramen – Doug Allan, Planet Earth’s polar specialist, and Didier Noirot, Cousteau’s front-line cameraman – come face to face with fighting humpback whales and 200-ton feeding blue whales.     Alternative stream   Teaming up with top whale scientists, Giant Lives discovers why southern right whales possess a pair of one-ton testicles, why the

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