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Winterwatch 2023 episode 6

Winterwatch 2023 episode 6

Winterwatch 2023 episode 6: Michaela Strachan heads into the macro studio with Lucy Lapwing to reveal some intriguing behaviours from Norfolk’s miniature marvels. Chris Packham takes us behind the scenes into the wildlife camera hub, while Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams move on to Musselburgh – a stone’s throw from Edinburgh – to explore the wildlife that call it home. Plus a man who takes to his kayak on the river at night to film a unique perspective of the wildlife he finds there.       Winterwatch is a popular annual British television series that showcases the lives of […]

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Winterwatch 2023 episode 5

Winterwatch 2023 episode 5

Winterwatch 2023 episode 5: The second week kicks off with a veritable feast of winter wildlife. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan give an update on the weekend dramas that have played out on the live cameras in Norfolk. There’s a look at one of Norfolk’s richest habitats, the Wash, which draws thousands of avian migrants every winter as well as the resident species it supports all year round. Iolo Williams and Gillian Burke continue to explore the city of Edinburgh, showcasing the Water of Leith as well as providing a privileged insight into the badgers’ weekend antics on the live

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Winterwatch 2023 episode 4

Winterwatch 2023 episode 4

Winterwatch 2023 episode 4: Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan reveal some ingenious beetle adaptations in the macro studio at Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk. Megan McCubbin immerses herself in one of our most iconic winter spectacles as she goes swimming with starlings. In Edinburgh, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams have moved from the cemetery to the river, in order to explore the city’s waterways. They reveal what a lifeline the river is for the city’s wildlife. And at the end of week one, they update us on the live wild badger characters in Edinburgh Zoo.       Springwatch, Autumnwatch

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Winterwatch 2023 episode 3

Winterwatch 2023 episode 3

Winterwatch 2023 episode 3: Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan revel in some of winter’s most dazzling displays. Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk delivers wildlife action from the remote cameras, providing an insight into some of Britain’s smallest mammals. There is also a chat with artist Paul Harfleet, who uses art to engage his audience and highlight the plight of many of our British bird species. And Iolo Williams and Gillian Burke meet some urban mammals in Edinburgh, indulging in a look at some of the macro marvels that call the cemetery home.       Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes

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Winterwatch 2023 episode 2

Winterwatch 2023 episode 2

Winterwatch 2023 episode 2: Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan unpack the revelations that happen after dark on the live remote camera in Norfolk. The macro studio also sees a return, where the invertebrate life on site at Wild Ken Hill is put under the microscope and bizarre behaviours are revealed. In Edinburgh, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams head into a cemetery to see the wildlife that uses these city habitats as a haven. There is also a look at live wild badger cameras in Edinburgh Zoo.       Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are

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Winterwatch 2023 episode 1

Winterwatch 2023 episode 1

Winterwatch 2023 episode 1: Winterwatch is back to showcase the very best of the season’s wildlife across the UK. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan revel in the season at Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk, where winter spectacles are in full swing. There’s a look at the largest jackdaw roost in the UK, as well as heartwarming stories of grey seal births along the coastline, as well as all the action caught on the live cameras. Meanwhile, Iolo Williams and Gillian Burke headi into Edinburgh, offering an insight into our urban wildlife. Peregrines and live badgers kick off proceedings. Springwatch, Autumnwatch

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Worlds of Wonder

Worlds of Wonder

Worlds of Wonder: A journey through the world’s coldest realms with the most-loved animals from the series, including emperor penguins and one of the largest packs of wolves ever recorded. This special episode brings together highlights from the series in a journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic. We begin on the frozen Arctic Ocean. It’s the end of winter, and as the sun returns, two polar bears meet on the ice. Usually solitary animals, these two young bears seem open to friendship, and together they enjoy several hours playing together – seemingly dancing on ice.        

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Africa's Wild Heart - Grass

Africa’s Wild Heart – Grass

Africa’s Wild Heart – Grass: On the vast savannahs, grazers and predators struggle to outwit each other, forcing primates to develop social systems. Visible from space, Africa’s Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It’s a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rolling grasslands, huge lakes and mighty rivers, and is home to crocodiles, hippos, lions, elephants, flocks of flamingos and a diversity of indigenous peoples.       Using state-of-the-art high definition filming techniques, this series investigates the geological forces which shaped east Africa’s Great Rift

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Africa's Wild Heart - Water

Africa’s Wild Heart – Water

Africa’s Wild Heart – Water: The Great Rift Valley channels a huge diversity of waterways – rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caustic springs and coral seas – from Egypt to Mozambique. Some lake and ocean deeps harbour previously unseen life-forms, while caustic waters challenge life to the extreme. But where volcanic minerals enrich the Great Rift’s waterways, they provide the most spectacular concentrations of birds, mammals and fish.       Visible from space, Africa’s Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It’s a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular

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Africa's Wild Heart - Fire

Africa’s Wild Heart – Fire

Africa’s Wild Heart – Fire: The valley, a vast crack spanning the length of East Africa, is the product of deep-seated geological forces which have spewed out a line of cloud-wreathed volcanoes stretching from Ethiopia to Tanzania. Their peaks provide a refuge for East Africa’s most extraordinary wildlife, including newly discovered and previously unfilmed species which have evolved surprising survival strategies. Visible from space, Africa’s Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It’s a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rolling grasslands, huge lakes and mighty rivers,

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Great Smoky Mountains

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers over 500,000 acres of breath-taking beauty – lush highland meadows, glorious waterfalls, pristine mountain streams and the highest mountain tops in the Appalachians, and to crown it all, it encompasses one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world.       Great Smoky Mountain National Park rests in the geographic province known as the Blue Ridge Mountains, named for their distinctive blue appearance when seen from a distance. Ridge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. World renowned for its diversity

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Autumnwatch 2022 episode 4

Autumnwatch 2022 episode 4

Autumnwatch 2022 episode 4: Chris and Michaela bring the final instalment of the wildlife dramas that have been unfolding all week at Wild Ken Hill. Gillian and Iolo will be catching up on the latest action from one of the biggest bat roosts in Wales. There’s a look at how the falling leaves of autumn lead to extraordinary wildlife dramas in our rivers, plus the woman releasing injured bats after they’ve successfully completed flight tests in her bat-friendly garage.       Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, sometimes known collectively as The Watches, are annual BBC television series which chart the

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