Following a cast of wildlife characters as Autumn develops.
Catch up with Jamie the Glaswegian fox and a chance to join our tree party at the weekend.
Bill Oddie and Kate Humble look at more footage of the whooper swans, red deer and foxes.
Simon King attempts to find the elusive and dangerous wild boar in the Forest of Dean.
Bill Oddie, Kate Humble have updates on the swans, geese and beavers at Martinmere.
Simon King heads to the North-Eastern Farne Islands for a captivating animal spectacle.
Find out how many of the whooper swans have made it back to Martinmere.
In the final episode Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King reflect on the past fortnight.
Gordon Buchanan braves storms to follow the fate of a grey seal colony.
Bill and Kate set a challenge for the red squirrels to find out how clever they are.
Simon heads to Birmingham where he encounters deer in the city. But how do they get there?
Bill and Kate update us on the red squirrel obstacle course.
Simon King heads off to Angelsea in North Wales to reveal the mysterious lives of ravens.
As winter draws closer the grey seal pups face harsh conditions.
Simon attempts to dive live with menacing conger eels in an Autumnwatch first.
Bill and Kate are joined by a surprise visitor as they wrap up the series.
Chris Packham and Kate Humble share their adventures in a wildlife-rich cider orchard.
Chris and Kate say goodbye to the summer's migrants and hello to the autumn arrivals.
Chris and Kate are at a wildlife hospital helping to care for sick and injured animals.
Chris Packham and Kate Humble are in north Norfolk to witness the 'knot spectacle'.
Chris Packham and Kate Humble are in Gloucestershire for Halloween week.
Chris and Kate are in the Lake District to witness a British wood at its seasonal best.
Chris Packham and Kate Humble are in Pembrokeshire, south Wales.
Chris Packham and Kate Humble are in the Cairngorms to witness winter's arrival.
Chris Packham and Kate Humble find red deer and peregrine falcons in London's wild side.
Chris Packham and Kate Humble visit the south coast to witness bird migration in action.
Chris Packham and Kate Humble visit Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland.
Chris and Kate are in the New Forest to enjoy the full splendour of autumn.
Chris and Martin visit the west coast of Scotland to catch up with the sea eagles of Mull.
The team finds out why our back gardens are an important sanctuary for wildlife in autumn.
Chris Packham and Kate Humble track down vast flocks of roosting starlings.
In the last of the series, Chris Packham and Kate Humble say goodbye to autumn.
The team visit the spectacular Wye Valley on the trail of wild boar, bats and more.
Martin Hughes-Games reveals unique insights into the lives of badgers in their setts.
Wildlife filmmaker Johnny Kingdom is on the trail of the red deer rut.
The team report on the glorious autumn colours and wildlife of the Cotswolds.
The team present from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's Slimbridge reserve.
The team explore the UK's spectacular coastline and marine life.
The team search for urban deer in Sheffield, and take part in a lunch break bird safari.
Chris Packham and Martin Hughes-Games track down nature's ultimate winter survivors.
News on how the wettest summer in 100 years has affected the UK's wildlife.
Martin Hughes-Games tracks down one of the UK's most controversial residents, the beaver.
The team reveal the hidden world of the UK's nocturnal animals.
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan look ahead to the challenges of winter.
Featuring a look at migration and how the bountiful autumn has affected wildlife.
The latest action from the wild Lancashire coast and a special report on Brighton foxes.
Using infra-red and thermal imaging cameras to explore the heart of RSPB Leighton Moss.
With a look ahead to the challenges that winter will bring for our wildlife.
Autumnwatch is back with the best of the season's wild stories, live from the beautiful Lancashire coast. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games watch the action unfold as barn owls, starlings and otters prepare for winter. There is a special report on the most dramatic of autumn spectacles, the red deer rut, as huge male stags fight for the right to mate.
Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan are live from RSPB Leighton Moss on the stunning Lancashire coast, where they're getting to know the resident red deer, barn owls, starlings and otters. In a special report, Martin heads north to the Baltic Sea on the trail of migrating swans
The best of the season's wildlife with Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan, live from their base on the Lancashire coast. Martin immerses himself in the watery world of otters and ducks at RSPB Leighton Moss, and there is a special report from Iolo Williams as he heads to the Welsh coast to rescue fledgling seabirds.
At the end of an action-packed week, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games report live on all the wildlife stories from their base on the Lancashire coast. It's Halloween, so this is all about the creatures of the night, and there's a special investigation into the latest animal to move into our towns and cities, the urban badger.
Autumnwatch is back, live from a brand new location - the Wildfowl & Wetland Trust Caerlaverock Reserve in the beautiful south west of Scotland. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games watch the action unfold as resident badgers and otters prepare for winter. Elsewhere, the red deer rut goes into nocturnal overdrive, and the country is invaded by hundreds of thousands of swans and geese.
Autumnwatch Unsprung returns with a mix of special guests, audience interaction and viewers' questions and comments. Chris Packham hosts and talks to a local expert about the area around Caerlaverock and why the show has moved here, and Lindsey Chapman is on hand to review what the audience has been up to over the summer.
Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan are live from Caerlaverock on the stunning south west corner of Scotland, surrounded by the entire world population of Svalbard barnacle geese. In a special report, Martin is on a stakeout to unravel the extraordinary night-time shenanigans of red deer. And the team are treated to possibly the closest views of badgers yet.
Chris Packham presents Autumnwatch's live aftershow, with special guests, a live studio audience and interaction with those watching at home. TV vet Matt Brash is on the sofa answering viewers' wildlife questions, and there is live music from nature-loving British Sea Power.
The best of the season's wildlife with Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan, live from their base in the south west of Scotland. The wild goose chase continues, along with action from badgers, otters and the UK's most powerful birds of prey.
At the end of an action-packed week, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games report live on all the wildlife stories from their base on the Scottish coast. It's Bonfire Night and the series finale promises to be spectacular. Wildlife up and down the country has been putting on incredible displays, and the team are using the very latest technology to take us closer than ever to nocturnal animal action.
Autumnwatch is back, live from a brand new location, RSPB Arne Reserve in Dorset. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games watch the action unfold as resident sika deer fight for dominance. There's an exciting update on the Springwatch eagle chick, plus one woman's quest to fly with migrating Bewick's swans.
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are live from Arne on the stunning south coast, where things get hotter in the sika deer rut. There's also a chance to name the golden eagle chick, migration is in full swing and there's a brand new mouse maze. Meanwhile Martin Hughes-Games attempts to break a UK record for the largest flock of spoonbills ever seen and Lucy Cooke pops in with a report on Britain's cutest mammalian invader.
The best of the season's wildlife with Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan, live from their base at Arne in Poole Harbour, one of the best places in the UK to witness the autumn spectacle. Martin goes on a live sound safari and Gillian Burke tells the tale of Britain's most elusive and prettiest spider.
At the end of an action-packed week, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games report live on all the wildlife stories from their base at Arne on the south coast. Wildlife up and down the country has been putting on incredible displays and the team use the latest technology to show nocturnal animal action.
Autumnwatch returns to its year-round home in the heart of the Costwolds - the National Trust's Sherborne Park Estate. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games are live in the countryside, updating on some of the characters that we last saw at the end of Springwatch, and introducing us to a whole host of new faces. Meanwhile, Gillian Burke is on the south coast, putting a family of urban foxes through their paces in a brand new intelligence test.
Gillian Burke reveals the latest in her fox intelligence test from an urban garden in Bournemouth, while Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games are live from the Gloucestershire countryside, reporting on otters and owls, badgers and blackbirds.
Live from their base in the heart of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan share the news from the wildlife cameras over the past 24 hours. Martin Hughes-Games is out and about trying his hand at the unusual art of worm-charming, whilst Gillian Burke visits the UK's newest population of wild beavers in Cornwall.
It is the end of a busy week in the Gloucestershire countryside, and Michaela Strachan, Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and Martin Hughes-Games all come together to wrap up the series. There is a final update on the fox intelligence experiment and a chance to drop in on the live cameras around the estate, before it is time to say goodbye to the animals who have provided the entertainment all week long.
Autumnwatch is back, but this time with a difference - for the first time ever the team are coming live from America. Every year six billion trees across New England turn into a riot of yellows, reds and golds, and Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke have travelled to New Hampshire to beam live pictures of this phenomenon back to the UK.
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are live once more from the beautiful Squam Lake in New Hampshire, where overnight events have already thrown up plenty of surprises on the live cameras. Gillian Burke gets up close with one of New England's smallest owls, the saw-whet.
Live from their base in the heart of New Hampshire, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke bring us the latest happenings from deep in the American woods. We learn about the science of how this spectacular leaf change comes about, and meet some of the smaller residents who change colour along with the leaves.
Chris, Michaela and Gillian look back at some of the spectacular sights that have graced our screens over the week, comparing the richness of these American forests to the species seen in the UK. There is a film about the incredible migration of the monarch, a butterfly that flies all the way to Mexico at this time of year, plus a swirling tornado of tree swallows which Michaela went to see in Connecticut. And in Boston, a pack of dangerous animals are on the loose - gangs of turkeys roam the streets driving some residents to distraction.
It’s Halloween week and Autumnwatch is back – launching a week of special 60-minute programmes celebrating all the very best of our UK wildlife. Broadcasting live from the Dell of Abernethy in the heart of the Cairngorms, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams profile this stunning wilderness in its most technicolour season, finding out what autumn means for the iconic wildlife and the animals that live here. In the first programme, they explain exactly what autumn is and how it came to be. Tonight astronaut Tim Peake explains how autumn was born four and a half billion years ago, and we meet a Northumbrian GP who has befriended a colony of North Sea seals. We report on the initial results of the Watch’s largest citizen science project ever attempted - Gardenwatch. Working in conjunction with the British Trust for Ornithology and the Open University, we asked people to survey the wildlife living in their gardens to help scientists build a comprehensive report of exactly what lives on the nation's doorsteps.
Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams are live from the Cairngorms National Park, where overnight events have already created dramas. Tonight the team look at how this years seasonal changes have shaped autumn 2019. Michaela embarks on a wild goose chase and the camera team are on a mission to find a deer rut deep in the Abernethy forest.
Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams return with another hour-long live programme, live from the Cairngorms National Park. It is Halloween so time to reveal the wild secrets of Troll Mountain on the Island of Rum. Chris reveals the surprising science inside an antler and the team go hunting for Britain’s biggest spider.
Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams end their week-long adventure in the Cairngorms. Tonight they look at the autumns of the future and discover encouraging news about Scottish wildcats. Gillian shares her amazing encounter with an 8ft blue shark, and we update on Cairngorms Connect – Britain’s Great Landscape restoration project.
Autumnwatch is back for two weeks! The nights are drawing in, it is getting colder and we could all do with a bit of cheering up, so the team invite you to wrap up in a warm autumn blanket of wonderful wildlife, seasonal beauty and natural wonder. Chris is in the New Forest watching autumn transform his home, Iolo is at the spectacular Centre of Alternative Technology in west Wales, Gillian visits a remarkable wildlife restoration project in South Yorkshire, and Michaela is in Fife at a wonderful NatureScot reserve, where she reports live on a giant grey seal breeding colony on the nearby Isle of May.
Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams are live from the New Forest, Fife, Yorkshire and Powys. There is more drama from Michaela’s Scottish seal colony, and Chris reveals the latest antics of his multicoloured badger family. There is a magnificent film about Great Orme’s goat rut, and a blizzard of birds takes over the screen, thanks to a camera embedded in a huge flock of wild waders.
Live from their different bases in England, Scotland and Wales, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams find out how to connect with nature this autumn. Chris catches up with a mob of hungry teenage white-tailed eagles, released on the Isle of Wight, and shares the surprising science that reveals exactly why getting out into nature is good for us, whatever the weather.
Autumnwatch is inspired by Halloween. Gillian shows off the amazing hydraulic power of spiders’ legs. Iolo has an exclusive update on the remarkable story of a giant vulture that set up home in Derbyshire! Megan and Chris look back at the mouse experiment and their friendly foxes, and Michaela catches up on the highs and lows of the Scottish seal colony.
Autumnwatch returns for a second week. Gillian reveals the surprising wildlife to be found amongst the chimney stacks and industrial ponds of South Yorkshire, Chris and Megan are live in the New Forest reporting on the fox and badger families, Michaela catches up on the latest dramatic developments among the seal breeding colony on the Isle of May, and Iolo tries to track down a wild parrot-like bird in a secret location in west Wales.
Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams all look at the unseen side of autumn from their four separate locations across the country. There is big news about hedgehogs, a look at one of the cutest and strangest of all our marine predators – the bob-tailed squid - and a fantastic mindful moment capturing the expansive skies and rare wildlife of the Fens.
Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams focus on the incredible journeys wildlife makes in autumn, whether feather, fin or fur. Megan catches up with some rare whales in the Scottish Highlands, Iolo reveals the super science behind nocturnal mass migration, Chris and Megan light up the New Forest to visualise secret fungal networks, and Gillian reveals that ducks support their own team colours!
In the final episode of the series, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams look to the future. Gillian reports on the return of giant blue-finned tuna to Cornwall, gannets take a leap of faith in Yorkshire, Iolo joins leaping salmon in Wales, Michaela says goodbye to the seals, and Chris reminds us that Winterwatch will return for another series in January!
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.
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 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.
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 into 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. 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.
Chris and Michaela present the final installment 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! 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.
Autumnwatch has been out filming some amazing seasonal spectacles across the UK – celebrating the very best of British wildlife.
Animal advocates enjoy the best seasonal wildlife from across the British Isles.
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan settle into the live cameras at Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk, where beavers are frequenting a floating raft and thermal cameras are poised to capture the natural events that happen after dark. Iolo Williams and Gillian Burke are at Teifi Marshes in Wales, where Iolo is on the lookout for the locking antlers of the deer rut and Gillian is exploring the natural wonders of Cardigan Bay. They also have live cameras on one of the biggest bat roosts in Wales to witness the comings and goings as they happen.
A deep dive into the changing nature of autumn, looking at the winners and losers as environmental patterns shift. In Norfolk, Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan showcase the surprising things that viewers have been seeing this autumn from around the country. Iolo Williams and Gillian Burke wow in Wales with marine marvels and mammals, including live bats departing en masse from their roost sites at dusk.
Chris and Michaela showcase the insects who live at Wild Ken Hill, with the macro studio set up to showcase bugs and creepy crawlies in incredible detail. And will the beavers make an appearance live in the show? Iolo Williams and Gillian Burke showcase the sights and sounds of Wales. Do dolphins have Welsh accents? And Autumnwatch has once again teamed up with Children in Need, meeting nature-loving siblings Sophia and Leo, who are dealing with a disease that affects so many families, cancer.
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.
Martin Hughes-Games hosts the climax to a week of Autumnwatch, and it is time for viewers to take over the show. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin answer your questions, take a look at your photos and videos, and share your experiences of autumn.
Chris Packham is joined by a live studio audience and fellow Autumnwatch presenters Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games to preview the final show of the series. Answering questions and comments from viewers at home, they are also joined by special guests to explore why UK nature is such a draw to people across the length and breadth of the country.
Join Hannah and Chris this lunchtime for some weird and wonderful wildlife stories
Join Hannah and Michaela in looking at all things autumn
Join Hannah and Gillian this lunchtime to look at the oceans in autumn
Join Hannah and Iolo this lunchtime to chat about how autumn affects us
