Winterwatch

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games present the best UK winter wildlife stories. There is dramatic action from a seal colony in Norfolk.

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan broadcast live from the Scottish Highlands. Martin Hughes-Games scales the snowy Cairngorms to track down the mountain hare.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games broadcast live from the Scottish Highlands. In Norfolk, the Seal Diary continues with dramatic battles between rival males.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games broadcast live from the Scottish Highlands. The team find out why cities become a haven for wildlife in winter.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games are back with the best UK wildlife stories. There is a special report on Brighton's urban foxes.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games present the best UK wildlife stories. There is a special report as Chris tracks an urban fox on the move in Brighton.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games present the best UK wildlife stories. Martin braves the River Dee as he explores the watery home of otters and dippers.

At the end of an action-packed week, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games report live on wildlife stories from the Scottish Highlands.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games are back with the best seasonal wildlife stories. Martin examines how the local wildlife shelters from storms.

The team are live from Scotland with the latest updates on a host of wintry wildlife stories. Martin takes to the trees as he enters the world of the red squirrel.

Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan are in Scotland with a look at the winter wildlife found in our rivers and coastlines.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games reveal some of winter's most beautiful spectacles. Chris gives viewers a beginner's guide to understanding animal tracks.

Chris, Michaela and Martin are live with coverage from across the Scottish highlands with winter wildlife stories from across the country.

Chris, Michaela and Martin are live with coverage from across the Scottish highlands with winter wildlife stories from across the country.

Chris, Michaela and Martin are live with coverage from across the Scottish highlands with winter wildlife stories from across the country.

Chris, Michaela and Martin are live with coverage from across the Scottish highlands with winter wildlife stories from across the country.

Winterwatch returns to RSPB Arne in Dorset to check in with the latest in the world of British wildlife. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games present.

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are live from the studio at RSPB Arne with the latest news from the ongoing stories on the reserve.

The Winterwatch team showcase some of the animals that choose to stay in the micro-climate of Poole Harbour over the winter. Plus, a look at how other species survive up and down the British Isles.

It is the last Winterwatch of the season, and Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan round up the activity they have seen throughout the week at RSPB Arne in Dorset.

Winterwatch returns to its year-round home in the heart of the Cotswolds - the National Trust's Sherborne Park Estate - to see how the animals there have fared since autumn, and bring a week of the very best of winter from up and down the country. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan host from Sherborne, whilst Martin Hughes-Games continues to go deeper into some of the hidden stories around the estate. Gillian Burke is on Islay, off the west coast of Scotland, tracking down a family of otters who live around one of the island's famous whisky distilleries.

Gillian Burke brings the latest from Islay, explaining why this island's geography makes it particularly good for wildlife in the winter, especially the huge flocks of wintering geese. Martin Hughes-Games is exploring another hidden aspect of the Gloucestershire countryside, while Michaela Strachan and Chris Packham update us on the local wildlife from Sherborne.

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 has updates on what has been going on in the bat roost since we left it in Autumnwatch - with the cameras and audio equipment catching some fascinating behaviour, including mating. On Islay, Gillian has decamped form the north to the south of the island, hoping to catch up with golden eagles that are the top predators on this peninsula.

It is the final show of Winterwatch 2018 and it has been a busy week in the Gloucestershire countryside. Michaela Strachan, Chris Packham and Martin Hughes-Games all come together to wrap up the series, with live action and reports from our cameras. Gillian Burke also has her last report from Islay, concluding a week full of goose spectacle, otter cuteness and golden eagle majesty.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke host from the Cairngorms. And there is a look at how Britain's wildlife is faring across the country.

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are live from Scotland. Gillian Burke is on the trail of a surprising winter insect spectacle, and Iolo Williams hopes to track down a wildcat.

Chris Packham Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams share the latest news from the wildlife cameras. The team looks at some of the smallest residents, wood ants.

It is the final show in this year's Winterwatch, and the team reviews the extraordinary events that have taken place in their new, wild home in the Cairngorms. There are red squirrels and pine martens, crested tits and golden eagles, and a round-up of what has been going on up and down the UK this winter.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams host, live from the Cairngorms. What can the Cairngorms reveal about winter right now, and in the future?

The Winterwatch team are live from the Cairngorms. They look at why there has been a severe lack of snow in Scotland this year.

The team share the incredible science that explains why ducks don't die from the cold, a hidden world of overwintering insects, and minibeasts captured on camera by a passionate amateur photographer.

The team reviews the extraordinary events that have taken place this week and looks back over an eventful year in the Cairngorms.

Winterwatch is back for two weeks! The days are short and the nights are long, but there is magic to be found in winter. The team invite you to join them for an exploration of wonderful wildlife.

In this episode, Winterwatch concentrates on the superpowers that some of our wildlife has developed in order to survive this harshest of seasons.

This episode concentrates on the sense of winter – the touch, smell, sounds and sights that make up the most magical of seasons.

This episode concentrates on the hidden treasures of winter. Chris Packham comes live from the New Forest, catching up on the drama at his badger sett and the salmon in the Ness.

This episode looks at the extraordinary lengths animals go to in order to survive this harshest of seasons, while Megan McCubbin investigates species that aren't as loved as they should be.

In this episode, Winterwatch looks at winter gatherings. Chris Packham is live in the New Forest, Gillian Burke explores the life-cycle of the eel, and Megan McCubbin is swimming with jellyfish.

In this episode, Winterwatch takes a look at wellbeing – both for humans and for animals – and how, in these difficult times, nature can have the answers.

The last episode of the series looks at what winter means to us. Chris Packham has a final look at the live cameras, and Iolo Williams explores the amazing success of red kites in Wales.

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan visit Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk, Iolo Williams witnesses eagles and otters on the Isle of Mull, and Megan McCubbin watches winter waders in Northern Ireland.

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.

Megan McCubbin takes a look inside an egret roost after dark, revealing a world we rarely get to see. On the Isle of Mull, Iolo Williams is still hoping to spot a golden eagle.

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan look at the season's movers and shakers, including some animals we may be surprised to see out at this time of the year.

The second week kicks off with a deluge of drama captured on the live cameras over the weekend. Iolo Williams introduces us to the great northern divers, and Megan McCubbin meets the Irish hare.

Poet Rob McFarlane transports us into a beautiful birch woodland and captivates us with his lyricism, and we get an insight into the life of the oystercatcher.

Megan McCubbin is investigating a rather surprising evolution among crabs in Northern Ireland, while Iolo Williams discovers a Hen Harrier roost in Mull.

In the last episode of the series, we take a look back at this magical season as well as meeting a man who has spent his lifetime getting to know the forests of Abernethy in the Cairngorms.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan give an update on the dramas in Norfolk, there's a look at the rich habitats of the Wash, and Iolo Williams and Gillian Burke showcase the Water of Leith.

Michaela Strachan and Lucy Lapwing reveal some intriguing behaviours from Norfolk's miniature marvels, and Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams look at the wildlife of Musselburgh.

Michaela Strachan celebrates one of Norfolk's most sensational winter species, pink-footed geese, while Chris Packham catches up on all the action from the live wildlife cameras.

Sir David Attenborough is a guest on the show, talking with Chris Packham about all things British wildlife ahead of his series Wild Isles. Meanwhile, Chris and Michaela say goodbye to Wild Ken Hill.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, and Iolo Williams kick off the week at RSPB Arne in Dorset. Iolo also heads over to Brownsea Island, and Gillian Burke explores the isles of Orkney.

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan reveal the action at RSPB Arne in Dorset. Iolo Williams brings the latest from Brownsea island and Gillian Burke continues her Orkney adventures.

It's time to sit back and enjoy a music-free episode and be immersed in the natural sounds of nature.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams wrap up the week's wildlife stories from RSPB Arne in Dorset, and Gillian concludes her Orkney adventures.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams present the spectacular return of Winterwatch, kicking off the 2025 series from RSPB Arne in Dorset.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams bring a little warmth to the winter season, shining a light on the young naturalists of the future, bitterns and winter moths.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams bring a seasonal sound spectacular with this music-free episode, designed to showcase the natural sounds of winter.

Chris, Michaela and Iolo wrap up from RSPB Arne. Ahead of RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, they meet the rock‘n'roll birder who shows how Britain's birds can be as diverse as people's musical tastes.

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams are broadcasting live from the beautiful Mount Stewart estate on the shores of Strangford Lough.

Winter is in full swing at Mount Stewart as Winterwatch 2026 returns for its second evening on the shores of Strangford Lough.

In this completely music-free episode, every part of the programme is accompanied only by the authentic sounds of nature.

As Winterwatch 2026 draws to a close, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams celebrate the very best of winter at Mount Stewart.