2018

Season 16 · 2018 · 12 episodes

Episodes

1Episode 1Springwatch is back broadcasting live from the Sherborne Park Estate in the Cotswolds. Gillian Burke is in the Shetlands, where she hopes to see killer whales.
2Episode 2Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are live again once more from the Gloucestershire countryside, where overnight events have already thrown up plenty of surprises.
3Episode 3Live from their base in the heart of the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan share the latest news from the wildlife cameras over the past 24 hours, with reports on the blue tits and a new nest, the mandarin duck. Steve Backshall is upping the ante with his latest mission, climbing one of the state's ancient, or veteran oaks, in order to see what he can find, and to spend the night at the top of it. Gillian Burke has arrived in a different part of Shetland where she catches up with a special family of otters - including some intimate moments rarely caught on camera. We have the latest update from the raven family on the Gower, and a film about one incredible species of slug - the tree slug - which climbs up into the canopy every night to feed. Chris Packham in particular is a fan, and exhorts viewers to join his new slug appreciation society.
4Episode 4It is the end of the first week of this year's Springwatch, and the team reviews the extraordinary events that have already taken place.
5Episode 5Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams test a golden eagle against a white-tailed eagle in a Lord of the Wings spectacular. Gillian Burke sees how disused mines have been reclaimed.
6Episode 6Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are live from Gloucestershire. Gillian Burke is in Yorkshire investigating how bitterns have returned to this post-industrial landscape.
7Episode 7Live from the heart of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan share the latest news from the wildlife cameras.
8Episode 8The team looks back at another hectic week on the Sherborne Park Estate. Plus, Gillian Burke investigates the arms race that happens between plants and their pollinators.
9Episode 9Springwatch enters its final week as Michaela Strachan and Chris Packham update viewers on the busy weekend. Lucy Cooke and Patrick Aryee join them in Sherborne.
10Episode 10Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are live again from the Gloucestershire countryside with badgers, blue tits and the Sherborne River camera.
11Episode 11Live from 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.
12Episode 12In the final Springwatch programme of the year, the team looks back at another series on the Sherborne Park Estate, and the last series to come from the Cotswold countryside.