2011

Season 9 · 2011 · 12 episodes

Episodes

1Episode 1From Springwatch's new home in Mid Wales, Chris Packham and Kate Humble are joined by Martin Hughes-Games to follow the real-life daily fortunes of some unforgettable wildlife characters. The cast list includes red kites, herons, little egrets and pied flycatchers. Plus Charlie Hamilton-James is on a mission in the wilds of Scotland to reveal the secret life of our newest wild inhabitant - the beaver.
2Episode 2Catch the latest updates from the Springwatch animal stars - herons, redstarts, warblers, swallows, egrets, red kites and many more - as their real-life family dramas unfold daily. Chris Packham, Kate Humble and Martin Hughes-Games have an update on all the news from Wales. In Scotland, Charlie Hamilton-James is getting to grips with the beavers, which are making a comeback after being extinct in the British Isles for more than 400 years.
3Episode 3The Springwatch team report live from their new home in Mid Wales, keeping you up to date with all the daily animal dramas as they happen. Martin Hughes-Games has all the latest wildlife news from around the country. In Scotland, Charlie Hamilton-James continues his journey into the lives of Britain's only population of wild beavers.
4Episode 4The marathon live wildlife event continues with up to the minute reports on your favourite animal stars. In Scotland, it's Charlie Hamilton-James' final day with the beavers and in Wales, Chris Packham and Kate Humble are watching over their animal families. Martin Hughes-Games has more audience questions, videos and pictures.
5Episode 5From their new home in Mid Wales, the Springwatch team return for week two of the live wildlife event of the year, catching up on all the weekend's action. Chris Packham and Kate Humble report on their animal families. Off the south west tip of Wales, on Skomer Island, Iolo Williams unveils the newest stars of the series - puffins.
6Episode 6Chris Packham and Kate Humble bring us the latest live updates from our Springwatch animal stars - from herons to red kites - as the real-life dramas unfold. Martin Hughes-Games has the best of the wild animal antics that Springwatch viewers have filmed themselves. On Skomer Island in south Wales, Iolo Williams updates us on the puffins and reveals the strange night-time goings-on of another seabird, the Manx shearwater.
7Episode 7Reporting live from mid Wales, Chris Packham, Kate Humble, and Martin Hughes-Games catch up on all the animal dramas and report on other wildlife stories from around the British Isles. On Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast, Iolo Williams takes to the water to reveal puffins at their best - diving for fish.
8Episode 8The marathon live wildlife event continues with up-to-the-minute reports on all the animal stars - have any of Kate Humble and Chris Packham's chicks flown the nest? It is Iolo Williams last day with the puffins of Skomer Island and Martin Hughes-Games has been out and about to report on some of your surprising wildlife stories.
9Episode 9Chris Packham, Kate Humble and Martin Hughes-Games return for the final week of the wildlife event, with live updates on all of the animal characters. The team are joined by Liz Bonnin, who begins her exploration of a landfill site in Essex. Chris and Martin take each other away for the weekend. This time it is Martin's choice - the Isle of Man.
10Episode 10The latest live updates from the Springwatch animal stars - herons, swallows, red kites and many more - as their real-life dramas unfold. Liz Bonnin is getting to grips with a family of foxes at a landfill site in Essex. On the Isle of Man, Chris and Martin are on their boys weekend. Martin reveals the largest breeding colony of cormorants on the island.
11Episode 11Chris Packham, Kate Humble and Martin Hughes-Games are live with the latest on the Springwatch animal dramas and reporting on other stories from around the country. In Essex, Liz Bonnin reveals more of the wildlife of a landfill site - including badgers and foxes. Chris and Martin are in Newcastle to reveal the wild side of the city.
12Episode 12The marathon live wildlife event reaches its climax. What will have happened to the UK's favourite animal stars? Find out with the final live updates. Liz Bonnin says farewell to Essex and the wild inhabitants of the landfill site. In Newcastle, Martin and Chris are on the last leg of their boys weekend - at a colony of kittiwakes in the heart of the city.