Springwatch Season 7 · Episode 5

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1st June 2010 1 hour Season 7 Episode 5

Chris Packham and Kate Humble are in Norfolk with live updates from the Springwatch animal stars - kestrels, plovers, skylarks, swallows, finches, barn owls and more - as their real-life family dramas unfold. Chris also meets one of his wildlife heroes, a man who's given his life to studying a jet fighter of an aerial predator - the sparrowhawk. Simon King gets to grips with Dorset's rich reptilian population, from venomous adders to green lizards.

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The Springwatch team report live on all the daily animal dramas as they happen, plus other stories from around the country. Kate Humble has part one of her guide to Britain's birds of prey and there is news of some Wild Days Out that everyone can get involved with. Simon King continues his journey into Dorset's wild side - top of the bill is the nightjar, a nocturnal bird with an appetite for moths.

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