Springwatch Season 21 · Episode 2

Episode 2

30th May 2023 59 mins Season 21 Episode 2

Featuring a smorgasboard of wildlife: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, inverts and a botany bonanza. Michaela Strachan heads out in search of all six of Britain's native reptile species, while Chris Packham gets into the finer detail of some of our nests on site at RSPB Arne. Plus, a meet up with the series's resident botanist as they uncover some rather revealing revelations about British flora, while Gillian Burke goes in search of some of Snowdonia’s brilliant bats.

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Season 21 · Episode 3

Episode 3

With Springwatch now in full swing and the Dorset heathland making for a truly tremendous cast of characters, some exciting new nests are launched. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan unpack the overnight drama from the key characters, while there's a search of some of the heathland’s resplendent inverts. Gillian Burke continues her Snowdonia exploration and is out looking for Britain's only venomous snake, the adder. There's also the 'swift man’, an 81-year-old who has dedicated over a decade to building boxes for swifts. His current total is 64,000, and he shows no signs of stopping!

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