A great British institution returns tomorrow night for its tenth series.
The BBC's Springwatch has, alongside its sister series Autumnwatch, been on our screens every year since 2005 (with Winterwatch starting in 2012) and, this year, will be on every night from Monday to Thursday for the next three weeks on BBC Two.
For the last three years, Springwatch - which charts the fortunes of British spring wildlife - and its trio of presenters, Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan, were at RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Ynys Hir nature reserve in west Wales. This year - and for the next two years - they will be coming live from RSPB Minsmere nature reserve in Suffolk in eastern England.
RSPB Minsmere, one of the richest areas for wildlife in the UK with more than 5,600 species on site, will host the live three-week series from tomorrow night at 8pm.
Reserve manager Adam Rowlands said the site's rich biodiversity promised viewers a "jam-packed series".
Habitats at the 1,000 hectare (2,470 acre) reserve include sand dunes, saline lagoons, reedbeds and woodland.
"The RSPB has been giving nature a very special home on the Suffolk Coast since 1947, and we are delighted to be able to share it with BBC viewers in the coming weeks," said Mr Rowlands.
"The rich biodiversity of this glorious coastal location promises a jam-packed series of the popular TV show, providing a great opportunity for people to enjoy the iconic views and wildlife here in Suffolk."
Wildlife specialists have been rigging cameras on the reserve's lagoon over the last few weeks in a series of specially-built hides, linked by corridors of high reed screens to shield the production team from view.
Cameras will be carefully positioned in and around the nests of avocets, terns, oystercatchers and lapwings, allowing constant, real-time updates as they keep watch for predators and strive to raise their young.
Night-vision cameras will also follow the reserve's resident badger family using the latest scientific techniques to study them and unearth the intimate details of their lives, both above and below ground.
Live and recorded footage from the cameras will be shown during the shows and can also be accessed via the Springwatch website or, if you live in Britain or Ireland, via the BBC Red Button.
Former presenter Bill Oddie - the Goodie hosted the show from 2005 to 2008 - will return to mark the show's 10th anniversary.
If you like wildlife, this is a show you should watch if you can.
Springwatch: RSPB Minsmere to host Chris Packham BBC2 wildlife show
7 May 2014
BBC News
Springwatch presentation team: Martin Hughes-Games (left), Chris Packham (centre) and Michaela Strachan. The annual show, which has become something of a British institution, returns for its tenth series
BBC Two - Springwatch
Springwatch will be migrating to a new home on the Suffolk coast when the nature programme returns to BBC Two, it has been revealed.
RSPB Minsmere, one of the richest areas for wildlife in the UK with more than 5,600 species on site, will host the three-week series from 26 May.
Reserve manager Adam Rowlands said the site's rich biodiversity promised viewers a "jam-packed series".
Former presenter Bill Oddie will return to mark the show's 10th anniversary.
The Springwatch team plan to be based at RSPB Minsmere on the Suffolk coast for the next three years
Presented by Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games, Springwatch is watched by almost three million people a night and has become one of the UK's longest-running wildlife series.
Habitats at the 1,000 hectare (2,470 acre) reserve include sand dunes, saline lagoons, reedbeds and woodland.
"The RSPB has been giving nature a very special home on the Suffolk Coast since 1947, and we are delighted to be able to share it with BBC viewers in the coming weeks," said Mr Rowlands.
"The rich biodiversity of this glorious coastal location promises a jam-packed series of the popular TV show, providing a great opportunity for people to enjoy the iconic views and wildlife here in Suffolk."
'Thrilling and satisfying'
Wildlife specialists have been rigging cameras on the reserve's lagoon over the last few weeks in a series of specially-built hides, linked by corridors of high reed screens to shield the production team from view.
Cameras will be carefully positioned in and around the nests of avocets, terns, oystercatchers and lapwings, allowing constant, real-time updates as they keep watch for predators and strive to raise their young.
Night-vision cameras will also follow the reserve's resident badger family using the latest scientific techniques to study them and unearth the intimate details of their lives, both above and below ground.
Springwatch is both "live and alive", said Bill Oddie
Former presenter Bill Oddie returns as a special guest, looking back at the UK's wildlife and how it has fared over the past decade.
"Undoubtedly, one of the most thrilling and satisfying periods of my life was being part of the development of Wild in Your Garden, to Britain Goes Wild, and finally to Springwatch," said Mr Oddie.
"The shows were about wildlife, but the experience was about people. Springwatch was - and continues to be - the very definition of the joy of teamwork."
As usual it will be the wildlife, and their adventures, which will be the stars of the series:
Minsmere highlights
The 5,600 birds and animals at Minsmere include more than 1,000 species of moth and butterfly, including the Minsmere crimson underwing
There are 37 species of mammals, including otters, stoats, and water voles
Some of the UK's rarest and most endangered birds, including nightjars, bearded tits and stone curlews
RSPB Minsmere: Star species
Springwatch returns to BBC Two at 20:00 BST on Monday to Thursday from 26 May to 12 June.
The RSPB: Minsmere
BBC News - Springwatch: RSPB Minsmere to host Chris Packham BBC2 wildlife show
The BBC's Springwatch has, alongside its sister series Autumnwatch, been on our screens every year since 2005 (with Winterwatch starting in 2012) and, this year, will be on every night from Monday to Thursday for the next three weeks on BBC Two.
For the last three years, Springwatch - which charts the fortunes of British spring wildlife - and its trio of presenters, Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan, were at RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Ynys Hir nature reserve in west Wales. This year - and for the next two years - they will be coming live from RSPB Minsmere nature reserve in Suffolk in eastern England.
RSPB Minsmere, one of the richest areas for wildlife in the UK with more than 5,600 species on site, will host the live three-week series from tomorrow night at 8pm.
Reserve manager Adam Rowlands said the site's rich biodiversity promised viewers a "jam-packed series".
Habitats at the 1,000 hectare (2,470 acre) reserve include sand dunes, saline lagoons, reedbeds and woodland.
"The RSPB has been giving nature a very special home on the Suffolk Coast since 1947, and we are delighted to be able to share it with BBC viewers in the coming weeks," said Mr Rowlands.
"The rich biodiversity of this glorious coastal location promises a jam-packed series of the popular TV show, providing a great opportunity for people to enjoy the iconic views and wildlife here in Suffolk."
Wildlife specialists have been rigging cameras on the reserve's lagoon over the last few weeks in a series of specially-built hides, linked by corridors of high reed screens to shield the production team from view.
Cameras will be carefully positioned in and around the nests of avocets, terns, oystercatchers and lapwings, allowing constant, real-time updates as they keep watch for predators and strive to raise their young.
Night-vision cameras will also follow the reserve's resident badger family using the latest scientific techniques to study them and unearth the intimate details of their lives, both above and below ground.
Live and recorded footage from the cameras will be shown during the shows and can also be accessed via the Springwatch website or, if you live in Britain or Ireland, via the BBC Red Button.
Former presenter Bill Oddie - the Goodie hosted the show from 2005 to 2008 - will return to mark the show's 10th anniversary.
If you like wildlife, this is a show you should watch if you can.
Springwatch: RSPB Minsmere to host Chris Packham BBC2 wildlife show
7 May 2014
BBC News
Springwatch presentation team: Martin Hughes-Games (left), Chris Packham (centre) and Michaela Strachan. The annual show, which has become something of a British institution, returns for its tenth series
BBC Two - Springwatch
Springwatch will be migrating to a new home on the Suffolk coast when the nature programme returns to BBC Two, it has been revealed.
RSPB Minsmere, one of the richest areas for wildlife in the UK with more than 5,600 species on site, will host the three-week series from 26 May.
Reserve manager Adam Rowlands said the site's rich biodiversity promised viewers a "jam-packed series".
Former presenter Bill Oddie will return to mark the show's 10th anniversary.
The Springwatch team plan to be based at RSPB Minsmere on the Suffolk coast for the next three years
Presented by Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games, Springwatch is watched by almost three million people a night and has become one of the UK's longest-running wildlife series.
Habitats at the 1,000 hectare (2,470 acre) reserve include sand dunes, saline lagoons, reedbeds and woodland.
"The RSPB has been giving nature a very special home on the Suffolk Coast since 1947, and we are delighted to be able to share it with BBC viewers in the coming weeks," said Mr Rowlands.
"The rich biodiversity of this glorious coastal location promises a jam-packed series of the popular TV show, providing a great opportunity for people to enjoy the iconic views and wildlife here in Suffolk."
'Thrilling and satisfying'
Wildlife specialists have been rigging cameras on the reserve's lagoon over the last few weeks in a series of specially-built hides, linked by corridors of high reed screens to shield the production team from view.
Cameras will be carefully positioned in and around the nests of avocets, terns, oystercatchers and lapwings, allowing constant, real-time updates as they keep watch for predators and strive to raise their young.
Night-vision cameras will also follow the reserve's resident badger family using the latest scientific techniques to study them and unearth the intimate details of their lives, both above and below ground.
Springwatch is both "live and alive", said Bill Oddie
Former presenter Bill Oddie returns as a special guest, looking back at the UK's wildlife and how it has fared over the past decade.
"Undoubtedly, one of the most thrilling and satisfying periods of my life was being part of the development of Wild in Your Garden, to Britain Goes Wild, and finally to Springwatch," said Mr Oddie.
"The shows were about wildlife, but the experience was about people. Springwatch was - and continues to be - the very definition of the joy of teamwork."
As usual it will be the wildlife, and their adventures, which will be the stars of the series:
Minsmere highlights
The 5,600 birds and animals at Minsmere include more than 1,000 species of moth and butterfly, including the Minsmere crimson underwing
There are 37 species of mammals, including otters, stoats, and water voles
Some of the UK's rarest and most endangered birds, including nightjars, bearded tits and stone curlews
RSPB Minsmere: Star species
Springwatch returns to BBC Two at 20:00 BST on Monday to Thursday from 26 May to 12 June.
The RSPB: Minsmere
BBC News - Springwatch: RSPB Minsmere to host Chris Packham BBC2 wildlife show
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