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Springwatch Episode 9

Springwatch 2017

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan report live from the National Trust's Sherborne Park Estate. They introduce the first in a series of four films about Somerset's egret colonies.

It is the start of the final week of Springwatch, and Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan report live from the National Trust's Sherborne Park Estate in the Cotswolds.

It's been an action-packed weekend - the bullfinches fledged to begin with, then to the surprise of everyone on site, the blackcaps rallied and also left their nest.

With those two gone the team also introduce us to two brand new nests, a blackbird and a chaffinch, situated in the same hawthorn bush.

Further afield, the two peregrine chicks continue to grow and develop in Salisbury, and we meet a colony of beautiful white little egrets nesting high up in a tree in Somerset.

Martin Hughes-Games has donned his climbing gear to meet some adventure junkies who are also helping the conservation of a rare mountain blackbird, and we also get a privileged peak into the life story of the orange tip butterfly, a species that is bucking a worrying trend for butterflies up and down the country.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 12 Jun 2017 20:00
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:02

    Take That

    Giants

  • 00:34

    Virginia Astley

    With Eyes Wide Open I鈥檓 Dreaming

  • 00:34

    Portico Quartet

    News From Verona

  • 00:36

    Virginia Astley

    Hiding In The Ha Ha

  • 00:38

    Fink

    Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us

  • 00:43

    Rahim Redcar

    Christine

  • 00:46

    Rahim Redcar

    Tilted

Credits

Presenter Chris Packham
Presenter Michaela Strachan
Presenter Martin Hughes-Games
Series Producer Chris Howard
Series Editor Rosemary Edwards
Producer Jake Senior
Researcher Sophie Meyjes
Researcher Lance Featherstone
Researcher Dominic Davies
Researcher Billy Clarke
Researcher Chloe Mnatzaganian
Engineer Gareth Wildman

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