Episode 4
It is the end of a busy week in the Gloucestershire countryside, and Michaela Strachan, Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and Martin Hughes-Games come together to wrap up the series.
It's the final show of Autumnwatch 2017, and it's been a busy week in the Gloucestershire countryside. Michaela Strachan, Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and Martin Hughes-Games all come together to wrap up the series, bringing live action and reports from our cameras.
Overnight the badgers have been back, feasting on fallen apples, and we get another glimpse of the elusive otter.
Martin is down by the river, bringing us a glimpse of the animals that use this part of the reserve, including deer and bats. He also delves deeper into the lives of one species of bat, the lesser horseshoe, with rare footage form their maternity roost where the mothers have their pups, and visiting the winter roost deep in a disused mine.
Gillian wraps up the results of her fox box experiment, comparing the amazing feats of the urban foxes in Bournemouth to their shy rural cousins here at Sherborne.
The team examines the plight of the UK's seabirds, updating on the SeaBird Watch project, and looking at the issue of plastics that is causing issues for birds such as the fulmar that nest on our cliffs.
There are films about the remarkable secret kingdom of fungi, two brothers whose illustrations of the natural world are world-renowned, and Chris and Martin finish their Top Gun-inspired swan v goose epic.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:50Nero, Joseph Ray
Me & You
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00:52deadmau5
Superliminal
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00:54Mark Ayres
Top Gun Anthem
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Chris Packham |
| Presenter | Michaela Strachan |
| Presenter | Martin Hughes-Games |
| Presenter | Gillian Burke |
| Series Producer | Chris Howard |
| Series Editor | Rosemary Edwards |
| Producer | Jake Senior |
| Director | Tony Grech-Smith |
Broadcast
- Thu 26 Oct 2017 20:00