Chris Sperring heads to the River Dart in Devon to observe the mandarin duck, a bird which was...
Chris Sperring joins botanist Ray Woods to search for the Tenby daffodil, a variety of flower...
Trai Anfield marks International Dawn Chorus day by heading to the Coombes Valley near Leek in...
New series. In the first of a new round of reports on Britain's countryside, Brett Westwood is...
Aspects of Britain's countryside. Last in the series.
Aspects of Britain's countryside.
Trai Anfield heads to RSPB Old Moor nature reserve in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, to seek out...
Chris Sperring visits a flooded meadow on a private estate in Hampshire, close to the River...
New series. Aspects of Britain's countryside.
Trai Anfield travels to an old woodland near Helmsley in North Yorkshire, where she meets up...
James Brickell travels to mid Wales to join botanist Ray Woods on a personal exploration of the...
Chris Sperring discovers the world of millipedes and centipedes in the Oxfordshire countryside....
Discovering the world of the harvestmen, the mysterious arachnids with exceptionally long, thin...
New series. Ornithologist Chris Sperring travels by boat to Skomer Island off the coast of...
Miranda Krestovnikoff travels to a Wiltshire village to observe a thriving population of little...
Miranda Krestovnikoff heads to a Dartmoor valley in search of ring ouzels, where an RSPB study...
Joanna Pinnock heads to a secret location in Norfolk to investigate the life of the pool frog,...
New series. The programme exploring aspects of Britain's countryside returns. In this edition,...
Sarah Pitt travels to the Usk Valley in south-west Wales to observe lesser horseshoe bats,...
Joanna Pinnock visits a nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, developed from a former ancient...
Joanna Pinnock visits Devon to learn about the large bee fly from ecologist John Walters. The...
New series. Exploring the sights and sounds of the British countryside. Sarah Pitt searches for...
Miranda Krestovnikoff learns about the habits of flies during winter. She visits an ice-bound...
Miranda Krestovnikoff visits woodlands in Hampshire in search of the woodcock, a wading bird...
Miranda Krestovnikoff visits the New Forest to learn about the lives of creatures that inhabit...
Miranda Krestovnikoff visits the Brecon Beacons in south Wales to learn about the dipper, a...
New series. Aspects of the British countryside. Joanna Pinnock visits Cambridgeshire to observe...
Joanna Pinnock visits Shropshire, where she learns about the mystery surrounding some of the...
Joanna Pinnock visits ecologists Helen Roy and Richard Comont in Oxfordshire to learn how...
Paul Evans heads to Carmarthenshire in search of waxcap fungi, accompanied by mycologist Gareth...
Paul Evans ventures into the hills of Snowdonia to visit an area known as the Celtic...
New series. Joanna Pinnock searches for the stone curlew, one of Britain's rarest birds, in...
Paul Evans joins a research project in the Yorkshire Dales to locate the Malham sedge, one of...
Paul Evans visits Weardale in the North Pennines, where he joins Durham University's Dr Phil...
Michael Scott visits Ingleborough, the second-highest peak in the Yorkshire Dales, to learn...
New series. Paul Evans heads to the Farne Islands, off the coast of Northumberland, to watch...
Paul Evans travels to Shropshire to meet John Hughes from the county's Wildlife Trust. The pair...
Paul Evans joins naturalist John Walters on a quest to see all four species of oil beetle that...
Paul Evans celebrates the blooming of spring daffodils in the woods at Dymock in north...
New series. Michael Scott goes birdwatching with his friend Malcolm Ogilvie at Loch Gruinart on...
Lionel Kelleway visits a farm in Hertfordshire to observe the antics of brown hares, and...
Lionel Kelleway visits the Scottish Highlands to search for the Arctic grouse ptarmigan in the...
Lionel Kelleway heads to Scotland, where he visits two notable yew trees. The Fortingall Yew in...
Lionel Kelleway visits Lake Windermere to learn more about the Arctic charr, one of Britain's...
New series. Lionel Kelleway is joined by Brian Morrell from the Caerlaverock Wetlands and...
Lionel Kelleway travels to Stiperstones National Nature Reserve in Shropshire to learn about...
Lionel Kelleway travels to Croft Abbey estate in Herefordshire, home to some of Britain's most...
Lionel Kelleway and expert Mark Tunmore observe moths at a former lifeboat station in Church...
Lionel Kelleway meets hedgerow ecologist Rob Wolton on his farm in Devon, and learns about how...
New series. Lionel Kelleway travels to Devon in a bid to see a potter wasp in action. The...
Lionel Kelleway travels to the RSPB's Forsinard Reserve in Sutherland, Scotland, to discover...
Lionel Kelleway visits Loch Fleet in Scotland, where he watches harbour seals pupping on a...
Lionel Kelleway heads to the Aigas Field Centre in Inverness-shire to witness a project to...
New series. Lionel Kelleway joins Mark Lawrence on Dartmoor, where he uncovers the reasons...
Lionel Kelleway joins naturalist and author John Walters to listen to the morning songs of the...
Lionel Kellaway visits the beach at Haverigg in Cumbria, where he listens out for the loudest...
Lionel Kelleway takes a tour of Town Common, north of Bournemouth, to see the six forms of rare...
New series. Lionel Kellaway learns why the juniper trees on the military science park at Porton...
Lionel Kelleway visits Somerset to investigate the plight of the white-clawed crayfish. Once a...
Lionel Kelleway visits the RSPB's Ham Wall nature reserve in Somerset to see if he can spot...
Lionel Kelleway and naturalist Phil Gates of Durham University visit Bishop Auckland Deer Park...
Lionel Kelleway visits Witley Court in Worcestershire to search for cave spiders, one of the...
New series. Retired freshwater biologist Mike Ladle joins Lionel Kelleway as he goes fishing...
As the autumn colours of the Lake District intensify, presenter Lionel Kelleway sets off on a...
Lionel Kelleway examines the importance of ivy, a common sight throughout Britain that flowers...
Lionel Kelleway visits the Arne RSPB reserve in Dorset to search for a Dartford warbler, which...
New series. Lionel Kelleway visits Dartmoor to get up close to the rhythmical autumnal chirping...
Britain's diverse geology means it has a range of grassland meadows. Lionel Kelleway examines...
The great bustard has long been extinct from the British countryside, but a determined...
Lionel Kelleway visits a valley near Dunkery Beacon in the north of Exmoor National Park to...
New series. The cuckoo is one of a few parasitic birds that covertly use other birds to...
Lionel Kelleway joins two National Trust experts to explore a 100-year-old orchard and search...
Marine biologist Peter Heyward leads Lionel Kelleway through the rock pools on the Gower...
Grass snakes can grow to 5 feet in length and are Britain's largest native reptile, spending...
New series. Lionel Kelleway observes a marsh harrier - a large bird of prey with broad wings -...
Lionel Kelleway searches for the straited caracara, the mischievous bird of prey also known as...
Lionel Kelleway travels to the British territory of the Falkland Islands, where he joins the...
Lionel Kelleway searches for the black-browed albatross in the Falkland Islands, where the...
Lionel Kelleway travels to Sea Lion Island in the Falklands to observe marine mammals during...
New series. Lionel Kelleway travels 8,000 miles to the Falkland Islands to see the 5,000-strong...
Lionel Kelleway joins Norfolk Wildlife Trust and the National Trust in Norfolk to observe the...
Lionel Kelleway visits the tip of Portland Island, in Dorset, to examine bryophytes - small,...
Standing on the cliffs above Lulworth Cove in Dorset, Lionel Kelleway watches the bands of red...
Lionel Kelleway unearths the complexities of restoring culm grassland in areas where it was...
New series. Lionel Kelleway visits the Dart Valley in Dartmoor in search of the world's largest...
Concluding his explorations of the Isle of Man, Lionel Kelleway visits the northern shore, a...
The Manx shoreline is home to a wide variety of creatures, and Lionel Kelleway ventures to the...
Lionel Kelleway wanders through the hills of the Isle of Man searching for hen harriers, whose...
New series. Lionel Kelleway begins a new series of the rural interests programme with a visit...
Lionel Kelleway searches for reed warblers in Rostherne Mere, Cheshire, where they travel to...
The pigeon has long been admired for its remarkable senses of direction and navigation. Lionel...
On Salisbury Plain, the Army and the RAF have found themselves sharing their training grounds...
New series. Naturalist Lionel Kelleway travels to Worcestershire where he meets adder watcher...
Lionel Kelleway visits the Snettingham RSPB reserve in Norfolk, where Ciaran Nelson shows him a...
Lionel Kelleway takes a look at one of Britain's most enduring wildwile spectacles in the form...
The concluding part of Lionel Kelleway's exploration of the Wash estuary. The presenter joins...
The first of two programmes recorded on the Wash estuary in East Anglia. Lionel Kelleway delves...
New series. Lionel Kelleway journeys to the heart of Wales to witness the winter rituals of the...