Nature's Calendar Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Autumn - Estuaries

  A guide to the best places to spot wildlife during autumn. Sanjida O'Connell visits a seal sanctuary in Cornwall and tries her hand at rockpooling in the cooler months. Chris Packham travels to Northern Ireland to witness the swan and goose migration, and Mike Dilger meets a bird expert on the Dee Estuary in North Wales

• Autumn: Farmland

  Chris Packham presents a guide to the UK's wildlife hotspots, exploring the sights on British farmland during autumn with a visit to Herefordshire. In Norfolk, Sanjida O'Connell watches pink-footed geese, while Mike Dilger has a rare encounter with a snowy owl on a Scottish island

• Autumn: Freshwater

  Chris Packham heads to Aberdeenshire to see tens of thousands of Icelandic geese on the Loch of Strathbeg. Sanjida O'Connell watches leaping salmon migrating up the River Tweed, while Mike Dilger travels to Slapton Ley in Devon to observe the starling roost

• Autumn: Islands

  Mike Dilger visits the largest colony of breeding seals in Europe, while Chris Packham is on Holy Island where he introduces a monk to rockpooling and Janet Sumner joins in a seashell-collecting competition with her mother in Anglesey

• Autumn: Migration Watch

  Chris Packham and the team present a guide to the best locations in Britain to witness autumn migration, including the movements of rare song birds on the Isles of Scilly and off the coast of North Wales and waders in Norfolk

• Autumn: Parks and Estates

  The team offer a guide to the best country parks and estates for watching wildlife this autumn. Chris Packham meets parakeets and Chinese ducks that have adapted to life on Hampstead Heath, while Sanja O'Connell is at Ashbridge for the fallow deer autumn rut. Mike Dilger visits a red squirrel haven at Wallington in Northumberland

• Autumn: Urban

  Chris Sands visits the colony that gave Seal Sands near Hartlepool its name. Meanwhile, Janet Sumner views fallow deer in Magdalen College, Oxford, and Mike Dilger goes for an owl walk and sees surprising confers in Bristol's Ashton Court

• Autumn - Walking

  Chris Packham presents a guide to three of the UK's most scenic autumnal walks. He visits Galloway Forest in Scotland where he encounters red squirrel, deer and kite. Janet Summer travels to Stiperstones Stomp in Shropshire and Sanjida O'Connell listens to some bizarre screams in Lancashire

• Autumn Wetlands

  Chris Packham travels to Cambridgeshire to greet the autumn arrival of swans on the Ouse Washes as he continues his guide to the best places to see wildlife in the UK. Elsewhere, Sanjida O'Connell visits Peatlands Park and Janet Sumner strikes gold in a disused coal marshalling yard near Barnsley

• Autumn: Woods

  Janet Sumner is in Yorkshire's Dalby Forest to encounter small mammals as they make their preparations for winter. Meanwhile, Mike Dilger shares a few surprising facts about mushrooms while at the National Aboretum in Westonbirt, Gloucestershire looking at some of the most dramatic changes in leaf colour

• Farmland
• Nest Box Special

  Chris Packham reveals how it is possible to bring wildlife into cities and gardens by putting up nest boxes as they visit three locations in England, Scotland and Wales. The programme also previews weekend events around the country which will encourage people to get involved in the campaign

• Parks

  A guide to the best places to observe wildlife in the UK during different seasons. Chris Packham presents

• Spring: Freshwater

  Chris Packham goes panning for gold in Northern Ireland as he continues his daily guide to the UK's best wildlife locations to visit this spring. Mike Dilger explores the Llangollen canal, while a dawn chorus of nightingales beckon for Janet Sumner

• Spring: General Woodlands

  Chris Packham visits Thetford Forest - famed for its colourful woodland birds - as he presents a guide to spring wildlife hotspots. Janet Sumner has a close encounter with badgers in Scotland, and Mike Dilger travels to Crychan Forest in Wales where the nocturnal nightjar has migrated to breed

• Spring: Historic Woodlands

  Chris Packham finds wild boar in the Forest of Dean, takes a peek at birds of prey in Scotland and visits Kent to see Britain's biggest breeding heronry - as well as the area's bluebells and wild garlic

• Spring: Islands

  Chris Packham encounters the golden hares of Rathlin, Janet Summer witnesses underwater courting off Jersey and Mike Dilger visits Skye. Plus, the team reveal how to feed sea eagles

• Spring: Moorland and Heaths

  Chris Packham presents a guide to the best walks across the moors and heaths at this time of year, when ramblers can see the wacky courtship rituals of stone curlew and black grouse, and carpets of wild daffodils

• Spring: Parks and Estates

  Chris Packham goes rockpooling in Scotland as he concludes the seasonal guide to the best places to see wildlife. Sanjida O'Connell meets the red deer of Calke Abbey, and Janet Sumner samples the delights of a Heron Happy Hour in the Lake District. Last in series

• Spring: Rocky Coasts

  Chris Packham provides a guide to the best places to find wildlife this spring as thousands of birds return to breed. Mike Dilger visits the Lizard peninsula for a flower bonanza, and Janet Sumner watches gannets at Bempton's sea bird city in Yorkshire

• Spring - Sandy Coast

  Chris Packham reveals the UK's best place for viewing dolphins. Meanwhile, Mike Dilger observes hares breeding on the beaches in Suffolk and Sanjida O'Connell encounters a red squirrel on the Sefton coast near Liverpool

• Spring: Wetlands

  Chris Packham joins a coachload of Birmingham twitchers on a spring visit to a Manchester wetland. Sanjida O'Connell extols the virtues of bird-watching in Suffolk for beginners, while Mike Dilger is in Somerset, where he claims sightings of otters are virtually guaranteed

• Summer: Coast

  Chris Packham presents a guide revealing which are the best beaches to find wildlife in Britain, including tips on where to see dolphins and baby seals.

• Summer - Farmland and Grassland

  Chris Packham visits Gilfach farm in Wales to discover another of the UK's wildlife hotspots, while Mike Dilger examines wild orchids in Kent. Plus, Janet Sumner meets a Gloucestershire man who finds badgers for the area's tourists, before searching out an electric blue adonis butterfly

• Summer - Islands

  Chris Packham continues the guide to the best places to see wildlife this summer with an exploration of the Cumbrian island of Walney, while Mike Dilger goes swimming with seals off the Devon coast

• Summer - Moorland, Hills and Heath

  Chris Packham goes reptile spotting on the Dorset heaths and reveals the fearsome battles of killer insects. Meanwhile, Sanjida O'Connell takes a walk on Thorne Moor in Yorkshire, where a nocturnal bird puts on an impressive display, and Janet Sumner takes in the scenery of Whitbarrow in the Lake District

• Summer - Parks & Gardens

  Chris Packham presents a guide to parks and gardens in the UK, where encounters with wildlife are guaranteed. He gets up close to deer in London's Bushy Park, while Janet Summer travels to Thorp Perrow in Yorkshire. Sanjida O'Connell also visits the National Botanic Gardens of Wales

• Summer - Rivers, Lakes & Lochs

  Chris Packham visits the Fleet Lagoon in Dorset, home to a historic herd of swans. Meanwhile, Sanjida O'Connell helps to reintroduce water voles on Herefordshire's River Dore and Janet Sumner gets a good view of the UK's most spectacular bird of prey the osprey

• Summer - Rocky Islands

  Chris Packham presents a guide to the best summer wildlife spots around the UK. The team travel to rocky offshore islands and get close to puffins and thousands of gannets. Geologist Janet Sumner also takes a long-awaited trip to Fingal's Cave

• Summer - Tourist Hotspots

  Chris Packham and the team search for wildlife in a selection of tourist hotspots. They indulge in a spot of rockpooling off County Antrim's Giant's Causeway, go pond-dipping at the London Wetland centre and search for a remarkable flower in the cheddar Gorge

• Summer - Wetland

  Janet Sumner visits Lancashire, where a rare summer visitor is causing a stir, Mike Dilger is on a quest to see Britain's biggest butterfly and Chris Packham gets to grips with the water buffalo on a Welsh wetland

• Summer - Woodlands

  Chris Packham visits woodlands in Surrey to search for the Purple Emperor butterfly, while Mike Dilger enjoys one of the best walks in the UK at Castle Eden Dene in the North East. Also, Sanjida O'Connell attempts to get up close to some red kites in Rockingham Forest

• Winter - Coast

  Chris Packham and the team reveal the best winter wildlife hotspots along the UK's coastline. They visit Lincolnshire to see some grey seal pups, get up close to otters on the Morvern Peninsula and indulge in some winter rockpooling in Devon

• Winter - Estates

  Chris Packham, Sanjidi O'Connell and Mike Dilger provide tips on identifying deer and geese as they visit estates and country gardens in North Yorkshire, Norfolk and Cornwall

• Winter - Estuaries

  Chris Packham heads for his favourite winter bird watching site in Kent, and Sanjida O'Connell takes a cruise round Poole Harbour in search of avocets and exotic Sika deer. Elsewhere, Janet Sumner watches whooper swans fly into the Solway Firth

• Winter - Farmland

  Chris Packham and the team explore the UK's farmland, spotting Chinese water deer and boxing hares in Norfolk, and demonstrating how to grow mistletoe in Hertfordshire. Plus, how to have the red kite experience of a lifetime in Powys

• Winter - Fresh Water

  Chris Packham, Janet Sumner and Sanjida O'Connell explore freshwater habitats in locations around the UK, including the north-east of England, Lough Neah in Northern Ireland and the Hertfordshire watercress beds of Lemsford. Among other things they get up close to herons, kingfishers and shrews

• Winter - Islands

  Chris Packham and the team go on an island journey to discover the best places to see dinosaur footprints, red squirrels, golden eagles and hen harriers as they explore some of the UK's winter wildlife hotspots. With Janet Summer and Mike Dilger

• Winter - Urban

  Chris Packham, Sanjidi O'Connell and Mike Dilger reveal the best winter wildlife hotspots in Belfast, London and Glasgow

• Winter - Wetlands

  Chris Packham and the team head to the Norfolk Broads, Slimbridge and the Montrose Basin to meet some of the winter migrants that visit the UK's wetlands, as well as some unusual local residents.

• Winter - Wilderness

  New guide to the best places to observe wildlife in the UK during different seasons. In the first programme, Chris Packham and his team encounter reindeer, wild goats and ravens in Britain's uplands during the winter, while botanist Mike Dilger visits the aptly named Snowdrop Valley

• Winter - Woodlands

  Chris Packham goes to the New Forest where he observes a giant sea trout leaving the sea and heading up shallow streams. Meanwhile, Janet Sumner visits Castle Wellan in Northern Ireland and Sanjida O'Connell takes a trip to Hardcastle Crags in West Yorkshire where she sees some northern hairy wood ants