Nests, predictions, and local wildlife take center stage as Springwatch returns to BBC Two this Wednesday, June 11, at 8 PM. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are back, assessing the fledgling prospects of the nests under their watchful eyes, while also taking a look back at the show’s two decades of wildlife forecasting.
The episode turns its focus back to 2005, the first year of the Springwatch broadcast. The series hasn’t just chronicled the changing seasons in the U.K.; it’s also weighed in on the state of Britain’s animal populations, and Wednesday’s installment looks back at what they got right and what they got wrong.
Meanwhile, Iolo Williams takes the stage for an in-depth look at Northern Ireland’s nature wonders with a new round of reports from Strangford Lough’s Mount Stewart Estate. Back on the home front, the cameras also check in with the residents of Springwatch Street in Sheffield, looking at how wildlife is thriving in British gardens.
Springwatch has settled in as a perennial favourite among nature lovers, and this week’s blend of real-time updates and historical perspective shows exactly why the show’s appeal endures.
Springwatch airs Wednesdays at 8 PM on BBC Two.
