Intimate encounters and extraordinary observations of wild nature in Britain and beyond.
Radio 4,·194 episodes
Brett Westwood travels to Somerset to explore the world of snowdrops. From 2004.
04 Mar 2018,·22 mins
Sarah Pitt heads into a wintry Peak District in search of mountain hares. From 2005.
07 Jan 2018,·22 mins
Miranda Krestovnikoff and Jeremy Biggs explore the ponds of the New Forest. From 2012.
31 Dec 2017,·22 mins
Joanna Pinnock is in Shropshire looking at ancient holly in this episode from 2011.
24 Dec 2017,·22 mins
Chris Sperring visits a meadow visited by 2,000 black-tailed godwits in winter. From 2013.
17 Dec 2017,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway is in Dorset with Dr Anita Diaz, for the sika deer rut. From 2009.
22 Oct 2017,·22 mins
Peter France is on the South Downs with ecologist David Streeter. From 1988.
15 Oct 2017,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway witnesses butterfly migration at Lulworth Cove in Dorset. From 2008.
08 Oct 2017,·22 mins
Michael Scott visits Hamsterley Forest with David Bellamy and Brian Walker. From 1991.
01 Oct 2017,·22 mins
Paul Evans joins Gareth Griffiths and Bruce Langridge in Wales, looking for waxcap fungi.
24 Sep 2017,·22 mins
Chris Sperring is in Buckinghamshire with Robin Scagell on a glow worm safari. From 2013.
09 Jul 2017,·22 mins
Trai Anfield is in Dorset with naturalist John Walters. From 2014.
02 Jul 2017,·22 mins
Chris Sperring heads to Skomer Island with ecologist David Boyle. From 2012.
25 Jun 2017,·22 mins
Trai Anfield encounters adders basking on the edges of Loch Lomond.
18 Jun 2017,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway and Mark Lawrence hunt for birds' nests hidden on Dartmoor. From 2010.
11 Jun 2017,·22 mins
Jessica Holm searches for otters along the Tarka Trail in Devon. Recorded in 1993.
26 Mar 2017,·22 mins
Brett Westwood travels to Suffolk to hear a booming bittern. Recorded in 2004.
19 Mar 2017,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway is in Surrey on the lookout for spring toads. Recorded in 2000.
12 Mar 2017,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway looks for freshwater pearl mussels. Recorded in 2006.
05 Mar 2017,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway is in Worcestershire on the look out for fieldfares. Recorded in 2007.
01 Jan 2017,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway is in Scotland looking at the diminutive wren. Recorded in 1999.
25 Dec 2016,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway takes a festive look at mistletoe. Recorded in 2001.
18 Dec 2016,·22 mins
Brett Westwood is in the north east of England looking for red squirrels.
11 Dec 2016,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway is by a Cotswold river on the lookout for native crayfish.
04 Dec 2016,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway is in a West Country garden looking for spiders. From 1995.
18 Sep 2016,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway looks for crabs in a Scottish rockpool. Presented by Chris Packham.
11 Sep 2016,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway is on the lookout for dragonflies. Presented by Chris Packham.
04 Sep 2016,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway is on a nocturnal owl prowl in Somerset. Presented by Chris Packham.
28 Aug 2016,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway is in search of wasps. Recorded in 2000. Presented by Chris Packham.
21 Aug 2016,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway is on the look out for the Highland midge.
19 Jun 2016,·22 mins
