Intimate encounters and extraordinary observations of wild nature in Britain and beyond.
Radio 4,·194 episodes
Devon hosts four oil beetle species, one of which has only recently been rediscovered.
15 May 2011,·22 mins
Paul Evans revels in the blooming of spring daffodils at Dymock in Gloucestershire.
08 May 2011,·22 mins
The island of Islay hosts spectacular birdlife from geese to eagles to the rare chough.
01 May 2011,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway travels to Hertfordshire to marvel at the antics of the Brown Hare.
27 Feb 2011,·22 mins
The Living World treks up the slopes of the Cairngorm mountains to find Ptarmigan.
20 Feb 2011,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway travels to Scotland to wonder at two very different yew trees.
13 Feb 2011,·22 mins
On England's largest lake, Lionel Kelleway encounters a very rare fish, the Arctic charr.
06 Feb 2011,·22 mins
Before dawn, Lionel Kelleway awaits the arrival of barnacle geese on the Solway coast.
30 Jan 2011,·22 mins
Shropshire's ravens are recovering from persecution and returning in ever greater numbers.
05 Dec 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway travels to Herefordshire to marvel at Britain's ancient trees,.
28 Nov 2010,·22 mins
At a moth trap on the Lizard in Cornwall, migrating moths from the continent make landfall
21 Nov 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway heads into Devon to explore the delights of an autumnal hedgerow.
14 Nov 2010,·22 mins
Of the 6500 wasp and bee species in the UK, only one can make a clay pot: the potter wasp.
07 Nov 2010,·22 mins
There is a war of stealth raging in the undergrowth of the peat bog. Gremlins lie in wait.
05 Sep 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway has a very close encounter with a mammal extinct in Britain for 400 years.
22 mins
Lionel Kelleway enjoys the rare spectacle of harbour seals pupping in Loch Fleet Scotland.
29 Aug 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway and Mark Lawrence hunt for birds' nests hidden on Dartmoor.
15 Aug 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kellaway witnesses the performance of early migrant birds on Dartmoor.
13 Jun 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kellaway encounters the loudest amphibian in Europe, the natterjack toad.
06 Jun 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kellaway gets close to a smooth snake and sand lizard, our rarest reptiles.
30 May 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kellaway asks why the junipers on Porton Down are under attack.
23 May 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway investigates the plight of our largest freshwater crustacean.
28 Feb 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway travels to the RSPB's Ham Wall nature reserve to look for heron.
21 Feb 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway discovers a metropolis of ant hills in a Deer Park in Durham.
14 Feb 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway explores some very dark cellars in search of some very big spiders.
07 Feb 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway goes fishing for a fearsome predator, the pike.
31 Jan 2010,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway searches for his own autumnal 'tufty' red squirrel in the Lake District.
06 Dec 2009,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway explores the important benefits of ivy to British wildlife.
29 Nov 2009,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway visits the Arne RSPB reserve in Dorset to see the rare Dartford warbler.
22 Nov 2009,·22 mins
Lionel Kelleway heads to Purbeck to see sika at the start of the rutting season.
15 Nov 2009,·22 mins
