The full rundown of Nature's Top 40 spectacles.

• Nature's Top 40
• Episode 1 - 40 to 37
• Episode 2 - 36 to 33
• Episode 3 - 32 to 29
• Episode 4 - 28 to 25
• Episode 5 - 24 to 21
• Episode 6 - 20 to 17
• Episode 7 - 16 to 13
• Episode 8 - 12 to 9
• Episode 9 - 8 to 5
• Episode 10 - 4 to 1

• Presenters
• Chris's Photo Tips
• Getting into the field
• How Top 40 was ranked
• About the series

Wildlife wonders
BBC Nature’s Top 40 counts down to the UK’s number one wildlife spectacle. Wildlife experts ranked suggestions from the public to compile the UK’s Top 40.

Your Pictures - Birds

See photos which Nature's Top 40 viewers have sent in showing some of the UK's spectacular bird life.

Your Pictures - Bugs

See some of the fantastic photos sent in by Nature's Top 40 viewers which feature various creepy crawilies.

Your Pictures - Mammals

See some of the photos which have been sent in by viewers featuring mammals which didn't make it into Nature's Top 40.

How we ranked Nature's Top 40

Find out how the public and our team of wildlife experts arrived at our list of 40 favourite nature spectacles in the British Isles.

We want your photos and nature stories...

We’d really like you to contribute and tell us about your own spectacles of nature. We welcome your photographs of animals, birds, reptiles, insects and plant life featured on the Nature's Top 40 series. We will publish a selection of them on this website.

Simply send in your photographs in jpeg form to: [email protected]. Please include your name and a few brief comments about the image and where it was taken.

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