Episode 4

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan reveal some ingenious beetle adaptations in the macro studio at Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk. Megan McCubbin immerses herself in one of our most iconic winter spectacles as she goes swimming with starlings.

In Edinburgh, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams have moved from the cemetery to the river, in order to explore the city’s waterways. They reveal what a lifeline the river is for the city’s wildlife. And at the end of week one, they update us on the live wild badger characters in Edinburgh Zoo.