A revamped Autumnwatch runs nightly this week and, since Sunday, has been streaming hours of wildlife footage via the red button. We won’t be able to move for red squirrels, pine martens, capercaillie and red deer. If you notice Scottish provenance among these creatures, it’s because the show has moved to the Highlands.
From their base at the Aigas Field Centre, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games will monitor footage from a network of cameras (including the mammal stump) and venture out to find migrating salmon, buzzards and wild beavers. For drama, though, there’s nothing to beat the red deer rut from the Isle of Rum
About this programme
1/4. New series. The nature programme returns. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games broadcast over the next four nights from their base in the Highlands, where they will be watching the action unfold as red squirrels, pine martens, beavers and other creatures prepare for autumn. There is news of how the wettest summer in 100 years has affected wildlife and a celebration of one of the UK's biggest nature spectacles, as thousands of wading birds from across Europe mass on the coast.