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0:00:06 > 0:00:12It was a beautiful day here yesterday.

0:00:12 > 0:00:16It was the warmest day of the year so far. Typically the weather has

0:00:16 > 0:00:26turned.Perfect conditions if you are a coot or aids duck -- a duck.

0:00:26 > 0:00:37Welcome to a brand spanking new series of Winterwatch!

0:00:54 > 0:00:59Hello and welcome to Winterwatch, 2018. Coming to you from marvellous

0:00:59 > 0:01:03Sherborne Park Estate in Gloucestershire, 4000 acres managed

0:01:03 > 0:01:08by the National Trust since 1987. We're glad to be here because there

0:01:08 > 0:01:14is an enormous mixture of habitats, woodlands, rivers and a lot of very

0:01:14 > 0:01:19wet meadows at this time of year. We have a super series coming up, we

0:01:19 > 0:01:23want to bring you the best of the seasonal wildlife and the show is

0:01:23 > 0:01:27going to start on a high because we have special guests. Kate Bush and

0:01:27 > 0:01:36Mark Almond!Rulli and!80s icons -- brilliant! We've been saying it's

0:01:36 > 0:01:40been wet, certainly very muddy but quite mild. It's Winterwatch and I

0:01:40 > 0:01:47don't have a woolly hat on. Things may change through the week. Where

0:01:47 > 0:01:51are we? Let's have a look at the map, we're between Cheltenham,

0:01:51 > 0:01:57Bristol and Reading. In the heart of The Cotswolds. That's where we were

0:01:57 > 0:02:00for Springwatch and Autumnwatch and it is where we ask all Winterwatch.

0:02:00 > 0:02:04Our challenge is to try and document the wildlife here at Sherborne

0:02:04 > 0:02:09through the season. Let's try and catch up with what we've seen so

0:02:09 > 0:02:17far.Spring started with clouds and mayflies, flying fish and countless

0:02:17 > 0:02:25chicks. There were highs and lows, winners and losers.As the seasons

0:02:25 > 0:02:32moved into the rusty colours of autumn, we saw a bounty of bats,

0:02:32 > 0:02:40Randy stags and badgers with interesting table manners!That was

0:02:40 > 0:02:47then. This is now.

0:02:47 > 0:02:51UPBEAT MUSIC.

0:02:51 > 0:02:57Oh!It's drawn blood!

0:03:05 > 0:03:10It's there, look.Oh, look!

0:03:19 > 0:03:30Oh, right in the top. A nest.

0:03:34 > 0:03:41Looks good, doesn't it? That hawfinch. Great stuff in this series

0:03:41 > 0:03:48from around the UK but our mission at Sherborne is to bug the estate

0:03:48 > 0:03:51with cameras to see what's going on and we have some new locations. One

0:03:51 > 0:03:59of our cameras may be the great Wall. Here we have a camera on one

0:03:59 > 0:04:03of the old stone walls. Of course they are an interesting feature of

0:04:03 > 0:04:06the landscape and they are a good refuge for landscape. Nothing

0:04:06 > 0:04:11showing at the moment but what have we seen earlier? Well, we've seen a

0:04:11 > 0:04:17mouse. In fact we saw a wood mouse, discernible from its large ears,

0:04:17 > 0:04:23eyes and long tail. It is coming to some bait which we've tempted it

0:04:23 > 0:04:27with. These animals are using the wall of shelter, there are plenty of

0:04:27 > 0:04:32predators. We hope to catch a glimpse of eight stoat hunting them.

0:04:32 > 0:04:39Here we have a vole, trying to determine if it was a field vole.

0:04:39 > 0:04:43The size of the ears and the colour of the tail, difficult to come up

0:04:43 > 0:04:51with an answer. If you are Professor Jimmy Vole, we'd like to know.How

0:04:51 > 0:04:57many different species are there?If you discount the Orkney vole, you

0:04:57 > 0:05:06have the bank vole and the field vole.As well as a thrilling wall,

0:05:06 > 0:05:11will we have the Woodland feeding station. Let's go to that camera

0:05:11 > 0:05:18now. There we are in the woods. That's the feeding station there.

0:05:18 > 0:05:21There's a variety of different food we put down because we're not sure

0:05:21 > 0:05:26what may come into the station. We can't see a lot right now. Rather

0:05:26 > 0:05:31lovely, like one of those Neanderthal homes made with mammoth

0:05:31 > 0:05:35bones.It doesn't look comfy!Let's catch up with what's been going on

0:05:35 > 0:05:42there. Look at this, do you know what it is? About the size of a

0:05:42 > 0:05:49large box, these are muntjac deer, male and female. Often in pairs.

0:05:49 > 0:05:54Quite a controversial animal, an SKP. If you listen closely they make

0:05:54 > 0:05:59an extraordinary sound -- escapee.

0:06:01 > 0:06:08CHATTERING SOUND.They are known as barking deer, but that isn't

0:06:08 > 0:06:14barking, not heard anything like that. They are controversial because

0:06:14 > 0:06:18they spread all over the country, they started escaping in the

0:06:18 > 0:06:22mid-20th century and they've spread everywhere. They are very on edge,

0:06:22 > 0:06:29the slightest thing would make them jump. Beautiful rusty colour when

0:06:29 > 0:06:37you see them in the wild. Oh, oh. We think that was part of -- possibly a

0:06:37 > 0:06:40puff of wind.That squeaking is extraordinary, it almost sounds like

0:06:40 > 0:06:46my dogs!Never heard it before, I've heard them barking.We can hear the

0:06:46 > 0:06:58normal sound of the barking deer. BARKING SOUND. It is an eerie sound.

0:06:58 > 0:07:05I'd have a job telling that apart from a roe deer.It is more

0:07:05 > 0:07:13guttural.We are hoping to see them tonight, either muntjac or may be

0:07:13 > 0:07:16badgers on the thermal camera. Let's have a look and see if the cameraman

0:07:16 > 0:07:21has captured anything. Nothing and the moment but we'll keep and you

0:07:21 > 0:07:26know if we spot anything.You may have noticed that I'm dressed in a

0:07:26 > 0:07:33slightly different way than usual! Is the incontinence is reaching its

0:07:33 > 0:07:43zenith, mate!We've noticed something extraordinary going on in

0:07:43 > 0:07:52the...Where are we? Sherborne!The incontinence isn't a problem but...

0:07:52 > 0:07:55In the Sherborne book about a kilometre away, some fascinating

0:07:55 > 0:08:01biology going on -- Sherborne brook. I'm going into the icy cold water to

0:08:01 > 0:08:08show you this curious phenomenon. I'm going to slowly limp away.I

0:08:08 > 0:08:13thought some icy cold water might say they few problems!As three are

0:08:13 > 0:08:18in Sherborne, that's where we are, Sherborne! Gillian is 500 miles up

0:08:18 > 0:08:24the coast in Scotland. Let's see where she is. You basically head up

0:08:24 > 0:08:27north from Sherborne, you get to Glasgow, turn left and go to the

0:08:27 > 0:08:33inner Hebrides to Islay in the most southern island. It's a most

0:08:33 > 0:08:39fabulous place for wildlife and a few good distilleries as well.

0:08:39 > 0:08:47Welcome to the Isle of Islay. This island is famous for its whiskey.

0:08:47 > 0:08:51These casks are empty but in the buildings behind me, there are

0:08:51 > 0:08:5723,000 of these casks, that's 7 million litres of whiskey slowly

0:08:57 > 0:08:59maturing.

0:09:01 > 0:09:07We are having a few problems with our outside broadcast in Islay.

0:09:07 > 0:09:11Let's see if we can get Gillian back. It looks like we might be able

0:09:11 > 0:09:17to get her. Oh, we've lost her. Earlier today we were quite canning,

0:09:17 > 0:09:20we are canning here at Winterwatch so we recorded the rehearsal that

0:09:20 > 0:09:25she did, which was very good! We are going to look at it now rather than

0:09:25 > 0:09:31seeing her life. This is what Gillian has been up to.

0:09:31 > 0:09:36Welcome to the Isle of Islay. This island is famous for its whiskey.

0:09:36 > 0:09:42These casks are empty but behind me in the buildings, there are 23,000

0:09:42 > 0:09:46of these casks, that's 7 million litres of whiskey. All slowly

0:09:46 > 0:09:53maturing. But of course we're not here for the whiskey, we're here for

0:09:53 > 0:09:58the incredible wildlife.

0:09:59 > 0:10:07the incredible wildlife. Islay. The queen of the Hebrides. Bathed by the

0:10:07 > 0:10:10warming waters of the Gulf stream, Winters on this island are milder

0:10:10 > 0:10:16than the rest of the UK, making it a magnet for winter visitors. In their

0:10:16 > 0:10:22thousands.

0:10:22 > 0:10:25thousands. And it's short winter days off are some of the best

0:10:25 > 0:10:33chances of seeing some of the UK's rarest and most elusive wildlife.

0:10:33 > 0:10:39We're going to meet a lot of those characters through the week. But

0:10:39 > 0:10:44tonight, we're on the very northern tip of Islay. Out in the darkness,

0:10:44 > 0:10:50you can't see it, there are mountains. To really get the lay of

0:10:50 > 0:10:55the land, make sense of the plays, we have to see it in daylight. -- of

0:10:55 > 0:11:02the place. We're at a distillery that was built in 1881, it's one of

0:11:02 > 0:11:05the oldest on the island and like all old distilleries it was built

0:11:05 > 0:11:10right on the water. That's because it made it easy to lower the casks

0:11:10 > 0:11:15onto the ships that sail back to the mainland to bottle up the whiskey.

0:11:15 > 0:11:21The waters are also rich in wildlife. I've been talking to

0:11:21 > 0:11:26locals here who tell me that there are all those that use the channels

0:11:26 > 0:11:35and straits between the islands, pods of dolphins -- there are orcas.

0:11:35 > 0:11:40Posted here is one of the island's most charming residents. And there

0:11:40 > 0:11:49it is. We are talking about otters, very active during the day unlike

0:11:49 > 0:11:59their river cousins. This is the dog otter, marking his territory. There

0:11:59 > 0:12:05is a female, slightly smaller, who has had some Cubs last summer and

0:12:05 > 0:12:09they have now grown and they are fully independent but with a lot to

0:12:09 > 0:12:17learn still. What is absolutely incredible is that these otters use

0:12:17 > 0:12:21this patch of coast regularly, they are seen in front of the distillery

0:12:21 > 0:12:25and the slipway you can see, well, that's exactly where I'm standing

0:12:25 > 0:12:34now. A little bit further up the coast, there is an overnight then.

0:12:34 > 0:12:40-- overnight den. We had a live camera on it, let's have a look.

0:12:40 > 0:12:46What you can make out is some rocks, set back from the high tide line.

0:12:46 > 0:12:50The dark band is a whole in the rock and to the right of the screen is

0:12:50 > 0:12:55where we've seen otters coming and going. We're going to keep an eye on

0:12:55 > 0:12:59it during the show and later we are going to talk about some winter

0:12:59 > 0:13:04survival strategies and also how those juveniles make it through

0:13:04 > 0:13:09their first winter, the biggest challenge for them. Winters in Islay

0:13:09 > 0:13:14may be relatively mild but 200 miles away in the Scottish Highlands,

0:13:14 > 0:13:20cameraman Neil Anderson has captured the essence of winter.

0:13:31 > 0:13:38This is the height of the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands. And this

0:13:38 > 0:13:47is my home.

0:13:49 > 0:13:59Each winter I wait eagerly for the first falls of snow.

0:14:06 > 0:14:09My job often involves travelling far to find the wildlife but in this

0:14:09 > 0:14:17season the wildlife comes to me.

0:14:17 > 0:14:21My house is surrounded by forest and as the snow sets in it provides a

0:14:21 > 0:14:32welcome refuge for many species. Driven off the exposed hillsides,

0:14:32 > 0:14:37Red Deer seek the protection of the trees.

0:14:41 > 0:14:49The males were locked in combat a short time ago but now they are

0:14:49 > 0:14:54peacefully together. Their magnificent antlers are now

0:14:54 > 0:15:03redundant, the battles forgotten. In the shelter of the woods, grading is

0:15:03 > 0:15:10easier as the snow is then on the ground. -- grazing is easier.

0:15:14 > 0:15:22The forest is home to red squirrels.

0:15:29 > 0:15:37These rodents feed on tiny buds at the very tops of the pines.

0:15:42 > 0:15:48They look particularly healthy during the winter months and for

0:15:48 > 0:15:57good reason. Winter is mating season.

0:15:58 > 0:16:07Males charge after females in a dizzying chase.

0:16:13 > 0:16:18It is thirsty work, but with the usual supplies of water now frozen,

0:16:18 > 0:16:24snow will have to do.

0:16:28 > 0:16:32Much of their energy is expended on courtship, so the squirrels are

0:16:32 > 0:16:36always on the lookout for easy pickings. Taking advantage of

0:16:36 > 0:16:43anything they can find.

0:16:48 > 0:16:57Some they immediately eat, but others are taken away.

0:16:57 > 0:17:02others are taken away. Nuts cast in the forest will be a valuable food

0:17:02 > 0:17:08supply throughout these harsh winter months.

0:17:12 > 0:17:20But it's not just the squirrels who are tempted by my feeders. Amongst

0:17:20 > 0:17:34the usual garden birds I get a really special visitor crested tits.

0:17:34 > 0:17:43With their punk-like hair styles, they're unmistakable. Feisty and

0:17:43 > 0:17:51territorial, they raise their crests high to show dominance. They usually

0:17:51 > 0:17:56prefer to forage among the trees and it is often only their call that

0:17:56 > 0:18:01gives them away.

0:18:04 > 0:18:12But the cold of winter draws them closer.

0:18:12 > 0:18:17closer. They don't hang around on the feeders for long. Eating back

0:18:17 > 0:18:22under the cover of the trees is the safer option.

0:18:22 > 0:18:31Crested tits are a

0:18:31 > 0:18:34Crested tits are a a real speciality and only found in this part of

0:18:34 > 0:18:41Scotland. It is winter that allows me these intimate views, right on my

0:18:41 > 0:18:44doorstep.

0:18:48 > 0:18:52A cool bird - being an ex-punk rocker yourself, hard to believe

0:18:52 > 0:18:58now, that you look so smart - I believe that is in your top ten.I

0:18:58 > 0:19:02like a crested tit because I live in the south of England. They are not

0:19:02 > 0:19:08top ten. They are a little scruffy for me.And a punk rocker isn't.

0:19:08 > 0:19:13Some of us are relatively smart. That is on Neil's doorstep.

0:19:13 > 0:19:18Obviously here in Sherborne we have plenty of wildlife on our doorstep.

0:19:18 > 0:19:22One has been elusive - the badger. We tried hard in Springwatch to get

0:19:22 > 0:19:28to know it. We didn't have any luck. We tried harder in Autumnwatch - no

0:19:28 > 0:19:35luck. We will try and get closer to it in Winterwatch.In Springwatch we

0:19:35 > 0:19:42worked with Dr Dawn Scott and collared one of the badgers here we

0:19:42 > 0:19:46called Madonna. She disappeared and reappeared again, our hopes rose.

0:19:46 > 0:19:51She disappeared again. Subsequent to that we've had no signal whatsoever.

0:19:51 > 0:19:55We think, because when we collared her we identified she was an old

0:19:55 > 0:19:58animal that she's probably died of natural causes underground. That

0:19:58 > 0:20:02means we have not been able to record what she's been getting up

0:20:02 > 0:20:08to. Subsequent to that, Dawn has been back and we collared three more

0:20:08 > 0:20:12animals. This is quite exciting. We catch the animals at night. This is

0:20:12 > 0:20:15a tried and tested method. No harm will come to these creatures by

0:20:15 > 0:20:22having the collars fitted. They look a bit bulky. I can assure you they

0:20:22 > 0:20:27are not intrusive. We've called one of them David Bowie. In fact this is

0:20:27 > 0:20:31David Bowie going in there at the moment and making his exit, having

0:20:31 > 0:20:36come around from the sedative. The other couple we have named Kate Bush

0:20:36 > 0:20:41and Mark Almond. There is David, off into the night, transmitting away.

0:20:41 > 0:20:48So, have we seen our badgers since? Well, let's take a look. This is

0:20:48 > 0:20:52where David Bowie was released. Now, we have got badgers there. We have

0:20:52 > 0:20:57spotted them. You can see that is not David Bowie because it hasn't

0:20:57 > 0:21:00got the collar. However, take a close look through the trees and

0:21:00 > 0:21:06there you go, you can see the collar. So that is definitely the

0:21:06 > 0:21:11badger, David Bowie. We are hoping to see a closer view of him.

0:21:11 > 0:21:16Hopefully he's not touch of a rebel, rebel. Once he's used to the

0:21:16 > 0:21:20cameras, he'll enjoy his fame, so long as he's not under pressure to

0:21:20 > 0:21:31perform!What a cascade of pop references.

0:21:31 > 0:21:35references. We OK, so here they are. Here are the badgers that we've

0:21:35 > 0:21:39marked. We have David Bowie over here. Then we have got Kate Bush

0:21:39 > 0:21:43here and Mark Almond here. What is interesting is there is about 1,000

0:21:43 > 0:21:47metres between these two and not much distance between Kate Bush and

0:21:47 > 0:21:52Mark Almond. Probably not true in real life, but for the animals here,

0:21:52 > 0:21:59the case. Why are we doing this? The badgers are behaving A-typically in

0:21:59 > 0:22:05the way they use the landscape for raging and locating their seblingts.

0:22:05 > 0:22:15Kate Bush -- their sects. Kate Bush and Mark Almond are closely related.

0:22:15 > 0:22:23We have seen them doing a lot of stuff, haven't we?This is Mark

0:22:23 > 0:22:28Almond, out snuffling around, marking his territory there. He is a

0:22:28 > 0:22:32male - he has a broad head. He is relatively young as well. Nice

0:22:32 > 0:22:37condition - not a lot of fighting going on. A very handsome Mark

0:22:37 > 0:22:43Almond. Got the dark marks around the eyes, just like Mark's 80's make

0:22:43 > 0:22:48up as well. At this time of the year the badgers are out and about. It

0:22:48 > 0:22:52has been mild. They have been doing grooming. A lot of foraging going

0:22:52 > 0:22:59on. No need for them to stay Down Under ground because it has not been

0:22:59 > 0:23:04that harsh, the weather. They say hello. Then they wave goodbye. That

0:23:04 > 0:23:10is pretty much the story of the 1980s.We have live cameras on those

0:23:10 > 0:23:15badgers as well. We don't have anything on them right now but if we

0:23:15 > 0:23:18see any badgers hopefully we will see Kate Bush. I think she may be

0:23:18 > 0:23:23running up that hill. Hopefully she'll be back. It's not going to

0:23:23 > 0:23:27stop, is it - all week! Now to Martin, if he was an '80s icon, who

0:23:27 > 0:23:37do you think he'd be?Status quo. That sage hair. I was thinking Bon

0:23:37 > 0:23:45Jovi.Less of the grey shagy hair. Here I am. I am in the Sherborne

0:23:45 > 0:23:51brok.

0:23:51 > 0:23:57brok. The river is trickling past me. A perfect winter's night. Back

0:23:57 > 0:24:01in Autumnwatch we delved into the magical underwater world of the

0:24:01 > 0:24:08brown trout and I fulfilled a childhood dream.

0:24:08 > 0:24:13We weren't sure whether we could find the trout, so I was dressed up

0:24:13 > 0:24:19in these elegant clothes to try and find them. I wanted to enter the

0:24:19 > 0:24:29actual water. There they are. I got very, very over excited.

0:24:29 > 0:24:35There were two! There were not just a couple of trout, these are brown

0:24:35 > 0:24:39trout. I began to speculate, in Winterwatch, where would they start

0:24:39 > 0:24:47to lay their eggs? I thought I had found the per text spot. -- perfect

0:24:47 > 0:24:54spot. It turned out I was wrong. Not completely wrong because I am a

0:24:54 > 0:24:57kilometre downstream from where I thought they would lay their eggs. I

0:24:57 > 0:25:04want to show you something curious. If you look down in the water here,

0:25:04 > 0:25:09the substrate is... Oh, that is my sweater gone! It's really dark.

0:25:09 > 0:25:14These pebbles are really, really dark there. The gravel, but now, if

0:25:14 > 0:25:17I move out, you can see these patches, much, much lighter.

0:25:17 > 0:25:22Like that. I don't know if you can see that. You probably can. Look, it

0:25:22 > 0:25:28is steaming now. It is get oh cold. During the day those patches of

0:25:28 > 0:25:32light and dark are really, really obvious. So what is doing this? Can

0:25:32 > 0:25:36you see... This is where I am standing now, during the day, look

0:25:36 > 0:25:43you can see that very, very clear light coloured area. And there are

0:25:43 > 0:25:50also, now look closely, can you see the mid-tofl -- in the middle of the

0:25:50 > 0:25:54frame, there are some trout. One is doing something curious. What is

0:25:54 > 0:25:58happening here and it is probably finished now, the females come to

0:25:58 > 0:26:03these areas and they clean the gravel. They get rid of all the

0:26:03 > 0:26:07silt. They use their tail, bash it up and down and they clear all of

0:26:07 > 0:26:13this. Not one trout has done that. Quite a few have done that. They

0:26:13 > 0:26:20call it a redd. It is an ancient word meaning to tidy up or to clean.

0:26:20 > 0:26:24Once the female has done that and tidied up and cleaned it all, then

0:26:24 > 0:26:29the next stage of the process of reproduction takes place, the males

0:26:29 > 0:26:35arrive. Here is the female, with a male. You can see what she's doing,

0:26:35 > 0:26:42seeing how she is cleaning that silt out of the gravel. The male has a

0:26:42 > 0:26:47difficult job. He has to encourage the female to spawn. He does that by

0:26:47 > 0:26:51tapping her flank with his nose. And he will come around to the other

0:26:51 > 0:26:58side in a moment and just gently tap again. Here he comes. Just tapping

0:26:58 > 0:27:02her lateral line, trying to encourage here to spawn. Once she

0:27:02 > 0:27:06does, he will then, he'll then fertilise the eggs and she will

0:27:06 > 0:27:13cover them up with gravel. He's not the only one there. Now the males,

0:27:13 > 0:27:20this is subtle behaviour, he has to drive the other male off. He does

0:27:20 > 0:27:24that by erecting his fin. He does that by looking threatening. They

0:27:24 > 0:27:30actually have a bite at each other. She's carrying on, getting that redd

0:27:30 > 0:27:35ready for the eggs to be laid in there. The male, they sort of

0:27:35 > 0:27:39parallel walk, like we have seen red dear. What a waste of time for those

0:27:39 > 0:27:44lads, because there was a big, big male trout waiting in the wings and

0:27:44 > 0:27:50he's come in. So the male has to be with the female on the redd all the

0:27:50 > 0:27:54time because the minute she lays the eggs, he has to try and fertilise

0:27:54 > 0:28:01them. What do they look like? They are beautiful. They look like little

0:28:01 > 0:28:06orange jewels there. Imagine if she laid those eggs directly into the

0:28:06 > 0:28:09water here, they are so small, they would be washed away instain

0:28:09 > 0:28:16tapously. So, all this -- instantly. So all this business of cleaning the

0:28:16 > 0:28:20gravel, let me put water in this, this is what is going on underwater.

0:28:20 > 0:28:30Here are the eggs, they are trapped now in the gravel. The female trout

0:28:30 > 0:28:37has pushed over the top of there. It is nice and clean, so the water can

0:28:37 > 0:28:40travel through, oxygenating the eggs as they develop. That is the

0:28:40 > 0:28:45process. Let's see what happens once she's laid the eggs. Here they are.

0:28:45 > 0:28:50You can see the little fish inside, just see the eyes. Here it is

0:28:50 > 0:28:56starting to... Can you sea the heart beating away? There is a large yolk

0:28:56 > 0:29:02sack. The tiny trout will live off that sack to begin with it. It is

0:29:02 > 0:29:07getting bigger now. Now it has to start hunting for food. There it is.

0:29:07 > 0:29:12They will snap away at any little thing that passes by. Trout here,

0:29:12 > 0:29:17these are very small, they may lay 100, up to 300 eggs down there. It

0:29:17 > 0:29:22will take a few months for them to develop, quite slowly, dependant on

0:29:22 > 0:29:28the temperature of the water. When they do hatch out there'll be

0:29:28 > 0:29:32crustaceans for them to eat. If you go down to your river and see the

0:29:32 > 0:29:36strange pattern of the dark and light you will know what made it.

0:29:36 > 0:29:40The process of the eggs hatching out is very weather-dependant. What will

0:29:40 > 0:29:45happen to the weather? Well, I know a man who knows. It is time to go

0:29:45 > 0:29:47over to find out.

0:29:50 > 0:29:56Some rain this week. River levels holding up. We have been mild to

0:29:56 > 0:30:04cold a lot this winter and seen unusual things. This adder out and

0:30:04 > 0:30:08about in Devon. The sun is getting stronger at this time of year. I

0:30:08 > 0:30:15have seen bats flying at dusk. Mild to cold and back again.

0:30:18 > 0:30:20The forest is home to red squirrels.

0:30:20 > 0:30:26It has been occasionally storming, nothing too bad for the birds but if

0:30:26 > 0:30:30you are doing some garden bird watching you know it has been mild.

0:30:30 > 0:30:35Turning colder this week, weather systems working south, cold air

0:30:35 > 0:30:40behind, some wintry showers. It's already turning colder in Sherborne,

0:30:40 > 0:30:44a frost is setting in and after a mild start to the week, the rest of

0:30:44 > 0:30:49the week will be single figures. A lot of winter is left yet. The great

0:30:49 > 0:30:53news is that there is a lot of Winterwatch left yet too!

0:30:53 > 0:30:54news is that there is a lot of Winterwatch left yet too!It's going

0:30:54 > 0:31:02to be chilly, the woolly hats coming out. At the weekend, loads of you

0:31:02 > 0:31:06get involved in the bird watch. Some of you may have done it today. Lots

0:31:06 > 0:31:12of pictures on Twitter. That is molar. I like how she has her

0:31:12 > 0:31:19bird-watching books out -- that is Lola. This is Batman looking for

0:31:19 > 0:31:24Robin. He's dressed up and he his binoculars. The old folk are doing

0:31:24 > 0:31:29it as well, the Abbey Fields said Alden 's care home have been

0:31:29 > 0:31:35counting too. Well done to the body. This is possibly one of the greatest

0:31:35 > 0:31:38citizen science projects running in the world, it has been running for a

0:31:38 > 0:31:42long time, enormous numbers of people take part, over half a

0:31:42 > 0:31:47million last year so we can generate real data. We have no data from this

0:31:47 > 0:31:51year yet but we have a graft, the last ten years. A couple of species

0:31:51 > 0:31:57we can look at, it shows how many birds are appearing in the garden

0:31:57 > 0:32:02over the hour. Look at greenfinch, declining rapidly over the last ten

0:32:02 > 0:32:09years and the wood pigeon is increasing. What's happening?

0:32:09 > 0:32:12Woodpigeon, up 51.6%. Maybe because they aren't migrating to the

0:32:12 > 0:32:15continent and they are coming into our gardens? Greenfinches are

0:32:15 > 0:32:23declining because they are infected with a disease in gardens which has

0:32:23 > 0:32:25been knocking them out quite seriously.The RSPB will be putting

0:32:25 > 0:32:30the results together and we will know them in due course. When you

0:32:30 > 0:32:33were doing your bit garden bird watch, how many of you saw something

0:32:33 > 0:32:40like this? This was sent in by the wildlife gadget man. You can see a

0:32:40 > 0:32:47rat coming out of the hedges to the garden bird feeder. Keep watching

0:32:47 > 0:32:54its eye in the corner. Keep watching, watch closely, and look at

0:32:54 > 0:32:58that! A tawny owl comes in. Did it get the

0:32:58 > 0:33:00that! A tawny owl comes in. Did it get the rat? Let's have a look

0:33:00 > 0:33:03again. It's in the bush.

0:33:03 > 0:33:05get the rat? Let's have a look again. It's in the bush. It comes

0:33:05 > 0:33:09out... I don't think so, Chris, because it would have been

0:33:09 > 0:33:17struggling a bit more.That is a great prey item for a tawny owl, the

0:33:17 > 0:33:22rat would have been 100 grams at least. They are formidable nocturnal

0:33:22 > 0:33:29predators, taking advantage of that rat. We've just Mr seeing a badger

0:33:29 > 0:33:37on the thermal cameras but we can look at it now. It isn't one of our

0:33:37 > 0:33:42collared individuals.It is looking gorgeous.It is a thermal image,

0:33:42 > 0:33:47what is white is warmer and what is darker is cooler. We can see the

0:33:47 > 0:33:53animals unobtrusively, there is no infrared light. A bit of grooming.

0:33:53 > 0:33:56With the wet weather, it is a bonanza for worms, I think it's

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0:34:37 > 0:34:42you do. Let's go back to Islay where Gillian is looking for otters that

0:34:42 > 0:34:46are hanging around a whiskey distillery, the perfect place to do

0:34:46 > 0:34:51some wildlife watching, if you ask me!Welcome back to Islay. Yes,

0:34:51 > 0:34:57we've come to a whiskey distillery because we've been following four

0:34:57 > 0:35:01otters to use this coastline regularly. We have a live camera

0:35:01 > 0:35:04which we want to go to straightaway and see if we have any action. There

0:35:04 > 0:35:09you

0:35:09 > 0:35:12you can see, there's no action but we've seen signs of otters

0:35:12 > 0:35:20everywhere. Have a look at this. If I live this up here... -- lift this

0:35:20 > 0:35:28up. This is a couch, which is like a daytime hideaway. If you look here,

0:35:28 > 0:35:32the otter that's been using it has been busy. Fragments of cell, bits

0:35:32 > 0:35:38of crab shell here. This is unmistakable -- fragments of shell.

0:35:38 > 0:35:45Whoever is using this is having a jolly good time. Winter is a really

0:35:45 > 0:35:49difficult time for all animals, otters are no exception and the

0:35:49 > 0:35:54obvious reason, one of the main thing is, they need to stay warm.

0:35:54 > 0:35:58They've got to eat 15% of their body weight each day to meet energy

0:35:58 > 0:36:05requirements. That's not easy when the water is hovering around 8-10d.

0:36:05 > 0:36:11You don't have to take my word for it, look at these pictures. They are

0:36:11 > 0:36:22the mountain is here. Imagine how cold the water is. That is our dog

0:36:22 > 0:36:26otter, out on a foraging trip. As he goes down he isn't chasing fish in

0:36:26 > 0:36:31the water column, he's looking for sleeping Fish, nocturnal fish that

0:36:31 > 0:36:37are hiding away in cracks and crevices. Each dive is 15-20

0:36:37 > 0:36:42seconds, he comes back up for air and then he dives back down again.

0:36:42 > 0:36:46He knows the territory well, he knows where he's had success and

0:36:46 > 0:36:50caught fish before. This time when he comes up he's got something.

0:36:50 > 0:36:53caught fish before. This time when he comes up he's got something. But

0:36:53 > 0:36:56that's a tiny morsel, he'll have to do that again and again through the

0:36:56 > 0:37:02day. After 20 minutes in the water, his body temperature will drop by

0:37:02 > 0:37:04about 1 degrees and eventually he's going

0:37:04 > 0:37:06about 1 degrees and eventually he's going to get out.

0:37:06 > 0:37:09about 1 degrees and eventually he's going to get out. You be seen your

0:37:09 > 0:37:14dogs doing this, having a good shake and the next thing they do is roll

0:37:14 > 0:37:15around. He looks for a lovely

0:37:15 > 0:37:15and the next thing they do is roll around. He looks for a lovely patch

0:37:15 > 0:37:24of seaweed and that looks like it feels good! But the reality is that

0:37:24 > 0:37:28grooming isn't just about feeling good, it's absolutely vital to their

0:37:28 > 0:37:33survival. Their fur coats are like their survival suits and may need

0:37:33 > 0:37:38maintaining. We've got this old pelt here which I thought would be nice

0:37:38 > 0:37:43to show you. It is absolutely smooth on the outside, it has long hair,

0:37:43 > 0:37:49but when you peel the layer back, you can see this thick fluffy under

0:37:49 > 0:37:55fur. It is so thick I can't actually see the skin underneath it. There

0:37:55 > 0:37:59are 50,000 hairs in a square centimetre, about the size of mind

0:37:59 > 0:38:07and nail. That acts to trap the warm air by the otter's skin. To give you

0:38:07 > 0:38:17a sense of how dense that is, a dog has 9000 squares per centimetre. So

0:38:17 > 0:38:20it's an incredible adaptation. The adults are great hunters but what

0:38:20 > 0:38:24about the juveniles? Let's have a look.

0:38:24 > 0:38:28about the juveniles? Let's have a look. This is our juvenile here.

0:38:28 > 0:38:34They can swim from quite young, but they need about two years to become

0:38:34 > 0:38:40expert divers. While they are learning how to dive really well,

0:38:40 > 0:38:43they have to go after the easier prey, but less nutritious. That

0:38:43 > 0:38:50isn't a fish, he has caught a crab. You can imagine that crabs are not

0:38:50 > 0:38:56easy to eat out on the water so the juveniles have two waste a lot of

0:38:56 > 0:39:02energy going onto dry land to process the crab and eat it. When

0:39:02 > 0:39:07he's done that he's going to go back out again and find more. These

0:39:07 > 0:39:08he's done that he's going to go back out again and find more. These

0:39:08 > 0:39:12juveniles are on an energetic knife edge and this really steep learning

0:39:12 > 0:39:17curve shows up in the statistics. Less than half of all otters make it

0:39:17 > 0:39:22to four years old and this first year of winter, the first winter is

0:39:22 > 0:39:27the most challenging time. But if this couch over here and all these

0:39:27 > 0:39:33scraps of shrapnel are anything to go by, then we feel that these

0:39:33 > 0:39:39otters here, the juveniles should do well this winter. It's been so

0:39:39 > 0:39:43lovely getting to know these animals. Tomorrow we're going to be

0:39:43 > 0:39:47heading to the south of the island, where it's possibly the best place

0:39:47 > 0:39:53in the country, all of Britain, to see golden eagles. It's also where a

0:39:53 > 0:39:59very passionate scientist has been championing a little-known bird.

0:40:05 > 0:40:10I am Jamie and I study a very niche finch living in hard to reach places

0:40:10 > 0:40:23called the Twite. They are a little brown finch. You generally hear them

0:40:23 > 0:40:27first and you wouldn't recognise where the call is coming from. In

0:40:27 > 0:40:36winter they move to the coast. Currently they have a nature reserve

0:40:36 > 0:40:40on Islay where we are looking at the population which was planted by the

0:40:40 > 0:40:47RSPB.This large winter flock offers Jamie the opportunity to study their

0:40:47 > 0:40:54movements and survival through a collaring programme.To catch Twite

0:40:54 > 0:41:04we need to use a net which fires over the net as they fly in to feed.

0:41:04 > 0:41:11Doctson, go! It means we catch the entire flock at once and there is a

0:41:11 > 0:41:16team to process these birds and extract them -- Doctson, go!

0:41:18 > 0:41:25We colour in the Twite as individuals. With collaring is we

0:41:25 > 0:41:29don't have two capture the birds again, anyone can read them and send

0:41:29 > 0:41:38us the data, it is a citizen science project. We rely on bird watchers to

0:41:38 > 0:41:46report them to us. We've had over 130 people reporting Twite in the

0:41:46 > 0:41:53time we've had the project so far. Twite and Lynette interestingly our

0:41:53 > 0:41:57two of the only species that feed on these seeds which have no in

0:41:57 > 0:42:04vertebrates diet whatsoever which mean that Twite rely on meadows.

0:42:04 > 0:42:09Farming practices have meant that the meadows are less viable and the

0:42:09 > 0:42:14population has subsequently declined. In the last ten years in

0:42:14 > 0:42:18England we've seen them decline as much as 50%. We know that the

0:42:18 > 0:42:24decline is continuing despite conservation.

0:42:24 > 0:42:30conservation. The Welsh and Northern Irish populations are very small

0:42:30 > 0:42:35comedy in this one, probably less than 150 pairs now. The Scottish

0:42:35 > 0:42:38ones have several thousand pairs although they are hard to monitor.

0:42:38 > 0:42:43They are very remote readers and easy to miss in the expansive

0:42:43 > 0:42:51moorland -- remote breeders. They are declining in places where we are

0:42:51 > 0:43:02looking and they may disappear without any of us noticing.

0:43:09 > 0:43:16Research historically has favoured charismatic species, they draw the

0:43:16 > 0:43:19funding and time, they engage collective imagination. Birds that

0:43:19 > 0:43:24live a long way away in wet, windy moorland, no one sees, they deserve

0:43:24 > 0:43:36the same amount of protection. You just get colder doing it!

0:43:38 > 0:43:41It's so true, research favours the charismatic but it's great to see

0:43:41 > 0:43:47the little brown birds getting some support.Got to champion the

0:43:47 > 0:43:52underdog. Let's go to the thermal camera where we've got one of our

0:43:52 > 0:43:56badgers, in fact two badgers. This is as what we are calling the

0:43:56 > 0:44:03century set meaning the animal you see on the side of your screen is

0:44:03 > 0:44:11Mark, after Mark Almond. They are very busy at the sets at this time

0:44:11 > 0:44:15of year, there's a lot of digging going on, over the next month or so

0:44:15 > 0:44:19the females are going to give birth so they are cleaning out the set and

0:44:19 > 0:44:23bringing in some bedding and you can see some on the surface. This is

0:44:23 > 0:44:29life but a few moments ago we saw some badger behaviour. Here is Mark

0:44:29 > 0:44:37doing some mutual grooming with another badger in the set there.

0:44:37 > 0:44:40Tickling its Soft Cells! Galan how many of these are we going to get

0:44:40 > 0:44:45in?

0:44:45 > 0:44:49We've tried so hard to get them and finally we have succeeded. We like

0:44:49 > 0:44:53an experiment and we are lucky at Sherborne because there are lots of

0:44:53 > 0:45:03farmland birds, things like these. We have Lynette 's -- linnets,

0:45:03 > 0:45:08yellow hammers, skylarks. These birds have been in dramatic decline

0:45:08 > 0:45:12in recent years but there is active management going on at Sherborne

0:45:12 > 0:45:17which attracts them and makes a habitat for them. At this time of

0:45:17 > 0:45:21year they flock together which is why we decided to do an experiment.

0:45:21 > 0:45:25Many farmland bird species are in trouble, loss of habitat, the

0:45:25 > 0:45:29intensification of agriculture are knocking them back but many farmers

0:45:29 > 0:45:34and sign up to Stuart said -- stewardship schemes: putting down

0:45:34 > 0:45:40seeds and some farmers put the seeds out to make sure that the

0:45:40 > 0:45:44populations prosper. We have a mixture here, typical of the kind of

0:45:44 > 0:45:49thing that goes out on the field for those birds. But which seeds are

0:45:49 > 0:45:54eaten by which species? We've got a simple experiment, six trainees and

0:45:54 > 0:45:58into each one of them we have poured a different kind of seed. -- six

0:45:58 > 0:46:05trainees. Days is whether flocks have been coming to feed. We have

0:46:05 > 0:46:07rape seed...

0:46:11 > 0:46:15We will continue to monitor these over the next few days, recording

0:46:15 > 0:46:24which species appear so, we can see which of these seized seeds are

0:46:24 > 0:46:29beneficial and which are left. My prediction is they will go for the

0:46:29 > 0:46:36rape seed. If we get any garden birds in, the greenfinches they will

0:46:36 > 0:46:44go for them. What about you?I think maybe the wheat. No, sunflower. I

0:46:44 > 0:46:51think you are right right. A lot have visited the feeders. We will

0:46:51 > 0:46:55look at that tomorrow. We have had quite a bit of a success with that

0:46:55 > 0:47:00already.Those are not the only species we see flocking together at

0:47:00 > 0:47:06this time of year. If you were out and about in the late afternoon you

0:47:06 > 0:47:10might see corvids forming very large and impressive flocks.They are very

0:47:10 > 0:47:15intelligent. Which is the most intelligent? We decided to take the

0:47:15 > 0:47:22two largest corvids and put them to a test. It was an epic battle. It

0:47:22 > 0:47:27was a feathery fight for supremacy. It was the clash of the corvids, or

0:47:27 > 0:47:34should that be... Game of crows? !

0:47:50 > 0:47:58The carrion crow... It is the ultimate battle of the brainy birds.

0:47:58 > 0:48:05But which one will be crowned king of the corvids?

0:48:05 > 0:48:13There can only be one winner. There can only be one winner the

0:48:13 > 0:48:25Game of Crows! This is Bran the Raven. He weighs 7.1 and he has a

0:48:25 > 0:48:28wingspan of 1.35 metres. His favourite toy is a stone. But don't

0:48:28 > 0:48:37let that fool you because this is the master mind of the bird world.

0:48:37 > 0:48:44And that's why I'm I'm with him. That sounds like a challenge. Let me

0:48:44 > 0:48:49introduce you to Zim. She a carrion crow. Although he's half the size,

0:48:49 > 0:48:54crows are considered fearless, one of our most clever birds. At 22

0:48:54 > 0:48:59years of age, he's been through the wars, but with age comes experience.

0:48:59 > 0:49:06Which is why I'm championing Zim. When you play the Game of crows, you

0:49:06 > 0:49:13win or you die. Not you, mate!The raven and crow

0:49:13 > 0:49:19will be set four games. Each designed to test their

0:49:19 > 0:49:24problem-solving abilities.

0:49:25 > 0:49:30problem-solving abilities.They have been familiar rised with the props,

0:49:30 > 0:49:38but not taught or trained to master them.Game one - the iron thrown. --

0:49:38 > 0:49:42the iron throne. This will test their ability for survival in the

0:49:42 > 0:49:46wild.The birds must out-compete each other by removing the swords as

0:49:46 > 0:49:51quickly as possible to get a food reward.

0:49:51 > 0:49:56And before the two-minute hour glass runs out.

0:49:56 > 0:50:03First up, Bran, the raven. About the size of a buzzard ravens are the

0:50:03 > 0:50:08largest member of the crow family. Let it begin.

0:50:08 > 0:50:10The sands of time are ticking.

0:50:15 > 0:50:21So first up the raven. Straight in, Martin. Look at that.The accuracy

0:50:21 > 0:50:27of the bill too.You might think it is big and clumpy.Come on, do your

0:50:27 > 0:50:37stuff.In fact, the dexterity is remarkable. Down goes the bait.Oh,

0:50:37 > 0:50:42he's got it. Looking for more. Well done!And the sands of time say 50%.

0:50:42 > 0:50:4750%. That is a very good effort. I am impressed.Most people think the

0:50:47 > 0:50:51beak of the raven is there to bash out the brains and peck out the

0:50:51 > 0:50:55eyes. What we have seen is a demonstration of the fact it has

0:50:55 > 0:51:01remarkable dexterity. Not only did it remove the swords very quickly,

0:51:01 > 0:51:05it did it neatly.I think the crow can do better.Let's reset the iron

0:51:05 > 0:51:12throne.Bring on the ancient and slightly grumpy crow.

0:51:12 > 0:51:26Well done!He's nippy! Look at this! Good boy! He 's got it. Check the

0:51:26 > 0:51:32sands of time. Oh! Only about one third through there, mate.Well

0:51:32 > 0:51:41done. He's old... But he's bright. 1-0 to the crow.

0:51:41 > 0:51:48Game two - the guillotine.

0:51:50 > 0:51:53Game two - the guillotine. This tests corvid curiosity. This is a

0:51:53 > 0:52:06game to access food sources.Here they must act

0:52:08 > 0:52:13they must act as executioneer. Take two. About four grains.Four

0:52:13 > 0:52:17grains! That was really impressive because

0:52:17 > 0:52:23even if it didn't work he went for it again.

0:52:23 > 0:52:28it again.They are both liking and fearing new things. They need to get

0:52:28 > 0:52:35the balance right. He came straight in and the first thing he thought is

0:52:35 > 0:52:39there is a piece of string,ly pull it, something nice might happen.I

0:52:39 > 0:52:47am worried now, the crow may have a little job on here. Come on... Good

0:52:47 > 0:52:53boy. Pull the string, pull the string, come on...Oh, he's having a

0:52:53 > 0:53:00look around! Hammering the blade. He's got it.Hold on!Cheated.

0:53:00 > 0:53:05Excellent. He does haven't to pull the string. He's gone straight in

0:53:05 > 0:53:10there and bashed away and got the food. Impressive.You say that, but

0:53:10 > 0:53:18he's behaving like the hound, it's all brute force with little brains.

0:53:18 > 0:53:23It is effective.It was mission accomplished, but not as fast. I

0:53:23 > 0:53:28think 26 grains of sand. So the raven takes it.Because he's so old

0:53:28 > 0:53:33you must allow him a certain amount of...No, mate, not on Game of

0:53:33 > 0:53:40crows. No mercy. Let's draw swords for the next round.1-1... All to

0:53:40 > 0:53:42play for!

0:53:46 > 0:53:53It is nail-biting stuff! You two looked quite dashing in your

0:53:53 > 0:53:56medieval outfits. You should wear them more often. Who will be the

0:53:56 > 0:54:04winning bird? Will the crow take the crown or will the raven reign? Cast

0:54:04 > 0:54:09your votes online, on our website. We will reveal what you thought

0:54:09 > 0:54:14tomorrow before part two of Game of Crows. There can only be one winner.

0:54:14 > 0:54:19Which bird will it be? All exciting stuff. I am on the edge of my seat.

0:54:19 > 0:54:22It is very difficult to tell the difference between members of the

0:54:22 > 0:54:28crow family. There are eight in total. And the tricky ones are the

0:54:28 > 0:54:33black-bodied one, the raven, carrion crow and the jackdaw and rock. There

0:54:33 > 0:54:37is the black bodied chuff. My favourite birds. You only see those

0:54:37 > 0:54:42on the coast. They are rare. Beautiful red bill and legs. There

0:54:42 > 0:54:48are the easy ones, the magpie, the ja and the hooded crow. So the black

0:54:48 > 0:54:53bodied one. Here is our handy guide to telling the difference. First of

0:54:53 > 0:55:01all, size.One of the best props ever devised. A pop-up raven. A

0:55:01 > 0:55:07wingspan of 1.3 metres and a distance between beak and tail about

0:55:07 > 0:55:1265 centimetres, these birds weigh about 1.3kgs. They are huge birds,

0:55:12 > 0:55:19ass you can see.That is -- as you can see. That is massive. Are you

0:55:19 > 0:55:27sure that is the size?This is the size.Right, here we go, and this is

0:55:27 > 0:55:30the carrion crow, much, much smaller than the raven. I have a cheat on

0:55:30 > 0:55:38the back here. The wingspan is 98kms and the weight is about -- 98

0:55:38 > 0:55:47centimetres and the weight. The Rook is lighter. A 90 centimetre

0:55:47 > 0:55:53wingspan. 310 grams.

0:55:53 > 0:56:00wingspan. 310 grams.She's reading it off the back. This is the Jack

0:56:00 > 0:56:07daw. It's 75% less than your rather massive bird over there. It is

0:56:07 > 0:56:11enormous.When they are side by side like this, it is easy to see the

0:56:11 > 0:56:15difference.That is if you see them in the sky. What about if you come

0:56:15 > 0:56:19face-to-face with these animals on the ground. Look at them there. The

0:56:19 > 0:56:24raven, a huge head. Massive bill, black eyes and the fortitude of that

0:56:24 > 0:56:29bill you should look at and its fluffy beard.Then there is a crow

0:56:29 > 0:56:37there. A very egapt corvid. -- a very elegant corvid. Smaller than

0:56:37 > 0:56:45the raven. What about the rook?

0:56:46 > 0:56:57the raven. What about the rook? That is like the Owen Wilson.

0:56:57 > 0:57:05The Jackdaw is very attractive. It has a nice nose. I would say it is

0:57:05 > 0:57:12more like George Clooney. That very distinctly has those lovely blue,

0:57:12 > 0:57:20sort of slaty eyes.Have you got Jackdaws dropping sticks down your

0:57:20 > 0:57:25chim anies?

0:57:26 > 0:57:32chim anies? -- down your chimneys. That was your easy guide to corvids.

0:57:32 > 0:57:37Now we are running out of time. Now a look at the kingfisher. It is

0:57:37 > 0:57:41displaying extraordinary behaviour. Look at how it is keeping its head

0:57:41 > 0:57:47completely still. This

0:57:50 > 0:57:54completely still. This such a re-election.We are back tomorrow.

0:57:54 > 0:57:58It is 8pm tomorrow. Not 9pm. It is 8pm. Let's see what we have coming

0:57:58 > 0:58:08up. We will be with Gillian in Islay. She will explore that island.

0:58:08 > 0:58:11It is unusual, a couple of vegetarians go out to the butcher's

0:58:11 > 0:58:23shop. That is what we did in search of a great bird.I will have a

0:58:23 > 0:58:29mesmerising experience with the Red Kites. We would like to apologise to

0:58:29 > 0:58:36Nick Miller for calling him my father-in-law. See you tomorrow.

0:58:36 > 0:58:478pm, not 9pm. See you then.