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Winterwatch

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Live coverage as our wildlife faces up to the most challenging time of year.

Wildlife encounters the most challenging time of the year. The nights may be longer, but winter is far from a season of slumber. Live, breathtaking animal life from around the UK.

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Winterwatch: Series 6

Chris Packham

Michaela Strachan

Martin Hughes-Games

Gillian Burke

Rosemary Edwards

Chris Howard

Jake Senior

Tony Grech-Smith

Winterwatch: Series 6: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC Two - Winterwatch, Series 6, Episode 1

Gillian Burke is on Islay, tracking down some otters who live around a whisky distillery.

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan host from Sherborne. Gillian Burke is on Islay, tracking down a family of otters who live around one of the island's famous whisky distilleries.

Winterwatch returns to its year-round home in the heart of the Cotswolds - the National Trust's Sherborne Park Estate - to see how the animals there have fared since autumn, and bring a week of the very best of winter from up and down the country.  
 
Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games host from Sherborne, where after a disappointing spring and autumn for badger activity, things are starting to look up this winter. They've also been catching fascinating infra-red images, complete with haunting sounds, from the UK's smallest deer species, the Muntjac. 
 
Martin continues to delve deeper into the Sherborne landscape, getting his feet wet again in the Sherborne Brook where he looks for evidence of spawning trout. 
 
Gillian Burke is on Islay, off the west coast of Scotland, tracking down a family of otters who live around one of the island's famous whisky distilleries. It's a rugged place, and Gillian explains some of the tricks of the trade that these mammals use to get through the bitter winters. 
 
Wildlife cameramen Neil Anderson brings us winter's arrival from his home in the Scottish highlands, the work being done to help conserve a small brown bird is celebrated, and Chris and Martin go head to head in our brand new Game of Crows spectacular.

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Winterwatch returns to Sherborne to see how the animals have fared since autumn.

Winterwatch returns to its year-round home in the heart of the Cotswolds - the National Trust's Sherborne Park Estate - to see how the animals there have fared since autumn.

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