Winterwatch

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Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

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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Until 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales (analogue) was known simply as BBC Two Wales. BBC Two Wales (digital) was BBC 2W. From 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales schedules on both analogue and digital became identical

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Chris Packham

Michaela Strachan

Gillian Burke

Iolo Williams

Laura Whitely

James Morgan

Mark Flowers

Rosemary Edwards

Winterwatch: Series 8: Episode 3

Episode 3

Series 8

BBC Two - Winterwatch, Series 8, Episode 3

The team share the incredible science that explains why ducks don’t die from the cold.

The team share the incredible science that explains why ducks don’t die from the cold, a hidden world of overwintering insects, and minibeasts captured on camera by a passionate amateur photographer.

Live from their base in the heart of the Cairngorms, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams explore the magic of winter.

There is incredible science explaining why ducks don’t die from the cold, a hidden world of overwintering insects, minibeasts captured on camera by a passionate amateur photographer and the mass spectacle of 30,000 redwings roosting in a remote wood in Lancashire’s beautiful Ribble Valley in Lancashire.

Winterwatch: Series 8

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