Springwatch is back on our screens for three weeks from 27 May, and with it there will be some new locations - as well as old favourites - that promise spectacular wildlife footage - live and prerecorded.
Here we take a look at where Springwatch 2024 is being filmed
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Where is Springwatch 2024 being filmed?
Springwatch 2024 is being filmed in a variety of locations all across the UK, from Southern England to the Highlands of Scotland, although its main locations will be, as in 2023, the spectacular RSPB Arne in Dorset.
RSPB Arne
RSPB Arne comes alive at this time of year with rare breeding birds, specialised heathland insects and all six of the UK’s native species of reptiles.
Set against the backdrop of Poole Harbour, RSPB Arne seems to have it all. Famous for its wide-open heathlands where reptiles roam, Springwatch will be exploring ancient oak woodlands, farmland and reedbeds. If that wasn’t enough, mudflats, scrub, wet woodland and acid grassland are just some of the habitats where the huge variety of wildlife which call Arne home can be found.
Corfe Castle
Three miles south of Arne stand the towering remains of Corfe Castle, where mating peregrines have claimed a raven’s nest atop its 20-metre high walls. We go behind the scenes as the Springwatch team hoist a 50kg camera into position, and set one of the coolest nest cams in the programme’s history.
Skomer
Springwatch heads to Skomer, to discover why this puffin breeding ground is thriving, and learn how it could help others across the UK. They also get in the water with the puffins to learn what sociable birds they are.
Llyn peninsula in Wales
Just off the Llyn peninsula in Wales, the sea bed hides danger at every turn. From cunning giant weavers, to jostling crabs, and a critically endangered angel shark, every mound of shifting sand can hide a hungry mouth. Springwatch spends a day in this fascinating and often hidden environment, as we follow an unassuming goby fish navigating its hostile world.
Southern England
In the sandy, treeless heaths of Southern England, mires and pools form part of the landscape as a rare green-eyed amphibian ventures out of his winter burrow. Having not been seen in these parts for the last 50 years, the Natterjack toad is a welcome sight.
North Dorset chalk grasslands
In the chalk grasslands of North Dorset, one butterfly caterpillar is emerging from a long hibernation. The Marsh Fritillary. But the early Spring weather has been unkind as they battle to feed and absorb enough energy from the sun - can they last the distance?
Scotland
Chris Packham travels to Scotland to shine a light on one of his childhood heroes, legendary conservationist, Roy Dennis. Starting at Roy's home in Moray and finishing at RSPB Loch Garten – the site of Roy’s very first Osprey sighting – this is a fitting and emotional celebration of a man who has dedicated his entire life to protecting our wildlife.
Eryri in Wales
Eryri in Wales is home to a temperate rainforest, one of the rarest and most biodiverse habitats in the UK. Listen to the sounds of species whose voices we are at risk of losing altogether from our natural soundscape.
Highlands
Springwatch will be in the Highlands to meet PHD researcher Jack Bamber who has dedicated the last four years to preventing capercaillie numbers from falling whilst simultaneously leaving their biggest nest predator, the protected pine marten, importantly unharmed. Discover his new revolutionary - and successful -strategy to divert the pine martens .
London
Now London might not be what you were expecting as a location for Springwatch, but award winning photographer Matt Maran has made it his mission to uncover and document the lives of London’s urban foxes.
Walthamstow Wetlands
Lira Valencia shows us the wildlife of Walthamstow Wetlands. Her passion for engaging people with species that can be found on urban streets is clear as she takes a trip to heron island to ring the newly hatched chicks.
College Lakes in Tring
For social media sensation Roxy Furman, documenting wildlife has always been second nature… Now she’s keen to share her passion with the lady who inspired her love of the natural world in the first place. Her nana Ruth. She wants to give her a glimpse into her world, and share a rare and precious day out together. Suffering from a degenerative genetic disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Ruth uses a wheelchair so Roxy’s chosen College Lakes in Tring for their outing where the hides are accessible and Spring birdlife is abundant.