The big CHILL

Chris Packham on British wildlife's seasonal struggle for survival

- MICHAEL DARLING, HANNAH DAVIES, IAN MACEWAN

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Winterwatch Tuesday-Friday, 8pm, BBC2

The cameras are ready to roll as the Winterwatch team return to RSPB Arne in Dorset this week. 

This year the theme is one of resilience and renewal, with Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams shining a light on the wildlife struggling through this inhospitable season.

"There's this misconception that winter is a time of death and decay, where everything has hibernated or migrated,' says Packham, 62. "But it couldn't be further from the truth - there's a huge amount of activity. We get an enormous influx of waders and waterfowl from further north in Europe, so Poole Harbour, Brownsea Lagoon and the estuary areas around Arne itself will be full of migrant birds.

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