Puffin parade

Michaela Strachan on her seasonal snapshot of UK wildlife

NEW WILDLIFE

Springwatch

Holiday Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, times vary, BBC2

Nature cams are rigged up to capture all the live animal action from RSPB Arne in Dorset as wildlife series Springwatch returns with a new three-week run on BBC2.

But since nature rarely reads the script, presenter Michaela Strachan says that viewers should expect the unexpected.

‘That’s the thing about Springwatch – we put cameras on nests, and every year we think we know what’s going to happen,’ she says. ‘But I can guarantee you something will surprise us.