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Episode 3

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.

59 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Feb 2020 08:00

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:25

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Chris Packham
Presenter Michaela Strachan
Presenter Gillian Burke
Presenter Iolo Williams
Producer Laura Whitely
Director James Morgan
Series Producer Mark Flowers
Executive Producer Rosemary Edwards

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