What the programme will feature
Autumnwatch surveillance team
Autumnwatch's very own Simon King, ditches the life of isolation he's so far endured on various remote Scottish Islands and heads inland for a series of 'missions' based around autumn spectacles and themes. Testing even Simon's superb fieldcraft skills to the max, he'll be attempting to track down the elusive rutting wild boar in the forest of Dean, infiltrating a Bat Cave in the isolated Yorkshire Dales, penetrating the heart of a starling roost and making a perilous seafaring trip to the farne islands. With an impressive toolkit of camera equipment Simon will really be helping us see into the dark.
The red deer rut diary
The Boys are back in town! Simon King delivers a nightly report from the gladiatorial Red deer rut on Isle of Rum. Will Percy retain his title as King of the Greens or will grand old man Caesar reclaim the trophy?
Super Whoopers
Bill Oddie and Kate Humble will be at Martin Mere, with daily, sunrise-to-sunset reports of the return of the jet propelled whooper swans that fly at up to 90 km per hour on their return journey from their breeding grounds in Iceland. Bill will be on feeding duty, whilst keeping an eye out for unusual arrivals at this important migration staging post. Kate will be on the look out for the characters she bid farewell to on her Summer trip to Iceland when she met the new generation of super whoopers. Duck Cam will be making it's first appearance on Autumnwatch giving us a bird's eye view of the coming's and goings on the mere.
Mr and Mrs Beaver
Live camera feeds from the new beaver enclosure at Martin Mere deliver a daily drama that hasn't been seen in the wild on british soil, let alone on TV, since beavers became extinct in the UK in the sixteenth century. Bill describes these highly controversial mammals as 'Aquatic Badgers' - and like the badgers from the farm in Devon, will they make a live appearance on the show?
Fox in the city
We catch up on the action of the Glaswegian fox families that delighted and had us on the edge of our seats during Springwatch. Gordon Buchanan reports live every night on the next stage of the cubs development as they prepare for winter - how did Jamie and the Chip shop family fare over the summer?