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Last broadcast on Sat, 3 Oct 2009, 18:45 on BBC Two (Scotland only) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
From the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, Chris Packham and Kate Humble share their autumnal adventures in a wildlife-rich cider orchard. Simon King reports from the red deer rut on the Scottish island of Rum, while Gordon Buchanan is tracking killer whales in the North Sea.
Martin Hughes-Games is on hand to show viewers how to get involved with the series and autumn wildlife near them.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Welcome
The Autumnwatch team - Kate Humble, Chris Packham and Simon King - welcome you to 8 weeks of wildlife spectacles.
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Chapter 2
Wildlife orchard (1)
Chris Packham and Kate Humble's first discussion about the wildlife at a cider orchard.
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Chapter 3
Rum deer (1)
Red deer stags Percy and Caligula face off in Simon's first report from the rutting greens on Rum.
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Chapter 4
Wildlife orchard (2)
An early morning check of live mammal traps left in the orchard reveals wood mice and a common shrew.
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Chapter 5
Science with Chris
Chris Packham explains the obliquity of the elliptic, or how the Earth's orbit and rotation cause the seasons.
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Chapter 6
Simon in Svalbard
Simon King visits the high Arctic as the barnacle geese there get ready to migrate south. Plus arrivals news from reserves around the UK.
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Chapter 7
Wildlife orchard (3)
Chris and Kate use a tree-shaking tractor to investigate the buglife in the orchard.
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Chapter 8
Reintroduced beavers
Gordon Buchanan visits western Scotland to see how beavers brought there from Norway are faring.
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Chapter 9
Wildlife orchard (4)
Nocturnal filming at the orchard reveals an owl, rabbits and badgers.
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Chapter 10
Community orchard
Schoolchildren help out as a community-owned orchard turns some of its fruit into juice.
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Chapter 11
Unsprung: get involved
Martin Hughes-Games asks for your help after messageboard reports of unusual autumn behaviour by chiffchaffs and house martins.
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Chapter 12
Weather forecast
Autumnwatch and the BBC Weather Centre bring you a nature-focussed weekend weather forecast.
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Chapter 13
Rum deer (2)
Simon King commentates as more of the struggling stags vie to be king of Rum's rutting greens.
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Chapter 14
Goodbye
Kate, Chris and Simon discuss some viewers' wildlife curiosities and wrap up the first edition of Autumnwatch 2009.
Credits
- Presenter
- Chris Packham
- Presenter
- Kate Humble
- Presenter
- Simon King
- Presenter
- Gordon Buchanan
- Presenter
- Martin Hughes-Games
- Producer
- Roger Webb
- Executive Producer
- Tim Scoones
Broadcasts
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Fri 2 Oct 200921:00
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Sat 3 Oct 200918:15
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Sat 3 Oct 200918:30
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Sat 3 Oct 200918:45
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