Cairngorms
Chris Packham and stepdaughter Meg McCubbin explore the Cairngorms. After admiring rare flowers, the pair discover osprey and badgers and scale a mountain in pursuit of red deer.
Chris Packham and stepdaughter Megan McCubbin continue their wildlife-watching road trip round Britain, this time exploring the rugged Cairngorms in Scotland.
Chris and Meg explore the ancient Caledonian woodlands of Abernethy National Nature Reserve, where Chris is on a mission to show Meg a very rare flower. Deep in the forest they eventually find what Chris was looking for: the twinflower.
The next day, Chris and Meg head to the tranquillity of Loch Insh in search of one of our most impressive birds of prey – the osprey. Once hunted to extinction in Scotland, these fish-eating raptors are now successfully breeding in the highlands again.
Their next stop is another loch – the beautiful Loch an Eilein with its island castle - where Chris recounts to Meg a story from his youth, complete with his diary entry from the time. Rounding off their second day, the pair head to a wildlife hide in Strathspey in the hope of spotting an elusive mammal - the pine marten - but they find badgers instead.
Lastly, Meg has something a bit more energetic planned: a deer-watching trip up a Cairngorms mountain.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Chris Packham |
Presenter | Megan McCubbin |
Executive Producer | Rosemary Edwards |
Series Producer | Joanne Stevens |
Producer | Joe Myerscough |
Production Manager | Nicola Kowalski |
Broadcasts
- Sun 26 Sep 2021 20:30
- Fri 22 Oct 2021 08:00
- Mon 25 Sep 2023 19:00
- Fri 19 Apr 2024 16:15