Springwatch: 2022
Springwatch returns for more live wildlife stories from across the UK.
Season 20 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Springwatch Season 19.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
Springwatch returns for more live wildlife stories from across the UK.
Episode Guide
Season 20 Progress Shield
Episode 1
May 30, 2022 · 59 min
Springwatch is back to wrap us in the comfort blanket that only the natural world can bring. Sit back and relax as we showcase the very best of the season’s wildlife across the UK.
Episode 2
May 31, 2022 · 59 min
Springwatch is bringing live wildlife action from across the UK. We have cameras poised to allow us a live and privileged view into the springtime dramas of our nesting birds from
Episode 3
Jun 1, 2022 · 59 min
With spring in full swing (or is it summer?), our nests are full to bursting. It’s a season of new life. As well as all our live nest cameras, the programme showcases some of the s
Episode 4
Jun 2, 2022 · 59 min
Tonight’s Springwatch is action packed with animal behaviour and live cameras. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan reveal some new science about toads who make a mammoth migration
Episode 5
Jun 6, 2022 · 59 min
Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan take a live look at our nest cameras from Norfolk - but it’s the badgers that steal the show with some mind-blowing behaviours captured on camer
Episode 6
Jun 7, 2022 · 59 min
Springwatch delves deeper into some sensational badger behaviour, while a remarkable young man shows us why he was driven to create a haven for hedgehogs at his local allotment. W
Episode 7
Jun 8, 2022 · 59 min
We’re covering a whole host of wildlife bases, from reptiles to mammals, birds to insects. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan broadcast live from Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk, while I
Episode 8
Jun 9, 2022 · 59 min
We take a look at the beauty of a green, iridescent, overlooked invertebrate as well as a fascinating insight into the family dynamics of the long-tailed tits in spring. Chris Pac
Episode 9
Jun 13, 2022 · 59 min
Week three of Springwatch kicks off with a smorgasbord of spring's seasonal best. Our live nests have been busy over the weekend, so Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan catch us up
Episode 10
Jun 14, 2022 · 59 min
Tonight’s Springwatch is a hive of activity, from busy bees to the latest fledglings, jumping spiders to allotment visitors. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are poised to deli
Episode 11
Jun 15, 2022 · 59 min
In the penultimate episode, all eyes are on the Norfolk nests. Will all of the chicks fledge successfully before the end of the series? The race is on, and the tension is palpable
Episode 12
Jun 16, 2022 · 59 min
In the final episode of the series, we say goodbye to all the nests that we have followed throughout this season. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan recap the highlights and the