Autumnwatch Season 8 Episode release dates & where to watch

1. Episode 1

Autumnwatch is back with the best of the season's wild stories, live from the beautiful Lancashire coast. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games watch the action unfold as barn owls, starlings and otters prepare for winter. There is a special report on the most dramatic of autumn spectacles, the red deer rut, as huge male stags fight for the right to mate.

2. Episode 2

Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan are live from RSPB Leighton Moss on the stunning Lancashire coast, where they're getting to know the resident red deer, barn owls, starlings and otters. In a special report, Martin heads north to the Baltic Sea on the trail of migrating swans.

3. Episode 3

The best of the season's wildlife with Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan, live from their base on the Lancashire coast. Martin immerses himself in the watery world of otters and ducks at RSPB Leighton Moss, and there is a special report from Iolo Williams as he heads to the Welsh coast to rescue fledgling seabirds.

4. Episode 4

At the end of an action-packed week, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games report live on all the wildlife stories from their base on the Lancashire coast. It's Halloween, so this is all about the creatures of the night, and there's a special investigation into the latest animal to move into our towns and cities, the urban badger.