Season 2017 - Episode Guide

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and James Wong join the lively cherry blossom celebrations taking place across Japan this spring.

The blossom or 'sakura' is one of the world's most stunning seasonal wonders, with blankets of pink flowers sweeping across the country.

Whilst James looks at the history of this famous festival, Chris and Michaela discover the wildlife that live alongside the blossom. And all three find themselves partying with the crowds of Japanese 'blossom watchers'.

Springwatch returns from a brand new location in the heart of the Cotswolds - the National Trust's Sherborne Estate. Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are joined by Gillian Burke and Martin Hughes-Games tobring an intimate look into the daily lives of the animals we know best - those that live and breed in the heart of the British countryside.

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are live in Gloucestershire with the latest from the nest cameras, as well as reports from around the country including a check-in to see how our peregrine falcon is faring high up on Salisbury cathedral. Martin Hughes-Games and Gillian Burke are further afield on the Sherborne Estate, looking at how countryside management practices can benefit some rare and exotic British species.

Live from their base in the heart of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan share the news from the wildlife cameras over the past 24 hours. Gillian Burke is exploring some of the smaller creatures on the estate, and Lucy Cooke introduces how a simple object can connect us to the natural world in surprising ways.

At the end of a dramatic first week in Gloucestershire, Michaela Strachan, Chris Packham and Gillian Burke report live on all the latest action from the National Trust's Sherborne Estate. Meanwhile, Martin Hughes-Games is on a mission to report live from some of the more far-flung areas of the British Isles. He is in north Wales today, meeting up with Iolo Williams to track down the elusive sand lizard.

We are back at the National Trust's Sherborne Estate for the second week of Springwatch. Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Taylor bring updates on the dramatic events that have unfolded over theweekend, and Martin Hughes-Games has travelled right to the northern tip of mainland UK to look at a colony of puffins and to explain what we can do to help this iconic seabird.

Chris Packham,Michaela Strachanand Gillian Burke are live in the Gloucestershire countryside with the latest from the cameras spread all over the Sherborne Estate. From the blue tits to the badgers, the owls to the otters - the wildlife dramas continue to surprise.

Live from their base in the heart of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,Chris PackhamandMichaela Strachanshare the latest news from the wildlife cameras over the past 24 hours.Martin Hughes-Gamesis still in Scotland on the trail of an animal architect, and Lucy Cooke has another film about how a simple object can connect us to the natural world.

Another dramatic week comes to an end in Gloucestershire, and Michaela Strachan and Chris Packham report live on all the latest action from the National Trust's Sherborne Estate. Meanwhile, Martin Hughes-Games and Iolo Williams go head to head, pitting two iconic birds against each other in a challenge to see which is the ultimate hunter, and Gillian Burke brings us a report on some fascinating new science.

It is the start of the final week of Springwatch, and Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan report live from the National Trust's Sherborne Park Estate in the Cotswolds. They update us on all the action on the nest cams over the weekend and introduce the first film in a series of four about Somerset's little egret colonies.

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are live in the Gloucestershire countryside with the latest from the cameras all over the Sherborne Estate. Meanwhile, Gillian Burke and Martin Hughes-Games have gone on tour - popping up live from a very special and remote part of the British Isles.

Live from their base in the heart of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan share the latest news from the wildlife cameras over the past 24 hours. We have the latest update from our little egret family, and the last in Lucy Cooke's series about how objects can relate us to the natural world.

It is the last Springwatch in the series and Michaela Strachan, Gillian Burke and Chris Packham report live on all the latest action from the National Trust's Sherborne Park Estate. Martin Hughes-Games is finishing his tour of the UK from a remote island, and we look back at another astonishing spring for Britain's wildlife.