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Born to Be Wild - Episode Guide

Season 1

Foxes

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2019

Foxes

Inside the SSPCA's wildlife rescue centre, the team act as mother to a litter of orphaned fox cubs and bid a fond farewell to Babe the hedgehog – their longest staying patient.

Badgers

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2019

Badgers

Inside the SSPCA's wildlife rescue centre, they take in one of the first baby badgers of the year, a pair of otters are released, and the first brood of housemartins are set free.

Pine Martens

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 18, 2019

Pine Martens

At the SSPCA rescue centre, assistant manager Jonny has his hands full with baby pine martens, a concussed woodpecker needs help, and there is a slippery customer for vet Liam.

Squirrels

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2019

Squirrels

Inside the SSPCA's wildlife rescue centre, the team receive a nest of orphaned red squirrels, and head vet Romain uses an ancient falconer's trick to help an injured bird fly.

Roe Deer

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2019

Roe Deer

Series following the work of the SSPCA's wildlife rescue centre. April struggles to hand rear a herd of baby roe deer fawns while also looking after a newborn hedgehog.

Raven

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2019

Raven

Today at the SSPCA's wildlife rescue centre a young raven requires a groundbreaking operation, and it is a big day in the seal centre as their trickiest patient is released.

White-tailed Eagle

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2019

White-tailed Eagle

The team at the SSPCA's wildlife rescue centre receive two of Scotland's rarest predators, white-tailed eagles, and use their experience and expertise to treat them.

Harbour Seal

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2019

Harbour Seal

SSPCA team have their hands full with orphaned barn owls, baby harbour seals and a Slavonian grebe, one of the rarest waterbirds in the UK needs urgent attention.

Shetland Otter

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2019

Shetland Otter

Inside the SSPCA's wildlife rescue centre, the team rehabilitate and release an otter from Shetland and battle to save the lives of a peregrine falcon and a fox with a broken leg.

Beast

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: May 6, 2019

Beast

The SSPCA centre staff battle their way into work as the worst winter storm in many years batters Scotland. And two otters are released in the Borders.

Season 2

Episode 1

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jul 19, 2021

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April helps hand-rear Padme the orphaned fox cub, while in the seal unit, Kaniz needs the help of specialist vet Romain to operate on a grey seal with a swollen flipper.

Episode 2

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jul 26, 2021

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Wildlife assistant Juanita attempts to hand-rear the tiniest litter of red squirrels ever admitted to the centre. Meanwhile, Kaniz and Gaby struggle with a pair of feisty gannets.

Episode 3

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Aug 9, 2021

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The SSPCA employs many field officers who are the front line in Animal Rescue, and Bob is one of the most experienced. Episode three joins him on his rounds as he's called in to a central-belt house where a family has discovered a tiny and unexpected visitor: a Pipistrelle Bat inside a strip-light.

Episode 4

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Aug 16, 2021

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Head Of Birds Lorraine is one of the most experienced and dedicated members of the SSPCA rescue centre staff, every year hand-rearing hundreds of baby nestlings and nursing dozens of injured birds back to health.

But this is a year like no other, and in mid-March the lives of the centre staff are turned upside down by the arrival of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Lorraine is forced to shield at home, but she isn't going to let the pandemic get in the way of her work! Two collared dove chicks she names Dave and Daisy follow her home, and it isn't long before she's also caring for orphaned goldfinches, a concussed robin and even a mute swan which crash lands in a field next to Lorraine's home, and is transported straight back to its home on Loch Leven.

Episode 5

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Aug 23, 2021

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April rears a tiny orphaned badger cub, which she names Miss Honey. Meanwhile, centre vet Liam saves the life of a tiny common sandpiper that has been attacked by a domestic cat.

Episode 6

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Aug 30, 2021

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Episode 7

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Sep 6, 2021

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Episode 8

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Sep 13, 2021

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