Autumnwatch

[Tony C]

You'd have to have a heart of stone not to love this.

Wonderful shots of cutesy creatures in their natural habitats with a Sigur Ros soundtrack and boundless enthusiasm from the presenters.

Lovely.

[Tony C]

Autumnwatch

Ah, now I've just seen footage of a robin being eaten by a squirrel on the post- watershed extras show.

That wasn't very cute.

[Alderman Barnes]

Autumnwatch

I'll be watching this with a delay, but I'm really looking forward to it.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Autumnwatch

Nature red in tooth and claw.

[Alderman Barnes]

Autumnwatch

It wasn't all that bad. It was a surprise to see a squirrel doing it, but you know, cats do that sort of thing all the time and get away with it. One of the things I like about Springwatch/Autumnwatch is that they don't shy away from subjects like that (see the examination of the peregrine falcon's stash that largely consisted of parakeets).

I never saw it when Bill Oddie was presenting it, but I think they've struck a really good match with the presenters now. Packham's great, playing up to his slightly creepy coprophile geek act: I particularly enjoyed him rubbing his legs while attempting to persuade Kate Humble to crumble up some woodpecker shit that he'd brought her - but it's always nice to see people on the television who really know what they're talking about.

Nobody can touch the BBC when it comes to this kind of thing - Blue Peter/Swap Shop for grown-ups.

And the starlings, eh? Weren't they lovely?

[I.Wright]

Autumnwatch

Packham's all right isn't he. Don't know if this was mentioned on here last year. I enjoyed it anyway.

[hobbes]

Autumnwatch

Ha! That's excellent. Nice work Packham.

[EIM]

Anyone watching? Iolo banging on about the majestic white-tailed eagle in a Paramo smock is BAFTA deserving telly imho. Strachan is back, having missed Springwatch, and her enthusiasm, as ever, adds to the whole event.

Autumn is the best season, isn't it?

[Toby Gymshorts]

Big fan of spring meself, but I can see where you're coming from.

[Tony C]

My God it's been ten years since I started this thread. That's gone quickly.

[Greenlander]

I'm with EIM, Autumn is the best.

We took the dog for a long walk through the woods earlier and found a fly agaric that had been half eaten by squirrels. I learnt that from Autumnwatch.

[Hot Pepsi]

What is this?

[danielmak]

Used to love Autumn but now it feels like pre-winter. I'm done with winter. So, now I'm all about summerwatch.

[Third rate Leszno]

Autumn for me too - misty mornings, drifts of fallen leaves, woodsmoke, migrating geese in their tens of thousands.

[ad hoc]

Autumn is beautiful, the mist, the leaves, the sort of blanketing of everything. But I prefer spring, because autumn presages winter, and spring feels more positive and upbeat. And the shades of green and the flowers and the buds and the leaves are also spectacular

[DCI Harry Batt]

Autumn is definitely the second-best season, after winter. But it comes before winter, which makes it extra exciting.

What is this thing people are talking about? And who or what is lolo? I'm assuming Strachan isn't Gordon.

[EIM]

What the fuck. How can you not know what Autumnwatch is? Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and the rest of the gang look at how the seasons affect British wildlife and its habitat. This year there's been seals pupping, deer rutting, badgers grooming, eagles soaring, mice contorting and prehistoric tadpole shrimp doing whatever the fuck they do.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e354mb/live/c6b5d4

[Sean of the Shed]

Autumn is definitely the second-best season, after winter. But it comes before winter, which makes it extra exciting.

What is this thing people are talking about? And who or what is lolo? I'm assuming Strachan isn't Gordon.

There are Home Counties based Tory MPs with 50,000 majorities who are less out of touch than this.

[Sean of the Shed]

Anyway, Spring is the best season by a country mile. New life innit? Trees blossoming, baby animals, what's not to love about that?

[Third rate Leszno]

It's too green, it means the football season is almost at an end and then it'll be summer, which is mostly shit.

[Wouter D]

Anyway, Spring is the best season by a country mile. New life innit? Trees blossoming, baby animals, what's not to love about that?

Seasonal allergies. Spring sucks.

[slackster]

Anyway, Spring is the best season by a country mile. New life innit? Trees blossoming, baby animals, what's not to love about that?

April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land...(could have gone in the new poetry thread).

[DCI Harry Batt]

What the fuck. How can you not know what Autumnwatch is? Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and the rest of the gang look at how the seasons affect British wildlife and its habitat. This year there's been seals pupping, deer rutting, badgers grooming, eagles soaring, mice contorting and prehistoric tadpole shrimp doing whatever the fuck they do.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e354mb/live/c6b5d4

I see you can't explain "lolo". I rest my case.

(I've vaguely heard of it. Maybe I should try one or two.)

[EIM]

I see you can't explain "lolo". I rest my case.

(I've vaguely heard of it. Maybe I should try one or two.)

Big Iolo Williams. Welsh for You Only Live Once. Loves birds, gentle voice. Able side-kick for Chris Packham during Strachan's enforced absence this year.

https://iolowilliams.co.uk/

[DCI Harry Batt]

Ah. It's an I not an l. I see.

Why was Strachan forced to be absent?