From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:35 PM

A Wallsend wasteground is more botanical wonderland than gardener’s nightmare.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

Baby captive-bred water voles are released into the wild.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

Found in every English county once more, otters top the list.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

Otters have been spotted moving into some of Britain’s busiest cities.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

A chance glance gives a lovely sighting of a grooming otter.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

Remote cameras capture a crayfish-crunching otter in broad daylight.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

A family of otters uses a slide to get down the river bank.

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Young otters are utterly dependent on their mothers.

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Shetland’s rich clean waters have the densest otter population in Europe.

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A family of otters hunt as a group in the waters of an oil terminal in Shetland.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

Infra-red cameras allow Gordon Buchanan his first view of wild badgers.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

A short but delightful clip shows otters snoozing gently after a good feed.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

Otter cubs have a lot to learn from mum before they can can survive on their own.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

Though branded as babykillers, magpies are innocent of causing a garden bird decline.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

Eelgrass meadows provide shelter in the shallow coastal waters.

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Iolo Williams watches an impressive starling display over Aberystwyth Pier in Mid Wales.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

A honey bee swarm pauses in a graveyard during its search for a new home.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:34 PM

Computer modelling shows the complex cognitive behaviour of flocking starlings.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:33 PM

Primitive brook lampreys prepare to breed by making a sand bed.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:33 PM

Oystercatcher chicks get up and go as soon as they hatch, under mum’s watchful eye.