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

Jays are the first to collect acorns to store for winter.

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

Watch out, watch out there’s a predator about.

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

Charlie Hamilton James fulfils a life’s ambition when he gets to swim with wild otters.

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

Charlie Hamilton James faces the autumn storms of the Shetland Isles in an attempt to film otters.

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

Only the fertilised hornet queen will survive the silly season to hibernate in the UK winter.

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

A bee’s brain the size of a sugar grain stores and communicates complex data.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:32 PM

Martin Hughes-Games meets Maureen Davies who has a special way of enticing out her wildlife neighbours.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:32 PM

Cynodonts are shown to be a missing link between reptiles and mammals.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:32 PM

Cormorants mimic their prey to solve the problem of seeing through water.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:31 PM

Moorland bogs are home to cotton grass and sticky sundews.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:31 PM

A massive comet crash spells disaster for the giant dinosaurs.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:31 PM

The future of common cranes lies with the new students of crane school.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:31 PM

A small population of common cranes is breeding in the UK once more.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:31 PM

Britain’s tallest bird, the common crane bustles about on the Broads.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:31 PM

After an epic migration, swifts travel hundreds of miles to feed their chicks.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:31 PM

Bluebells are known as fairy flowers and have a sinister folklore.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:30 PM

The fight for fat males brings out a violent streak in female moorhens.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:30 PM

Kingfishers work hard all summer to supply their chicks with 5,000 minnows.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:30 PM

Meet the 46 species of British ladybird.

From: BBC Nature on Wed, Feb 16 2011 10:30 PM

Today’s sharks are streamlined versions of successful prehistoric predecessors.