Watch the birdies

MARION MCMULLEN looks back on 20 years of Springwatch

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SPRINGWATCH began 20 years ago with Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King among the team broadcasting live from an organic farm in Devon.

The Radio Times described the BBC2 nature programme from the Fishleigh Estate as “the biggest ever survey of spring, in the UK's biggest ever live wildlife event.”

It shone a light on the little-known world of UK wildlife at the height of spring and the series saw Simon visiting a pioneering white tailed eagle re-introduction project on the Isle of Mull.