Winter is coming to the Cairngorms as BBC show moves to a new home

Winterwatch will return to the BBC this January, broadcasting from a new home in Scotland.

The BBC Two show, presented by hosts Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke, will air from the Cairngorms National Park – the largest of its kind in the British Isles.

The series will focus on the area’s hardy wildlife and natural beauty, and will be broadcast from the Dell of Abernethy – a lodge built in 1780 on the edge of the Abernethy pine forest. 0 Chris Packham will be broadcasting from Abernethy

Next year’s editions of Springwatch and Autumnwatch will also be recorded in the park, with the hosts following the Cairngorms’ golden and white-tailed eagles, red squirrels and pine martens throughout 2019’s changing seasons.

Strachan said: “I’m so excited to be going to the Cairngorms for Winterwatch. It’s such a stunning place, full of wildlife, dramatic, wild and very, very cold.

“The wildlife always delivers from golden eagles to mountain hares, wild cats to black grouse, ptarmigan, pine marten, red squirrel, water vole, otter. The Highlands have a wonderful diversity of wildlife and habitats. It’s one of those places in the UK where you can really connect with the natural environment.”

Winterwatch will return to BBC Two.