When is Winterwatch 2019 on BBC Two, who’s hosting with Chris Packham and where are the Caingorms?
WINTERWATCH is back on BBC Two for its seventh series.
But, what time does it start, and who is hosting the show with Chris Packham? Let's have a look...
When is Winterwatch 2019 on BBC Two and what's it about?
The seventh series of Winterwatch continues tonight on BBC Two at 8pm on Friday 1st February.
There will be four episodes in total which will be set in the Scottish Highlands.
Presenters Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Gillian Burke will head to Cairngorms National Park to explore how the local wildlife deals with the harsh winter season.
The team will be staying in a lodge in The Dell of Abernathy to ensure they're up-close with what's going on around them in terms of the wildlife and the people that inhibit the area.
They'll pay particular attention to the white-eagled birds, wild cats, red squirrels and mountain hares of the region.
To quote host Chris Packham: "It’s the happening zone in conservation and home to the most amazing diversity of sexy species."
And the gang will return for Springwatch as well as Autumnwatch to observe the natural environment through the seasons.
Who is hosting the show with Chris Packham?
Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and Michaela Strachan are hosting the show from Cairngorms National Park.
They have set up tent in a lodge by Abernethy Caledonian pine forest to observe the region and witness the ongoing projects working to conserve the area.
Who's Chris Packham?
Chris is a naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author.
He hosted The Really Wild Show from 1986 to 1995 and has presented Springwatch, including Autumnwatch and Winterwatch, since 2009.
Chris has also presented a string of other programmes, including a documentary called Inside the Animal Mind, a two-part series for the BBC, Cats v. Dogs: Which Is Best?, and he co-presented Earth Live on NatGeo Wild with Jane Lynch and Phil Keogan.
Packham was born in Southampton on 4 May 1961 - that makes him 56 - and lives in the New Forest with his pet poodle, Scratchy. He's dating Charlotte Corney, owner of the Isle of Wight Zoo - but the couple doesn't live together.
Who is Michaela Strachan?
Like Packham, Michaela has also presented The Really Wild Show, joining the programme in 1993.
She has also co-presented two series of Orangutan Diary with Steve Leonard for BBC One, and the six-part series The Great Penguin Rescue on the Eden channel.
In January 2014, she took part in series 2 of ITV'S celebrity diving show Splash!
Strachan has also had a music career, bagging herself two UK hit singles - a cover of Edwin Starr's "H.A.P.P.Y. Radio - which got to No. 62 in 1989 - and Take Good Care of My Heart - which got to No. 66 in 1990.
She was born in Ewell, Surrey, on 7 April 1966 - that makes her 51. She raises son Oliver with partner Nick Chevallier, and she's allergic to elephants.
Who is Gillian Burke?
Gillian, 42, was born just outside Nairobi, Kenya an lived what she describes as a “very happily feral” childhood, hunting barefoot for insects outside their house.
“I hated shoes," she told the Radio Times, "and would kick them off as soon as I got home from school”.
She studied biology at Bristol University before working as a researcher for BBC's Natural History Unit.
Gillian now lives in Cornwall with her two children.
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Where is Cairngorms National Park?
Cairngorms National Park is in the heart of the Scottish Highlands.
You can get to the site by train, bus or car.
Railway stations near the park are Dalwhinnie, Newtonmore, Kingussie, Aviemore and Carrbridge.
Trains travelling from Kings Cross to Inverness stop off at both Kingussie and Aviemore stations.
To check out your travel options, head