The Fall guys; We watched the birds and the bees in Springwatch - but now the leaves are falling and BILL ODDIE's team are back with Autumnwatch, spying on creatures great and small from red deer to moths. JULIAN CHAMPKIN finds out how you can join in too.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: September 30, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: JULIAN CHAMPKIN

Bill Oddie is in a suitably seasonal melancholic mood: 'People tend to think of spring as pretty and autumn as sad. But, beyond a doubt, autumn is my favourite season.' It is autumn now with mists and mellow fruitfulness, leaves changing colour through every shade of red, orange and yellow, and berries and fruit that have gone to ripe fulfilment.

Bill - along with presenters Kate Humble and Simon King - is back on our television screens with Autumnwatch, successor to Springwatch, the wildly popular nature programme that was the first to directly ...

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