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Samuel West's been a keen bird watcher for over 20 years, and for his next few trips, he's invited along his mate Adrian Edmondson, a complete birding novice, to introduce him to some of the UK's most beautiful birds and habitats.
2026
In the Yorkshire Dales, Ade picks up Sam for a weekend of birdwatching. Their adventure begins with an after-work pint by the river, watching swallows, swifts and house martins swoop and wheel overhead in a dazzling aerial display.
Samuel West and Adrian Edmondson head to West Wales during breeding season to view magnificent raptors and smaller woodland residents, including red kites, woodpeckers and ospreys.
Samuel West and Adrian Edmondson head to Yorkshire's Bempton Cliffs, home to England's largest seabird colony. Around half a million birds gather to breed, but Ade has one mission - see a puffin.
2026
Birdwatcher Samuel West introduces birding novice Adrian Edmondson to our most beautiful birds. Starting in Cornwall, they search for the chough and hope for exotic, wind-blown foreign visitors. Then they go on a 'wild goose chase' in North Norfolk.
On the North Norfolk coast, Sam West and Adrian Edmondson set off on a 'wild goose chase' that leads them through pine forests, across sweeping beaches and onto the marshes.
Samuel West takes his friend and birdwatching newbie, Adrian Edmondson, to the flooded Somerset Levels. They're in search of a bittern, Britain's loudest and possibly most mysterious bird.
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Adrian Edmondson
Samuel West