As well as live coverage from the bird reserve, Springwatch 2011 will also include films and live link-ups from around the UK, ranging from features on beavers in Scotland to wildlife found on an Essex rubbish dump.

BBC: Chris Packham

The reserve is home to dozens of bird species and is visited by migrating bitterns.

BBC: Fire at Siddick Ponds

The chicks were born some time early last week in a special bird box on a restricted part of the reserve.

BBC: New hope for East Yorkshire barn owl population

The bird, known as Lady, returned in March to the Loch of the Lowes reserve near Dunkeld, where she has nested for 22 consecutive years.

BBC: 'Oldest' breeding osprey lays 62nd egg at Loch of the Lowes

The wetland, which includes the coastal Unryul Migratory Birds Reserve, play an important conservation role as habitats for shore birds and critical areas for many migratory bird species of north-east Asia such as black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor), Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes) and red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis).

UNESCO: Natural Sciences