In this programme they discover the secret life of the nocturnal otter on British rivers and film unique behaviour of a river otter hunting at night. The boys recreate the river bed in an old tank to investigate the family life of the stickleback. This works brilliantly for the film diary, until all the fish start disappearing, but just who is eating them? Conservationist Philippa launches a search for the fastest declining mammal in the UK, the water vole. What she finds causes both joy and concern. And the cameras reveal what the life of an ordinary mallard mum is really like, as one night she frantically tries to protect her ducklings from being eaten.
Charlie creates an underwater bird table, and Philippa plans to protect the water voles
As summer arrives, Charlie and Fred take possession of an injured baby kingfisher.
The family test their conduct experiments to learn more about the animals on the river.
Following the phenomenal success of Halcyon River Diaries in the summer, Charlie, Philippa and the boys are back this festive season with a wonderfully charming and often humorous one-off special.
