'Sometimes owls eat each other. Sorry': My day on the set of Springwatch

'Sometimes owls eat each other. Sorry': My day on the set of Springwatch

It’s 2.45pm on a Thursday afternoon and on the edge of the Peak District’s Hope Valley, sheltered from the rain in a fairy-lit tipi, Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are preparing for the evening’s Springwatch and find themselves in a disagreement about the hornet hoverfly. As they zoom in to a close-up shot of the fat, fluffy insect, Packham (Prada bucket hat, orange anorak) wonders, “Are we going to have the Latin name on the screen?” “I do…