Springwatch aka things we love about the UK

One of the things we love the most about living in the UK is the national love of nature, including birdwatching. When we lived in Australia, a nation full of parrots and other amazing wildlife, we were gently ridiculed for being 'twitchers' and didn't know many people who shared our enthusiasm. Here everyone we know is a bird watcher. It's a national obsession - Britons spend more money (per population) on bird feed than any other nation. There is also a quarterly BBC TV program to celebrate British wildlife (especially birds) called Springwatch (Winterwatch, Summerwatch, Autumnwatch) that runs for a few weeks every season. The show is an hour of footage from hidden cameras into nests and woodlands. It's fab and one of the primary reasons we're very happy to pay our TV license fee. Australia needs a Springwatch.