the plough's harrow. Behind a supermarket, in amongst a debris of shopping trolleys and rubbish, Oddie finds a tiny water vole. A trip to the Farne Islands brings Oddie close to an Arctic tern colony as they divebomb him and peck at his baseball cap and camera lens. One even perches on his arm, and it is this footage gets used in the opening credits. Oddie attempts to 'sing' at the seals with a rather sad wailing call, and surprisingly, it works. Series 2 There were eight episodes in series 2. Scilly Isles Friday 4 January. The first show sees Oddie in the discovering tropical flowers, bizarre creatures that glow in the dark, exotic birds and stick insects. He also has another go at swimming with seals. Series 3 First screened in 2003 Locations County Kerry Kent Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Norfolk Broads Somerset Levels St Kilda Tyneside External links BBC web pages 2001 British television series debuts 2003 British television series endings 2000s British documentary television series BBC television documentaries Documentary films about nature English-language television shows