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Narrator: As summer arrives

and the days lengthen,

there's an air of anticipation on the farm.

Over in the cow barn, the occupants are getting restless.

Molly and the Herefords have been inside for six months.

The time has come for the young calves

to leave the only home they've ever known

and venture out with their mothers

into the wonderful world beyond.

[uplifting music plays]

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The farm may be a familiar setting...

But take a closer look

and you'll discover drama and rivalry.

Friendship and devotion.

This is the farm animals' story

seen through their eyes,

told across the seasons.

[sheep bleating]

Come and discover some truly wild tales from the farm.

You'll never look at these animals in the same way again.

[cows mooing]

Thundering hooves in the distance

alert all the farm's residents that something's on the move.

[hoofbeats]

The Herefords are returning to their grazing meadows.

[upbeat music plays]

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The sights and smell of fresh grass

sends a rush of feel-good hormones through the herd.

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As far as anyone can tell, cows jump like this

for the sheer joy of it.

And in all the excitement, some of them

hit speeds of 25 miles an hour.

Their love of grass is utterly uncontainable.

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[mooing]

At this time of year, the farm's organic grass

is rich in vitamins, minerals, and even high in protein.

Taking it all in for the first time,

Molly, the orphan.

Her early life has been hard.

After the death of her mother, she struggled

to find her place in the herd.

While the others played and made friends,

Molly would only look on.

Until one cow, Molly's Auntie Florence, adopted her

and has been nurturing her ever since.

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It's unusual for cows already nursing

a calf to take on someone else's, even a relative.

It's an act of selflessness.

A rare trait in the animal world.

This little orphan's future looks bright,

thanks to gentle Aunt Florence.

Down the lane in the sheep paddock,

two woolly youngsters are growing up fast.

From their very first breath, Larry and Flora

have been doted on hand and hoof by their mum Patch

and have barely left her side.

But now they're two weeks old.

They're growing in confidence and relish

the freedom of the meadow.

[energetic music plays]

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In all the excitement, the seemingly innocent males

show their true colors.

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In the wild, only dominant rams get to mate with ewes,

and they have to fight to earn that privilege.

Little Larry on the left tries his luck

against his bigger cousin.

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That's quite enough for now.

[sheep bleating]

But play fights like this will serve him well in the meadow

battles to come.

In the grazing meadow, things seem more peaceful.

But tensions between family and friends bubble

beneath the surface.

[cows mooing]

Cows are highly social animals but don't always

see eye to eye.

And everyone needs to know their place.

At the helm of this herd is a wise matriarch who knows where

the best feeding spots are.

Like all cows, the Herefords choose their leader,

and this gang follows seven-year-old Clarissa

for her brain, not her brawn.

But three-year-old Maud has aspirations.

She's fixing for a fight.

Out in the open meadow, Maud's beginning to flex some muscle.

Half-ton heavyweight Clarissa is going

to have to show her who's boss.

[cows mooing]

Clarissa on the left faces Maud head on.

[dramatic music plays]

Clarissa works to keep her head high

and drives her usurper back.

[cows mooing]

She forces Maud into submission.

Putting an end to this attempted coup.

As the days get longer and warmer,

the smallest residents of the farm

begin to emerge in a wonderful array of color and shape,

like this peacock butterfly...

And cucumber spider.

[peaceful music plays]

The chalk stream offers a haven for insects,

which in turn support the farm's larger animals.

Mayflies dancing on the summer air

are a tasty treat for trout and ducklings.

Summer lays out a banquet for the farm's birds.

There's no shortage of protein for this nut hatch

to feed its growing chicks.

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Wildflowers flourish in their millions.

The farm becomes a rich feeding ground

for all manner of tiny creatures.

And heaven for the world's

most prolific pollinator...

The hardworking bee.

Life is a little less busy for the flock

of black Hebridean sheep.

Among them are five lambs with darker wool than

their silver-haired parents.

They're five months old,

the equivalent of teenagers,

and they're just as troublesome.

narrator: On the other side of the fence lies

the farmer's pride and joy,

his meticulously manicured, tasty-looking lawn.

The grass really is greener on the other side.

If only there was a way past this fence.

[mischievous music plays]

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Ringleader of the adventurous juveniles is Patrick.

After days of searching for weaknesses in the perimeter,

he's finally found a breach.

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The coast is clear.

They make a break for it.

[triumphant music plays]

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The gang likes to stay together in a flock,

so it only takes one black sheep

to lead the whole bunch astray.

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Too big to escape, the parents can only look on.

Enviously.

The sheep have been eyeing up this lawn for generations,

and this year's lambs are the first bunch

savvy enough to get to it.

Somehow, everything tastes just that little bit

sweeter this side of the fence.

But then it's the farmer

back on his rounds.

Quick, boys, run!

[dramatic music plays]

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They're busted, and they know it.

Hmm? Nothing to see here.

Over in Pig Wood, a contented couple

are more than happy to stay home.

Berkshire pigs Grace and Hugo

have turned a corner in their relationship.

[pigs snorting]

It wasn't exactly love at first sight

when Hugo arrived in the wood,

but now the two are inseparable,

rootling around together all day for insects and roots.

Life is good.

And there's a lot more to their happy grunting

than first meets the ear.

Studies reveal that pigs have a remarkable vocabulary

and are constantly chatting away.

They have a distinct sound for their farmer.

Pigs are believed to be among the smartest

animals on the planet.

Their intelligence is on a par with that of young children.

An unexpected sound draws them to the gate.

[pigs snorting]

Their summer together is coming to an end.

[wistful music plays]

It's time for Hugo to return to his farm.

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Who knows what Grace is communicating to handsome Hugo

as he departs?

[pigs grunting]

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She tries to follow him...

But it's no use.

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At least he's left her with a parting gift.

Grace is pregnant.

As one relationship draws to an end,

over in Goose House, another is just beginning.

Meet the flockers, the Sebastopol geese.

[energetic music plays]

Some members of the gaggle are trying to catch the eye

of that special someone.

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[geese honking]

But for one pair, their days of courting are behind them.

Anna and Ivan have paired for life,

a partnership which could last as long as 25 years.

Their bond is so strong that, should one of them die,

the other would not only grieve,

but could remain single for the rest of its life.

They've already raised three generations of goslings

together, and a fourth is on its way.

[curious music plays]

Anna begins to stir.

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After four weeks inside an egg,

someone's ready to greet the world.

Welcome to the farm, Dimitri.

[upbeat music plays]

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narrator: Dimitri has six fluffy siblings.

Anna has hardly left the nest in over a month now.

She won't leave it at all for the next two days,

going without food and water just

to make sure her hatchlings are safe and warm.

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If that weren't enough, this mother goose has to keep tabs

on her inquisitive newborns.

Dimitri, unlike many other birds,

is precocial, meaning he's fully mobile almost

immediately out of the egg.

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He's naturally curious about his next-door neighbors

who are busy bringing up a brood of their own.

Soon they'll be raised as one big, boisterous gaggle.

[chirping]

And with more eggs still to hatch,

Anna's work is only just beginning.

[cows mooing]

Everywhere on the farm, hormones are running high,

and the Herefords are feeling frisky.

The cows have been kept apart from the bulls for months.

Several of the females are in heat,

and they've started to take an interest in one another.

It's not unusual for two females to forge

special relationships,

sometimes for life.

What's more, certain cows are considered

particularly desirable, getting much of the attention.

But someone new is arriving to change all that.

Weighing in at a mighty ton,

Samson, the first of the bulls, has landed.

There's a tantalizing whiff

of heifer on the breeze...

And he likes what he smells.

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A face full of mud might highlight his natural beauty.

He searches for any females in heat,

tasting the air with a special organ in the roof of his mouth.

Despite his best efforts,

he's failing to impress the ladies.

Matriarch Clarissa adds insult to injury, reminding

him who's on top in this herd.

It's not quite what Samson had in mind.

[cows mooing]

There's a downside to life in the open meadow.

By midsummer, pesky insects are everywhere.

Luckily for the sheep,

today is their annual fly treatment.

That means a round up.

There are two groups of Wiltshire horn sheep

grazing in different fields.

They must be herded together into a corral

set up in a corner of the farm.

The task falls to Jess, the farm's trainee sheepdog.

[sheep bleating]

At two years old, she's been in training since she was a puppy,

and today, all her hard work will be put to the test.

If she doesn't succeed in this task,

she might not make it as a working dog.

And Jess is starting with a disadvantage.

When she was younger, an accident

left her with only one eye.

Now she has less effective depth perception.

On top of that, scientists have found

that sheep are highly intelligent,

Even more so than some dog breeds.

They're able to find their way around complex mazes

and can even read emotional cues

in each other's expressions.

[dramatic music plays]

The crafty sheep are giving Jess a run for her money.

She's got to keep them together if she's to drive them

into the neighboring field.

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Another attempt.

Another failure.

She runs wide, flanking the sheep to keep them together.

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It looks like the tables are turning for this underdog.

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She's done it.

She drives the sheep into the lane,

heading for the corral in the neighboring field.

With spectators looking on,

she drives the two flocks together...

And herds them all down towards the enclosure.

[peaceful music plays]

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Well done, Jess.

She's going to be a regular fixture in the sheep's lives

from now on.

narrator: In the summer months, the Wiltshire sheep's

self-shearing wool falls off in clumps,

leaving them susceptible to increasingly active flies.

The fly spray will help keep the bugs at bay.

Patch is one of the first out,

but her lambs Larry and Flora

are still trapped in the enclosure.

This is the first time they've ever been apart.

Lambs learn to recognize their mothers

in their first few hours of life

and stay very close while growing up.

Larry and Flora are now nine weeks old,

but they still only feel secure when they're with their mum.

Patch can recognize her twins' calls

among all the other bleating lambs and searches them out.

She knows their faces intimately.

Since they were born, she's nurtured

her babies around the clock.

These bars won't stop her being a caring mother.

[sheep bleating]

Finally, all three are reunited.

It's back to the grazing meadow with mum at their side.

[peaceful music plays]

All across the farm, creatures of all shapes and sizes

lap up the summer sun.

[birds chirping]

It's a great time to be outdoors.

As the farm's fluffiest new arrivals are about to discover.

Mother goose Anna has had absolutely no respite

from raising her little ones.

In the weeks since they've hatched,

she's lost a substantial amount of weight.

[playful music plays]

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Meanwhile, the goslings have tripled in size,

from three ounces to nine.

But they've yet to master their gangly, growing limbs.

Today is their very first outing on the farm.

[cheerful music plays]

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There's plenty of fresh grass to eat out here.

And these rapidly growing goslings

are only just getting started.

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A week passes by on the farm, and they've

doubled in weight, making them one of the fastest-growing

birds on the planet.

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Five more weeks,

and a miraculous transformation is complete.

Anna and Ivan's fluffy yellow goslings

have become sleek, white adolescents,

just short of their full adult weight of nine pounds.

Like their wild relatives,

they're learning to move in unison.

Sticking together makes it harder for predators

to isolate any one of them.

[classical music plays]

With this many eyes looking out for danger,

there's safety in numbers.

[geese honking]

It's not just the animals growing tall this time of year.

Under the midsummer sun, the barley has fully ripened.

[peaceful music plays]

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The churn of heavy machinery alerts the hares

to the annual harvest.

The scattering of wayward grains lays

out an all you can eat buffet.

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While the hares feast on their barley banquet,

the rest of the farm bakes on the hottest day of the year.

England is in the grip of a rare and intense heatwave.

It's a hundred degrees, and all across the farm,

the residents are feeling the heat.

Behind the grazing meadow away from the sun's glare,

the kingfisher doesn't have to suffer the heat.

The cool water of the chalk stream

is his own personal plunge pool...

And larder.

Now he just has to prepare his dinner.

Yeah, that ought to do it.

[birds chirping]

The heat wave has broken.

The cool, fresh morning brings welcome relief

for a tiny muntjac stag less than two feet tall.

These deer, introduced from Asia,

now thrive in southern England.

Despite the early hour, tempers are already

simmering among the farm's featherweights.

Top hen Sally is back along with her chick,

little Frankie, who was born in the spring.

They've been gradually reacquainting

themselves with the others

from the safety of a smaller coop.

[chickens clucking]

Frankie now weighs about a pound and is big enough

to join the rest of the flock.

This would be tough for any chick,

but for only child Frankie,

it's an especially daunting prospect.

Chicks usually learn about the pecking order

from their siblings

So Frankie will have to stick close to mum,

while she finds her place within this

strict chicken society.

[chickens clucking]

narrator: Sally has problems of her own.

Life on the outside has moved swiftly on without her.

There's been a coup in this coop.

[suspicious music plays]

Bushy-tailed Bertha,

Sally's old number two in the hierarchy,

is throwing her weight around.

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She's turned into an intimidating bully,

and seized Sally's throne.

She's nothing short of ruthless,

which has well and truly ruffled Sally's feathers.

Across the divide, she and bushy-tailed Bertha

have been posturing nonstop.

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Sally's having none of it.

[chickens clucking]

Frankie's never seen behavior like it.

Today is going to be the biggest lesson

in her young life.

Could her mother be about to restore order in the hen house?

Bertha is quick to notice little Frankie.

[suspenseful music plays]

She moves in.

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Frankie stays close to mum.

But not close enough.

[chickens squawking]

Bertha pursues her latest victim.

[suspenseful music plays]

Sally steps in.

That was one peck too far.

[chickens squawking]

[dramatic music plays]

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But it's Sally and Frankie who retreat.

Bertha has beaten her into submission.

When hens spend time raising chicks away from the flock,

they lose their status in the pecking order.

Sally is regarded as a newcomer and must establish

her place all over again.

So, for now, she has to fall in line.

If she doesn't, she risks further attacks

on little Frankie.

As summer begins to wane,

in a lane behind the hen house,

the hedgerows offer up a feast for the farm's roe deer.

[peaceful music plays]

These lanes are bursting with food

for much of the farm's wildlife.

In the oak trees above, acorns are beginning to ripen.

It's the start of the busiest time of year

for the gray squirrels who set to work

filling their larders with this bounty.

These crafty rodents love to steal each other's nuts.

Prying eyes are everywhere,

so the squirrels pretend to stash their acorns,

before scurrying off to hide them somewhere else,

ready for the colder months ahead.

But some residents won't be around for autumn on the farm.

Anna and Ivan's goslings are about to start

a new chapter in their lives.

A strange sound puts them on high alert.

The goslings are now almost fully grown.

It's time for them to fly the nest.

They're off to another farm where one day

they'll raise families of their own.

A new adventure begins for Dmitri and his siblings.

But that doesn't make it any easier for Anna and Ivan.

[geese honking]

Research has shown that geese may grieve

when separated from family members,

losing weight and condition.

[geese honking]

For the goslings, the bonds they forged growing together

as a gaggle will bring some comfort

in this time of transition.

For the past two months, Anna and Ivan

set aside their personal needs to raise their young.

But, as with all parents, there comes a time

when they have to let go.

[melancholy music plays]

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Now a chance to relax

for the farm's most selfless parents.

[peaceful music plays]

It's been a fruitful summer on the farm,

and another parent in waiting is out for an afternoon stroll.

Grace, the Berkshire sow, is exploring her

flower meadow adjoining Pig Wood.

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She uses her powerful sniffer to track down

the tastiest flowers and nettles.

But there's a distinct eau de bovine on the breeze.

Who's that?

A chance for a natter with the neighbors.

Not much to say for themselves, this bunch.

Grace decides she's got better things to do.

She heads back into the shade of Pig Wood to chill out.

What better way to cool off from the sweltering heat

than by getting down and dirty in a glorious mud bath?

It feels good to relax

and take the weight off one's trotters.

After all, for ten weeks, she's been carrying around

a growing belly full of piglets.

There's nothing like a soothing mud pack

to rejuvenate the body and mind,

before life is turned upside down

when piglets arrive on the farm.

[uplifting music plays]

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