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Matt is at a very wet and wintry聽Slimbridge Wetland Centre, where he follows in the footsteps of pioneering conservationist Sir Peter Scott, who established the reserve in the 1940s.聽Slimbridge project manager Jackie Harris introduces Matt to the rare Nene geese that Scott rescued from extinction and to the Bewick swans that he loved to paint and study.聽They step inside Scott鈥檚 former home on site at Slimbridge, which is soon to be opened as a museum.聽

Helen visits a dairy farm where they are doing everything a bit differently.聽

Stroud Micro Dairy produces raw unpasteurised milk, yoghurt and a fermented milk-based drink called kefir which is becoming all the rage.聽

The farm also boasts an open-air milking parlour and the dairy is even housed in a salvaged lorry trailer!聽

Joe discovers how last year's moorland wildfires sparked a row that is raging on: how best to protect the vital reserves of blanket bog on our uplands.He finds out that this deep peat landscape has proved vital in soaking up water and reducing the risk of flooding, improving our air quality by storing carbon and providing a damp barrier to wildfire.But there are concerns that a land management technique known as rotational burning puts it at risk.So why isn't more being done to stamp it out?聽

Paralympian athlete Hannah Cockroft heads to the Gower peninsula in south Wales to the beautiful Llangennith beach.聽

There she joins a beach clean which has been organised by Laura Truelove, a local rep for environmental charity Surfers Against Sewage.聽

Hannah has a go at sieving for micro plastics and gets stuck in with a litter picker, alongside all the other volunteers who have turned up to help.聽

Whilst Hannah is dismayed to learn the issue of marine plastics and litter is far worse than she realised she is heartened by Laura鈥檚 dedication to fighting the problem.聽

Later, after all that hard work, it鈥檚 time to relax with a spot of paddle boarding. 聽

Adam鈥檚 down on the edge of Exmoor visiting a farmer who鈥檚 successfully breeding and farming Merinos -聽a breed of sheep that are more often found in the Australian Outback than in Devon!

Helen meets artist Celia Smith who sculpts with recycled wire to create the most amazing life-like birds.聽

At Slimbridge Wetlands Centre in Gloucestershire, Helen and Celia use a bird-watching hide to observe some lapwings.

And under Celia鈥檚 tutelage Helen gets hands on with some wire as she tries to capture this skittish wading bird.聽聽

Matt is given a lesson in the art of the duck decoy, a Victorian method of trapping ducks for the table.Today, this聽system of nets and screens -聽together with the help of a highly-trained dog -聽is used for conservation purposes.