Rare red squirrels are not shy of Pendragon, home of legendary kings and bursting with wildlife.

Pendragon Castle is a Cumbrian ruin dating back to the 12th century. Legend has it that the castle was built by Uther, the father of King Arthur, famed for his Knights of the Round Table. However, as Uther (if he even existed) would have lived around 700 years before the castle was built, it is likely just a local fiction.

An edition of the Tyne Tees Television rural life programme Up Country, presented by Jessica Holm. In this edition, a report from Plankey Mill on the river Allen where Bill Tait, a local conservator, discusses his love of the dipper, which nests there. The second report from Hamsterley Forest in County Durham and a collaborative project between local bat conservators and the Forestry Commission to build more nest for the long-eared and whiskered bats. The third report from the Washington Wildfowl wetland centre and working being done to protect and breed the Nene or Hawaiian Goose. The final report follows singer and comedian Mike Harding, as he explores Pendragon Castle near Kirby Stephen in Cumbria and talks about why this is a special place to him and his love of the countryside.