It's been a couple of weeks of phone calls, emails, excited conversations and nervous anticipation, but yesterday it all came together when Chris Packham and the BBC Autumnwatch crew spent the day filming at Loch Leven!
We've long known that Loch Leven is an amazing place for wildlife, so we were pretty chuffed when the Autumnwatch team wanted to feature the National Nature Reserve in this year's series.
The film crew, producer and presenter Chris Packham spent the morning out and about with our warden Vicky (in the lovely yellow hat!), and SNH reserve officer Craig Nisbet (second from left). It was a lovely bright, cold, autumn morning, the mist was hanging on the hills and loch was beautifully calm.
The reserve was teaming with autumn wildlife, from flocks of lapwing and curlew wheeling overhead to this little dung beetle that seemed to capture Chris Packham's imagination (although Vicky doesn't look too impressed!)
But what were the Autumnwatch crew filming I hear you ask?! We're not telling! You'll just have to tune in next week to find out...
Autumnwatch airs live on BBC TWO and BBC HD every evening from Tuesday 30th October to Thursday 1st November at 8pm and at 8.30pm on Friday November 2nd, after which it is followed by Autumnwatch Unsprung.