BBC show hit with complaints over 'brutal' scenes that leave 'children crying'

Daily Mirror

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BBC's Springwatch has been hit with even more complaints following more 'harrowing scenes' on the wildlife show
Springwatch fans have been left fuming with the BBC Two show once again, as the the wildlife show aired harrowing scenes, leaving viewers distressed.
Yesterday, hosts Chris Packham and Dancing on Ice star Michaela Strachan taking a look at footage of a tawny owl and song thrushes.
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The chicks had been doing well, until things took a drastic turn as one song thrush decided to leave the nest.
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Later on, viewers were shown distressing footage of a tawny owl bringing in one of the song thrushes - as things went from bad to worse. "What happened next at 11.06pm was the tawny owl returned and obviously it would come to this nest and grab those chicks," Chris explained.
Viewers were then shown distressing scenes of the owl pecking at the chicks, as Chris continued: "Very rapidly it killed the chicks in the nest using its talons and then took hold of one of them and make its way out of the back of the nest."
However, fans were left unimpressed as they took to X, formerly known as Twitter to complain. One penned: "Well done #springwatch Tens of thousands of children now crying and in distress!"
Another devastated fan penned: "Sad part of nature…. That poor thrush nest with chicks an owl took them," a third said: "Oh no not the thrushes :(".
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However, the complaints aren't uncommon. It comes just days after viewers were left fuming that they weren't given a warning after the show failed to warn them before airing gruesome scenes.
In an episode last week, fans saw hosts Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan update fans on a short-eared owl's nest, but things took a turn for the worst when one chick was "pecked to death" by its sibling.
"It seems like they were all being fed, and just yesterday I was saying that one was doing well. But I'm afraid in that nest things took a turn for the worst," Michaela said, before telling viewers how one chick ate its sibling in "shocking" scenes.
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The gruesome scenes were then played out, however, viewers were left horrified as they were given no warning. "As you can see, that little one became week and defenceless, and that stronger sibling took complete advantage and started pecking at the younger one who was still alive," the hosts said as the scenes played out.
Michaela did apologise for the "hard to watch scenes," as she continued: "It pecked it to death. That was really surprising to us, because as Chris said they were fed four times." However, fans were still furious at the lack of warning.