It might have raised the occasional eyebrow over the years with its footage of animal behaviour, but Springwatch isn’t exactly known for its violent content.
However Wednesday night’s edition of the BBC Two nature programme left some viewers up in arms after showing a graphic depiction of a tawny owl killing one of its chicks – and feeding it to the others.
The clip saw the mother resorting to desperate measures after her chicks became weak due to a lack of food, with the youngest particularly frail after being attacked by one of its siblings.
As a result of which, this happened: