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Wild Isles episode 4 - Ocean

Wild Isles episode 5 – Ocean

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Wild Isles episode 5 – Ocean: David Attenborough explores our seas, from the vibrant and surprising shallows to the abundant open ocean, and reveals some extraordinary and dramatic wildlife stories. Sir David Attenborough explores the surprisingly vibrant seas that surround the British Isles. The vast watery wilderness around us is over three times the size of our land mass, and yet to many, our oceans remain a mystery. Full of colour and teeming with life, the seas of Britain and Ireland are crucially important to a range of wildlife. This episode goes beneath the waves to uncover the thriving habitats […]

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Wild Isles episode 3 - Grasslands

Wild Isles episode 3 – Grasslands

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Wild Isles episode 3 – Grasslands: David Attenborough explores Britain’s grasslands, from beautiful flower meadows to the rich open landscapes of our mountains. From the coastal flower meadows in the Scottish Outer Hebrides to the rich open landscapes in the mountains of southern Ireland, we enter surprising and dramatic worlds. In southern England, we meet an extraordinary bee that lives in chalk grassland, one of our rarest habitats, laying her eggs in empty snail shells. Meanwhile, in the colourful machair of the Hebrides, ringed plovers and lapwings strive to rear their families of tiny fluffy chicks and to save them

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Wild Isles episode 2 - Woodland

Wild Isles episode 2 – Woodland

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Wild Isles episode 2 – Woodland – Sir David Attenborough explores the incredible diversity of Britain’s woodlands, taking us on a seasonal journey through our forests, and revealing a host of spectacular animals and the hidden dramas that rule their lives. In an ancient pine tree in the Cairngorms, two eagle chicks are on the verge of fledging their gargantuan nest. In winter in the Forest of Dean, the reintroduction of wild boar has given the robin a lifeline. As they root through the thick snow, the boar unearth the worms with their snouts, which the robins otherwise couldn’t find.

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