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Wild Isles

It may be green and pleasantseen from the ground, but taking to the airreveals a different...

It may be green and pleasant
seen from the ground, but taking to the air
reveals a different truth

Full Transcript

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It may be green and pleasant seen from the ground,
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but taking to the air reveals a different truth.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:12
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Sir David Attenborough narrates a documentary about the natural animals in the British Isles and Ireland.
S01 • E04 We have over 150,000 miles of rivers in the British Isles. - Wild Isles 00:07
We have over 150,000 miles of rivers in the British Isles.
S01 • E05 At first, parent and pup are inseparable. - Wild Isles 00:06
At first, parent and pup are inseparable.
S01 • E03 But as our wild grasslands have diminished, - Wild Isles 00:08
But as our wild grasslands have diminished,
S01 • E04 They flow through every landscape, connecting all our wildlife. - Wild Isles 00:07
They flow through every landscape, connecting all our wildli...
S01 • E06 It is green, but this is not natural. - Wild Isles 00:05
It is green, but this is not natural.
S01 • E05 But then, after a few days, the youngsters start to explore. - Wild Isles 00:07
But then, after a few days, the youngsters start to explore.
S01 • E02 Our journey starts here in the Forest of Dean. - Wild Isles 00:05
Our journey starts here in the Forest of Dean.
S01 • E01 Their strategy is one of surprise. - Wild Isles 00:06
Their strategy is one of surprise.
S01 • E06 A curlew looking for a patch of country wild enough to allow it - Wild Isles 00:11
A curlew looking for a patch of country wild enough to allow...
S01 • E04 The water's journey starts at the top of the mountains. - Wild Isles 00:06
The water's journey starts at the top of the mountains.
S01 • E05 Other females don't tolerate the appearance - Wild Isles 00:08
Other females don't tolerate the appearance
S01 • E01 They have discovered how to travel up channels in the kelp - Wild Isles 00:10
They have discovered how to travel up channels in the kelp
S01 • E06 In just a few decades, - Wild Isles 00:08
In just a few decades,
S01 • E02 The low, weak sun brings little warmth. - Wild Isles 00:06
The low, weak sun brings little warmth.
S01 • E03 When I was a boy, back in the 1930s, growing up in Leicester, - Wild Isles 00:13
When I was a boy, back in the 1930s, growing up in Leicester...
S01 • E06 We have sprayed the land with pesticides, - Wild Isles 00:11
We have sprayed the land with pesticides,
S01 • E04 Rivers shape the landscape. - Wild Isles 00:05
Rivers shape the landscape.
S01 • E05 Posing an even greater threat than the females... - Wild Isles 00:08
Posing an even greater threat than the females...
S01 • E02 For some, this is a time for slumber. - Wild Isles 00:05
For some, this is a time for slumber.
S01 • E05 Posing an even greater threat than the females... - Wild Isles 00:05
Posing an even greater threat than the females...