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Once extinct in Britain
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Wild Isles

Once extinct in Britain, today, up to a dozennow spend winter on Islay

Once extinct in Britain, today, up to a dozen
now spend winter on Islay

Full Transcript

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Once extinct in Britain,
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today, up to a dozen now spend winter on Islay.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:07
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E06 And quite often, you go there and you can't find the island - Wild Isles 00:08
And quite often, you go there and you can't find the is...
S01 • E04 These tiny toadlets are now ready for their next stage. - Wild Isles 00:06
These tiny toadlets are now ready for their next stage.
S01 • E06 Lundy Island, in the Bristol Channel, - Wild Isles 00:06
Lundy Island, in the Bristol Channel,
S01 • E05 Tidal beds like these can easily be destroyed by bottom-trawling. - Wild Isles 00:07
Tidal beds like these can easily be destroyed by bottom-traw...
S01 • E03 But, in Gloucestershire, one species is making a comeback. - Wild Isles 00:06
But, in Gloucestershire, one species is making a comeback.
S01 • E04 They will spend most of their adult lives in the woods - Wild Isles 00:08
They will spend most of their adult lives in the woods
S01 • E06 ..but the sea around it has the third-largest tidal range - Wild Isles 00:13
..but the sea around it has the third-largest tidal range
S01 • E05 Protecting those that survive is essential - Wild Isles 00:08
Protecting those that survive is essential
S01 • E03 It has one of the most extraordinary lifecycles of any insect anywhere. - Wild Isles 00:08
It has one of the most extraordinary lifecycles of any insec...
S01 • E04 But to get there, they must cross a killing zone... - Wild Isles 00:06
But to get there, they must cross a killing zone...
S01 • E02 Driven off, the female considers her options. - Wild Isles 00:07
Driven off, the female considers her options.
S01 • E06 I've been visiting Lundy just over 50 years now - - Wild Isles 00:08
I've been visiting Lundy just over 50 years now -
S01 • E01 The eagles must select a particular bird as a target. - Wild Isles 00:06
The eagles must select a particular bird as a target.
S01 • E03 Most caterpillars find their food among flowers. - Wild Isles 00:05
Most caterpillars find their food among flowers.
S01 • E02 If she can sneak around the other side of the tree, - Wild Isles 00:08
If she can sneak around the other side of the tree,
S01 • E05 100 miles from mainland Scotland lies Shetland, - Wild Isles 00:09
100 miles from mainland Scotland lies Shetland,
S01 • E01 They're testing the geese, trying to identify a weak one. - Wild Isles 00:06
They're testing the geese, trying to identify a weak on...
S01 • E04 ..haunted by giant leeches. - Wild Isles 00:06
..haunted by giant leeches.
S01 • E03 This particular species, however, feeds in an entirely different way. - Wild Isles 00:06
This particular species, however, feeds in an entirely diffe...
S01 • E02 But in this open woodland, that is easier said than done... - Wild Isles 00:07
But in this open woodland, that is easier said than done...