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Wild Isles

The males come here at dawnto display competitively throughout the springin special places...

The males come here at dawn
to display competitively throughout the spring
in special places called leks

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The males come here at dawn to display competitively
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throughout the spring in special places called leks.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:26
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E01 These, with dark patches on their wings, are the males, - Wild Isles 00:08
These, with dark patches on their wings, are the males,
S01 • E06 With meaningful protection, we can replenish our seas, - Wild Isles 00:12
With meaningful protection, we can replenish our seas,
S01 • E02 By late August, their time has come to leave. - Wild Isles 00:05
By late August, their time has come to leave.
S01 • E04 But it's out of the frying pan - Wild Isles 00:07
But it's out of the frying pan
S01 • E05 Sea urchins are devouring the furbellow. - Wild Isles 00:05
Sea urchins are devouring the furbellow.
S01 • E02 The female chick takes her first ever flight. - Wild Isles 00:05
The female chick takes her first ever flight.
S01 • E03 Each male competes to claim a small area in the centre of the lek - Wild Isles 00:14
Each male competes to claim a small area in the centre of th...
S01 • E01 The more metallic-green ones with plain, unmarked wings - Wild Isles 00:08
The more metallic-green ones with plain, unmarked wings
S01 • E05 Their powerful jaws are destroying the clingfish's home. - Wild Isles 00:06
Their powerful jaws are destroying the clingfish's home...
S01 • E06 But protection alone isn't always enough. - Wild Isles 00:06
But protection alone isn't always enough.
S01 • E04 At least the mayfly have the advantage of great numbers. - Wild Isles 00:06
At least the mayfly have the advantage of great numbers.
S01 • E02 Followed a few flaps later by her brother. - Wild Isles 00:06
Followed a few flaps later by her brother.
S01 • E06 We also need to restore at least some of what we have lost. - Wild Isles 00:06
We also need to restore at least some of what we have lost.
S01 • E04 In just a week, more than a million will emerge - Wild Isles 00:08
In just a week, more than a million will emerge
S01 • E05 His babies are under threat, still stuck to the walls of their nursery. - Wild Isles 00:07
His babies are under threat, still stuck to the walls of the...
S01 • E02 They will soon set off on a 3,000-mile journey to Africa... - Wild Isles 00:06
They will soon set off on a 3,000-mile journey to Africa...
S01 • E01 To attract a female, a male must secure a patch - Wild Isles 00:09
To attract a female, a male must secure a patch
S01 • E04 And the first thing the male does is head for the river bank. - Wild Isles 00:06
And the first thing the male does is head for the river bank...
S01 • E03 This particular lek in the Cairngorms - Wild Isles 00:09
This particular lek in the Cairngorms
S01 • E06 It captures carbon up to 35 times more quickly - Wild Isles 00:08
It captures carbon up to 35 times more quickly