Wild Britain

- Season 1

(2018)

Our mountains and uplands are the most dramatic wilderness in Britain. Inaccessible, beautiful and brutal... only the hardiest of animals survive here. We open in the snowy Cairngorms, home to the Golden Eagle - our most impressive bird of prey. It can reach speeds of 180 mph - but catching a Mountain Hare isn't easy. An on-board camera offers a bird's eye view of the hunt. But these hares have survived in our uplands since the Ice Age... On the lower slopes, it's breeding season for Scotland's 400,000 red deer. We gain intimate insight into this ancient ritual, and ...

Take a walk in Britain's forests, and you'll find yourself amongst majestic trees, some of them thousands of years old. Peer behind the curtain of leaves, and a magical world is revealed. Be in the right place at the right time, and you never know what you might find. This episode travels the length of the country to reveal Britain's elusive forest animals. It opens by revealing a booming population of Wild Boar in the Forest of Dean. Hunted out of Britain 300 years ago they're bouncing back - there are now more than a thousand here. Their presence - and vast appetite...

We all live within 70 miles of the coast - one of Britain's wildest habitats, where hardy creatures battle to survive. The episode opens with dramatic events at a Grey seal colony in Norfolk. The females are only in season for a few hours, so it's crucial for the huge bulls to be in the right place at the right time - and that means fighting. From sandy beaches to soaring cliffs... In Anglesey, Guillemots are setting up home on precarious ledges where their eggs will be safe from foxes and stoats. But they're soon under attack from Black-Backed Gulls. Spectacular ...

From our Scottish lochs and golden reed beds to southern swamps and the ponds of our back gardens, Britain's "Water Worlds" are wild corners we rarely explore - but they are the most biodiverse places in Britain. The film opens with intimate views of a family of beavers in Devon. Hunted to extinction 500 years ago, these reintroduced rodents are returning to our waterways. We discover how these natural engineers alter their landscape not only to help themselves - but also to the benefit of other species. Ponds and lakes are the domain of our largest reptile, the grass...

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Britain's towns and cities are our fastest growing landscape, now covering around 7% of the country. Wildlife might seem unwelcome, but our concrete jungles are a land of opportunity. Hedgehogs have seen our buildings and roads grow up around them. They love the untidy corners and the creepy-crawlies that thrive in an unkempt garden. But they've declined from 30 million to 1 million in 60 years. Not every creature is thriving in our urban world. But some have found an opportunity. Urban Foxes didn't exist until the 1930s, but now inhabit 90% of our towns and cities. ...