![]() The series will capture the British and Irish countryside using aerial photography, while motion controlled time-lapse photography will highlight the passing seasons. It will also show blue fin tuna gathering off the coast of Cornwall black grouse and hen harriers courting in the Cairngorms red deer stags rutting in one of Ireland’s wildest corners mayfly hatching on a river in Wiltshire foxes hunting rabbits at night and a bee that rides a broomstick in Dorset. Viewers will see wild horses battling for access to females in Cambridgeshire and gulls stealing fish from puffins off Northumberland. The series will see new behaviour filmed around the country, including somewhere a little closer to home. ![]() The common puffin during filming of Wild Isles on Skomer Island (Image: BBC/Silverback Films/Alex Board/PA Wire) The remaining four hour-long episodes will celebrate the Isles’ four key habitats – woodlands, grasslands, freshwater and marine. The natural history series will have an introductory episode explaining why Britain and Ireland are globally important for nature. “I can assure you that in the British Isles, as well as astonishing scenery there are extraordinary animal dramas and wildlife spectacles to match anything I have seen on my global travels.” Read more: Visit the brand new Peterborough University campus before it opens this September ![]() Sir David, 96, said: “In my long lifetime, I have travelled to almost every corner of our planet. The new BBC One series titled Wild Isles aims to emulate what the Planet series did for the wildlife of the world – inspiring people to “safeguard and restore nature for future generations.” The series, presented by 96-year-old Sir David Attenborough, will explain the challenges nature faces and what can be done to make our wild isles wilder in the future. The five-part series took three years to film and will include scenes from Cambridgeshire as wild horses battle for access to females. ![]() Sir David Attenborough will present a new BBC One natural history series that was filmed across the British Isles including in our very own county. ![]()
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