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Last broadcast:20/12/2021 at 14:25
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Wild Britain

Only the hardiest of beasts survive in Britain's mountains.

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Series 1

Series 1, Episode 3 - Coasts

From sandy beaches to soaring cliffs, Britain's coastlines are one of nature's wildest habitats, where hardy creatures are battling to survive.

Series 1, Episode 4 - Britain's Wild Rivers

With more than 6,000 rivers criss-crossing our land, their denizens often go unnoticed. Solid bones and high oxygen levels mean a young dipper bird can dive underwater for 30 seconds. Thousands of Atlantic salmon make an epic journey of thousands of miles to breed. Otters and beavers are making a remarkable recovery after ...

Series 1, Episode 2 - Forests

Britain's forests contain majestic trees, some of them thousands of years old. Behind the leafy veil, there are booming populations of previously rare wild boar and goshawks.

Series 1, Episode 8 - Cities

Hedgehogs have declined in numbers from 30 million to one million in 60 years. In the skies, feral pigeons fight it out with gulls. Great crested newts enjoy an elaborate courtship in larger ponds.

Countryside

Evidence of how the countryside has changed more in the last 100 years than in the previous two thousand. Barn owls fight for their territory against kestrels.

Cities

Hedgehogs have declined in numbers from 30 million to one million in 60 years. In the skies, feral pigeons fight it out with gulls. Great crested newts enjoy an elaborate courtship in larger ponds.

Forests

Britain's forests contain majestic trees, some of them thousands of years old. Behind the leafy veil, there are booming populations of previously rare wild boar and goshawks.

Forests

Britain's forests contain majestic trees, some of them thousands of years old. Behind the leafy veil, there are booming populations of previously rare wild boar and goshawks.

Mountains

Only the hardiest of beasts survive in Britain's mountains and uplands, including the golden eagle and its prey the mountain hare, plus 400,000 red deer, the flamboyant black grouse, and sheep who have grazed for centuries.

Mountains

Only the hardiest of beasts survive in Britain's mountains and uplands, including the golden eagle and its prey the mountain hare, plus 400,000 red deer, the flamboyant black grouse, and sheep who have grazed for centuries.

4. Britain's Wild Rivers

Atlantic salmon make an epic journey of thousands of miles.

3. Coasts

Britain's coastlines are one of nature's wildest habitats.

2. Forests

Boars and goshawks are again populating Britain's forests.

1. Mountains

Only the hardiest of beasts survive in Britain's mountains.

8. Cities

In the skies, feral pigeons fight it out with gulls.

5. Islands

In the Hebrides, red deer stags battle on the beaches.

6. Countryside

Barn owls fight for their territory against kestrels.

5. Water Worlds

In the varied water worlds all kinds of wildlife thrive.

3. Coasts

Britain's coastlines are one of nature's wildest habitats.
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