Nature documentary about the avocet, one of the UK's most strikingly beautiful wading birds. Every spring, the avocets delight us with their magical courtship dances. But few know that behind this elegant exterior lies a turbulent history.
Source: BBC 4
2005-06 Shorts: 4. Deer In The City
Short documentary about a pair of roe deer who have made a Scottish cemetery their home. Surrounded on all sides by a sprawling metropolis, these normally shy creatures are a ma ...
09-08-2025
BBC 4
Scotland - Otters, Puffins And Seals
Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan explores his native Mull and some of the nearby islands, filming otters, deer, puffins, seals and a minke whale.
07-08-2025
BBC 4
2005-06 Shorts: 8. Squirrel Island
Documentary about the community of wild red squirrels on the island of Brownsea in Poole harbour, one of the few places left in the UK in which they still thrive. The squirrels ...
31-05-2025
BBC 4
2006 - The Rabbits Of Skomer
Documentary about the intriguing wild rabbits that share the sea cliffs on the island of Skomer, off the Pembrokeshire coast, with seabirds like puffins and seagulls.
24-05-2025
BBC 4
2007-08 Shorts: 1. Puffin Island
Every summer, thousands of Atlantic puffins congregate on Skomer Island to breed. Over the course of a summer, we follow their adventures on this enchanting island.
21-08-2024
BBC 4
2005-06 Shorts: 8. Squirrel Island
Documentary about the community of wild red squirrels on the island of Brownsea in Poole harbour, one of the few places left in the UK in which they still thrive. The squirrels ...
31-05-2025
BBC 4
2007-08 Shorts: 11. A Summer On Golden Pond
Nature documentary. Squam Lake is better known as Golden Pond, the setting of Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn's Oscar-winning film. But the lake's real residents are just as e ...
28-08-2024
BBC 4
2007-08 Shorts: 7. A Wild Day In Heligan
Nature documentary looking at the animals that live in Cornwall's Lost Gardens of Heligan, filmed on a summer day.
13-05-2021
BBC 4