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Wild Isles filming locations revealed<\/a><\/p>\n
Wild Isles: episode one \u2013 what\u2019s it all about?<\/a><\/p>\n
Wild Isles: episode two \u2013 what\u2019s it all about?<\/a><\/p>\n
Wild Isles: episode three \u2013 what\u2019s it all about?<\/a><\/p>\n
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Where is Wild Isles<\/em> episode four filmed?<\/h2>\nHobbies and dragonflies<\/a>: Somerset; Wiltshire Salmon<\/a>: Scottish Highlands Beavers<\/a>: Scotland\nRaft spiders: Dorset\nCaves and bats<\/a>: North Yorkshire Moors; Northern Ireland\nMayfly: The River Avon Toads<\/a> and leeches: Somerset; Dartmoor Great crested grebe<\/a>: Cardiff; Suffolk\nKnot: Norfolk<\/p>\n
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Meet Wild Isles<\/em> episode four producer Chris Howard<\/h2>\nHow does freshwater support different kinds of wildlife?<\/h3>\n
Well apart from the obvious (it\u2019s water!) freshwater provides all kinds of different habitats and hiding places for so many different species of plant and animal. From the cold, fast flowing, highly oxygenated water of our uplands which are perfect for migratory fish such as salmon<\/a> and sea trout, to the slower moving water bodies where grebes<\/a> and mayfly dance and bats hunt.<\/p>\n
Not to mention our pools, lakes and lochs which host an incredible array of invertebrates from raft spiders to dragonflies, birds such as hunting hobbies<\/a> and mammals like the beavers<\/a> that are making a welcome comeback across Britain and Ireland. Sadly, many of our rivers and lakes are now heavily polluted by human and agricultural waste, and we over-extract to such an extent that many of our crucial chalk streams now run dry every summer. Freshwater is a vital resource \u2013 and one all too often taken for granted.<\/p>\n
Are there any freshwater species that really stuck in your mind?<\/h3>\n
The bats and the knot. The bats because until we switched the infrared cameras on to film their incredible hunting and swarming behaviour \u2013 you really wouldn\u2019t have known they were even there. Once we could see using the cameras though, their unbelievable agility, speed and manoeuvrability became apparent \u2013 they were flying all around and between the crew the whole time and we just wouldn\u2019t have known it! I spent one magical half hour lying on the ground watching the bats swarm silhouetted above me \u2013 a moment I will never forget as the click and calls were just about audible as they swooped low above me and they even came so close you could feel the wind from their wing beats on your face.<\/p>\n
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