Sir David Attenborough introduces the Wild Isles series at dawn at Old Harry's Rocks, Dorset. © BBC/Silverback Films/Chris Howard

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Presented by the renowned broadcaster and conservationist Sir David Attenborough, BBC One’s Wild Isles will explore and celebrate the beautiful wildlife found in Britain and Ireland.

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A female (left) and a male (right) bobbing on the surface of a pond.

Insects & Invertebrates

Meet the bottle green semaphore fly, with its amazing courtship displays

Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, adult, sing on tree stump, Spring, Wales, UK.

Wren guide: where to see them, what they eat and what they sound like

An illustration of a mayfly

Insects & Invertebrates

Mayfly lifecycle, from naiad to its second molt

ADDER COURTSHIP, UK

Where and when to see courting and mating adders

An Atlantic salmon attempting to jump up a waterfall in the Scottish Highlands, on a journey to spawning grounds. © georgeclerk/Getty

Where and when to see leaping salmon in the UK

Bioacoustic monitoring can be used to study bats. © Joe McDonald/Getty

Bats guide: species facts, what they eat, and whether they really are as blind as a – well – bat

How to identify wildlife

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Nuthatch guide: the best time to see them, how to identify – and why they’re called nuthatches

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Siskins: what they look like and how to attract them to your garden

A lesser redpoll

Lesser redpoll: what they are, what they eat and how to identify

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Goldcrest guide: how big they are, what they eat – and how to identify

Swift or swallow:

Swift or swallow: what’s the difference?

How to go beachcombing

Identify Wildlife

Beachcombing guide: what you can fnd and where to go beachcombing in the UK

Plants

Learn more about different species of plants

Ivy Growing On Tree

Does ivy damage trees?

What’s the difference between wild and cultivated daffodils?

What’s the difference between wild and cultivated daffodils?

Nepenthes lowii

Nepenthes lowii: the plant that likes to be used as a toilet

Seagrass

How do plants breathe underwater?

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Talking Points

Conservationists discuss thought-provoking topics

Illustration of students outside.

People & Wildlife

Life lessons: why a natural history GCSE is being introduced

An urban wildflower meadow on Park Square roundabout in the centre of the city of Sheffield, Yorkshire. © Matthew Taylor/Alamy

Seeds of controversy: the debate around sown vs native road verges

A European badger in a field.

Is it time to kill the badger cull?

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