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Living The Wildlife

Season 8 2016

  • 2016-09-23T19:00:00Z on RTÉ One
  • 25m
  • 2h 30m (6 episodes)
  • Ireland
  • Documentary
Living the Wildlife is a new nature series which is filmed and presented by the Emmy award winning Irish cinematographer Colin Stafford-Johnson. Over the last 20 years, Colin has tracked and filmed animals all over the world, from tigers in India to jaguars in the Amazon, to birds of paradise in New Guinea. He is now back home in Ireland and his mission is to show us that we don’t have to travel to the ends of the earth to see amazing wildlife. It’s right here on our doorsteps. Colin takes to the road in his camper van on a journey across Ireland in search of all sorts of wildlife, not to mention a few wild characters that share his passion for nature. He will show us the wildlife all around us and how easy it can be to see and enjoy: the simple pleasures of an afternoon’s butterfly catching with your children among the sand dunes; the exhilarating experience of swimming with basking sharks off the south coast; the search for the elusive corncrake on Tory Island and the impact of modern life on our longest-living animal.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

2016-09-23T19:00:00Z

8x01 Sparrowhawks

Season Premiere

8x01 Sparrowhawks

  • 2016-09-23T19:00:00Z25m

In Co. Donegal, Sparrowhawk enthusiast Martin Moloney leads Colin to a hidden nest deep in the woods where a slightly macabre discovery sheds light on the feeding habits of this exciting bird of prey.

2016-09-30T19:00:00Z

8x02 Foxes

8x02 Foxes

  • 2016-09-30T19:00:00Z25m

Colin attempts to capture a very special moment in the private life of a fox vixen and her cubs.

2016-10-07T19:00:00Z

8x03 Hanging Tough

8x03 Hanging Tough

  • 2016-10-07T19:00:00Z25m

Colin meets up with old friends Conor Kelliher and Clare Heardman to see how we are taking care of lesser-horseshoe bats. Rare in Europe, the southwest of Ireland is a stronghold for this endangered and special species. Counting them in old buildings, mineshafts and hobbit houses happens in the dead of winter.

2016-10-14T19:00:00Z

8x04 Autumnal Whales & Deer

8x04 Autumnal Whales & Deer

  • 2016-10-14T19:00:00Z25m

Colin Stafford Johnson returns to explore Ireland's wildlife. When humpback and fin whales visit our coasts, new technologies allow us to observe and study them in a new and exciting way.

2016-10-21T19:00:00Z

8x05 Peoples Passions

8x05 Peoples Passions

  • 2016-10-21T19:00:00Z25m

Colin Stafford Johnson returns to explore Ireland's wildlife. In Co Mayo, Lynda Huxley is on a mission to reverse the decline in our swift populations.

2016-10-28T19:00:00Z

8x06 Episode 6

8x06 Episode 6

  • 2016-10-28T19:00:00Z25m

Colin Stafford Johnson returns to explore Ireland's wildlife. Colin goes night diving in Dublin Bay in search of a rare eight-legged creature with master photographer Nigel Motyer.

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