Living The Wildlife

Irish Wildlife Year (5x6)

Air date: Apr 09, 2013

In the final episode of this series Colin Stafford Johnson offers a guide through the Irish wildlife year In the final episode of this series Colin picks out a series of natural events that take place over a calendar year. Many people believe that all the things they see on Living the Wildlife aren’t accessible to everyone but this couldn’t be further from the truth as Colin offers a guide through the Irish wildlife year, from simply identifying butterflies to feeding garden birds in winter to jumping on a boat and going whale watching off the south coast. The episode begins in Castlegregory in Co Kerry, where every April the natterjack toads make their way to the breeding ponds and begin calling. The event only lasts a couple of nights but it’s a real cacophony of sound. The journey continues to Wicklow to listen to the dawn chorus, on to the high seas in search of basking sharks, lampreys in Co Limerick, a visit to seabird colonies in mid-summer and watching otters in Westport. It’s a real whistle stop tour of the country and some of its most spectacular events, taking in the extensive Living the Wildlife library footage and showcasing it in an incredible half hour of television.