Wild Britain with Ray Mears

Season 3

10 episodes · Jan 4, 2013

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  • S3E1

    Isle of Mull

    Jan 4, 201330m

    Ray makes his way to the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides looking for marine and coastal wildlife. He meets up with local whale watching skipper James Fairburns as they look for the signs of minke whale and he comes face to face with the world’s second largest fish after he snorkels with a huge basking shark. He finds it hard to stay on his feet as the boat takes him to the epicentre of the Corywreckan whirlpool.

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  • S3E2

    Isle of Wight Woodland

    Jan 11, 201330m

    Ray takes a look around the ancient forests on the Isle of Wight. The island has no grey squirrels making it a sanctuary for our native endangered red squirrels. Ray talks to Ian White of the People’s Trust for Endangered Species as he takes a look at nest boxes put in to improve the survival chances of the dormouse.

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  • S3E3

    Yorkshire Dales Limestone

    Jan 18, 201330m

    Ray makes his way to the Yorkshire Dales to learn more about the limestone geology of the pavements, cliffs and caves and the wildlife that depends on it.

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  • S3E4

    Salisbury Plain

    Jan 25, 201330m

    Ray takes a look around the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire which is the largest area of chalk grassland in the country and home to the largest military training operation.

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  • S3E5

    River Wye

    Feb 1, 201330m

    Ray continues his celebration of the British landscape and its wildlife. Ray takes a trip down the River Wye in Wales, meeting local experts and observing wildlife.

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  • S3E6

    Argyll Rainforest

    Feb 8, 201330m

    In Argyll, Ray explores the temperate rainforest, discovers the skia deer, meets local lichenologist, and learns about reintroduction of the European beaver.

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  • S3E7

    Isle of Wight

    Feb 15, 201330m

    Off the Isle of Wight Ray finds conger eels, the spiny spider crab and smooth hound sharks and on land a rare butterfly and the footprint of a prehistoric iguanodon.

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  • S3E8

    Isle of Scilly

    Feb 22, 201330m
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  • S3E9

    The Weald

    Mar 1, 201330m

    Ray takes a look around the area known as The Weald, a landscape of ancient forest, small fields and heath on the Kent-Sussex border in south east England.

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  • S3E10

    Best of Series 3

    Mar 8, 201330m

    Ray takes a look back at some of his favourite moments from the series.

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