Falkland Islands - wildlife and heritage

Watch the three-part Britain's Treasure Islands documentary series on BBC FOUR, starting Tue 12 Apr 2016 21:00. (repeated Wed 13 Apr 2016 20:00).
This mini-documentary explores the wildlife, history and cultures of the Falkland Islands. This UK Overseas Territory is a treasure trove of natural history, with commerson dolphin, enormous elephant seals, penguins and some of the largest albatross colonies on Earth. We follow Charles Darwin's footsteps across the Falklands (for he spent twice as long here as he did in the Galapagos), we find striated caracaras - the most southerly bird of prey. These extraordinary raptors stole items from Charles Darwin and mugged presenter Stewart McPherson whilst filming! While many of the islands of the Falklands archipelago have been impacted by mankind, we visit an island with intact tussock vegetation which enables perhaps the greatest natural wonder of the Falklands; thousands of sooty shearwaters, which return back to their nests en-mass each evening.
This film is one of forty mini-documentaries made from the footage not used in the broadcast series.
Visit www.BritainsTreasureIslands.com to view all 40 mini-documentaries free of charge.
Please note: although complementary to the BBC FOUR series, the 40 short mini-documentaries are not commissioned or editorially overseen by BBC.
To discovery the wildlife, history and cultures of all of the UK Overseas Territories, please visit www.BritainsTreasureIslands.com
BRITAIN'S TREASURE ISLANDS - MINI-DOCUMENTARIES
Introduction
Overview of the UK Overseas Territories • Overview of the UK Ove...
Filming the Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series • Filming the Britain's ...
Stewart McPherson’s lecture at the Royal Geographical Society • Stewart McPherson’s le...
Mini-documentaries about each of the UK Overseas Territories
Ascension Island - wildlife and heritage • Ascension Island - wil...
Saint Helena - wildlife and heritage • Saint Helena - wildlif...
Tristan da Cunha - wildlife and heritage • Tristan da Cunha - wil...
Falkland Islands - wildlife and heritage • Falkland Islands - wil...
South Georgia - wildlife and heritage • South Georgia - wildli...
British Antarctic Territory - wildlife and heritage • British Antarctic Terr...
British Indian Ocean Territory - wildlife and heritage • British Indian Ocean T...
Pitcairn Islands - wildlife and heritage • Pitcairn Islands - wil...
Bermuda - wildlife and heritage • Bermuda - wildlife and...
Cayman Islands - wildlife and heritage • Cayman Islands - wildl...
British Virgin Islands - wildlife and heritage • British Virgin Islands...
Montserrat - wildlife and heritage • Montserrat - wildlife ...
Anguilla - wildlife and heritage • Anguilla - wildlife an...
Turks and Caicos Islands - wildlife and heritage • Turks and Caicos Islan...
Akrotiri and Dhekelia - wildlife and heritage • Akrotiri and Dhekelia ...
Gibraltar - wildlife and heritage • Gibraltar - wildlife a...
Mini-documentaries about specific subjects on particular UK Overseas Territories
Ascension Island - natives and aliens • Ascension Island - nat...
Ascension Island - supplying the garrison • Ascension Island - sup...
Saint Helena - wirebird conservation • Saint Helena - wirebir...
Saint Helena - plant conservation • Saint Helena - plant c...
Life on Tristan da Cunha - the World’s Most Remote Inhabited Island • Life on Tristan da Cun...
Tristan da Cunha - the Monster Mice of Gough Island • Tristan da Cunha - the...
Falkland Islands - Jimmy the ex-whaler • Falkland Islands - Jim...
British Indian Ocean Territory - coconut crabs • British Indian Ocean T...
British Indian Ocean Territory - seabirds • British Indian Ocean T...
British Indian Ocean Territory - underwater • British Indian Ocean T...
Pitcairn Islands - Henderson Island’s wildlife • Pitcairn Islands - Hen...
Life on Pitcairn Island - home of the descendants of the mutineers from HMS Bounty • Life on Pitcairn Islan...
Mini-documentaries about systematic wildlife groups across all of the UK Overseas Territories
Terrestrial Invertebrates of the UK Overseas Territories • Terrestrial Invertebra...
Amphibians and Reptiles of the UK Overseas Territories • Amphibians and Reptile...
Plants of the UK Overseas Territories • Plants of the UK Overs...
Mammals of the UK Overseas Territories • Mammals of the UK Over...
Birds of the UK Overseas Territories • Birds of the UK Overse...
Marine Life of the UK Overseas Territories • Marine Life of the UK ...
Overview mini-documentaries
Conservation Lessons of the UKOTs • Conservation Lessons o...
Islands of Evolution • Islands of Evolution
Overview of the Britain’s Treasure Islands book • Overview of the Britai...
Shipping 5,000 books to all UK secondary schools COMING SOON
Overview of Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series • Overview of Britain's ...

[@craigsrck4382]

Your narration skills are only second to sir david attenborough

[@user-nb6ff4kl8w]

nobody can compete with Sir David. :)

[@rajo8493]

The place is fully nice wild Life so nice weather fresh air and water

[@joeb6853]

Awesome video

[@Pahalintu]

Great!

[@guts8424]

Viva las islas falklands.

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@brunologic3951 ¡Viva las Falklands libres! ¡Abajo el imperialismo argentino!

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@brunologic3951 El imperialismo es cuando un país gobierna a otro contra su voluntad. Gran Bretaña no ha tenido un imperio durante mucho tiempo. La gente de las Islas Falkland está asociada con el Reino Unido por su propia voluntad, expresada democráticamente. Tienen su propio gobierno electo y hacen sus propias leyes. No quieren ser gobernados por Argentina, y sin embargo, el gobierno argentino todavía está tratando de ganar poder sobre las Falklands, en contra de los deseos de la población nativa. Dado que Argentina probó la fuerza armada y fracasó, ahora está probando otros métodos, pero el objetivo final es el mismo: la dominación de las Falklands por parte de Argentina. Ustedes son los imperialistas, no nosotros.

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@brunologic3951 Así es, la gente de las Falkland es mayoritariamente descendiente de colonos británicos, y han votado para seguir siendo un Territorio Británico de Ultramar. Al igual que la mayoría de la población argentina, sin duda votaría para permanecer como en un país independiente si alguna potencia imperialista amenazara con colonizarlos. ¿No crees que es extraño que los imperialistas argentinos estén siempre hablando de lo que fue Gran Bretaña en el siglo XIX, mientras que al mismo tiempo parecen obsesionados con colonizar las Falklands? Este es el siglo XXI: la gente civilizada piensa en los pensamientos del siglo XXI y hace planes para el siglo XXI, y mientras tanto, el límite de las ambiciones argentinas parece ser construir un imperio de estilo del siglo XIX.

[@juancardozo6278]

@@greedycapitalist8590 tenes el coraje de llamarlo imperialismo, ¿tu maestro/a estudio? porque me parece que le falla el cerebro.

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@brunologic3951 the Falklands belong to the Falklanders. Leave them alone and move on with your Argentinian lives

[@mariao.5142]

It would be nice to live there...

[@thanglenmanghaokip9062]

Is it not possible to carry out trees plantations in the island? Cos i see not a single tree in the island.

[@myth8334]

Hermosas las islas Falklands británicas 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@marcioneidasilvajunior458]

Myth always British 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 🤣🤣 As a Brazilian, I prefer Britain in this story.

[@Juan041194]

@@marcioneidasilvajunior458 eres un imbécil en vez de defender a tus vecinos, defiendes a unos piratas a los que no les importas

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@Juan041194 the Falklanders aren’t pirates lol. You went and invaded them cuz your country is so hungry for land and they fought back and won.

[@team6021]

I'm thinking to go there and find that lost Hat of Darwin :v

[@elnegrowonder3651]

Un paraíso falkland como las islas Galápagos de ecuador

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@brunologic3951 Los argentinos poseen a la Argentina, y en ningún otro lugar. Las Falkland pertenecen a los Falklanders.

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@brunologic3951 Quieres apoderarse de otro país, contra los deseos de la población local. Eso es lo que es un imperialista. Este loco sueño de colonizar las Falklands incluso está escrito en la constitución argentina.

[@tongyaozhang2580]

@@brunologic3951 again, the Falkland Islands belong to Uzbekistan

[@myth8334]

Bruno Logic dile eso a los indígenas y sus tierras que fueron robados por los europeos descendientes de tu país

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@gatronix754 You can repeat the imperialist lie that your government feeds you as often as you want. It doesn't change the fact that the Falklands belongs to the Falklanders.

[@NaiduWorldTraveller]

Can we settle there?

[@WilliamEvans-kh1gj]

If your not a Falklanders you would need a license

[@Larkinchance]

the ocean is full of ice cubes

[@robertcharpentier6852]

Argentina like 9%% of all South American governments have an absolutely miserable history of the treatment of their native wild animal populations. I bring this up because if Argentina had taken over the Falklands during the Falklands War then their people who have killed off most of the birds and marine mammals for profit rather than conserving the wildlife of the Falklands as Great Britain has successfully done for almost 200 years. StocktonRob

[@jonfred9675]

you also have widespread corruption and crippling interest rates. the falklands are fine with the UK - the GDP per capita in the islands is 10 times higher than in argentina

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@gatronix754 I can't find anywhere on the map called the "Malvinas", so they can't be costing the UK that much. Meanwhile, the Falklands are doing just fine.

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@gatronix754 Your intelligence is matched only by your manners and your command of spelling and grammar. Do you perhaps aspire to a career in the Argentine diplomatic service when you leave school?

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@gatronix754 I'm someone who understands the difference between good and evil.

[@greedycapitalist8590]

@@gatronix754 I'm also smart enough to know that imperialism is a dead concept. Unfortunately, Argentine imperialists don't seem to have caught up with the rest of the world on this subject yet. I really hope it doesn't take another war to convince the Argies that they're never going to colonise the Falklands.

[@MisterMander]

Yuck the elephant seal skin is just hideous

[@apexxxx10]

Fugley ...infantile comment!