Gibraltar - 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 history and wildlife of Gibraltar. The Rock is the smallest of all of the UK Overseas Territories, but is home to a staggering heritage dating back to Moorish ruins, Victorian fortifications and WW2 tunnels. In this documentary, we explore Gibraltar's history, venturing into a secret WW2 chamber, built for a crack "stay behind" team to observe enemy movements in the event that the Rock fell to hostile forces. Although Gibraltar is just 7 km2, it is home to hundreds of plant species, including at least one that occurs no where else on Earth. Conservation projects are working to safeguard Gibraltar's concentrated populations of raptors and vultures, and other efforts work to monitor diverse bat colonies. But the most iconic and famous of all wildlife on the Rock is undoubtedly the Barbary Macaques - Europe's only population of wild primate. We observe the macaques, and in large discover, discover the Rock's importance to another primate: Neanderthals, and Gibraltar has a surprising and globally important connection to these extinct hominids.
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Please note: although complementary to the BBC FOUR series, the 40 short mini-documentaries are not commissioned or editorially overseen by BBC.
BRITAIN'S TREASURE ISLANDS - MINI-DOCUMENTARIES
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Amphibians and Reptiles of the UK Overseas Territories • Amphibians and Reptile...
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[@Dr.Brainwash]

Great Documentary! beautiful camera work and of course... beautiful British Overseas Territory!

[@X_explorer]

Fantastic vid! I like observing earth, explore and meditate...

[@aryanscience]

Just got my Gibraltar stamp in my passport

[@popogast]

They got the best beer on the Iberian peninsula!

[@silassaurus]

Fun Fact: There are actually 5 Sovereign-Countries having Territories on the Iberian Peninsula: Spain, Portugal, France (with the smaller territory known as the French Cerdagne, the only iberian territory of france), Andorra, UK (with the British Overseas territory Gibraltar)

[@bruceblake9942]

I do want to watch this video, but the overly heavy musical background makes your narration almost inaudible. Such a pity. [Aussie in BC]

[@cjwhite7801]

Gosh you sound so petty

[@donquijotereina9404]

De los llanitos no se dice nada eh?

[@76olimpo]

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