Montserrat - 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 Montserrat, a UK Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. A series of volcanic eruptions began in 1995 and destroyed the capital Plymouth, which today is a modern-day pompeii. Tragically Pymouth today is a ghost town and two thirds of Montserrat lies in an exclusion zone. But the northern third of the island is home to approximately 5,000 Montserratians, and an incredible diversity of wildlife, including 10 species of bats, red-footed tortoises and a unique bird called the Montserrat Oriole. The island's tropical forests are recovering, as are diverse reefs offshore. Sadly, one of Montserrat's amphibians, a giant frog called the Mountain Chicken, was devastated, not just by the volcano, but by the introduction of deadly chytrid fungus. We follow pioneering conservation efforts undertaken by representatives of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
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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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[@sharonzennetta8562]

Volcano active or not still nice still Home Sweet Home. Montserrat love you forever land of my Birth.

[@justkeon3781]

I was born and raised here in Montserrat. Beautiful tranquil island. I see my house 1:46

[@daviddoan2432]

WOW!

[@offeefrancis6990]

My lovely island it’s blessed by God himself

[@steveparkes4365]

thank you for giving your time so I could watch this.

[@X_explorer]

Fantastic video! I love observing nature, discover and decompress...

[@Rocio1988]

Thanks for this great documentary about the wildlife of Monserrat Island.

[@offeefrancis6990]

My lovely island God himself blessed it one love ❤️

[@edwardpeterson1634]

I love Montserrat. I visited there several times before the volcano erupted.

[@daishinanami4289]

Ur Channel is really interesting. Thanks for uploading such videos on KZbin,that we also watch them

[@ashleyogarro2686]

The Agouti?

[@turningofthetide1000]

I enjoyed learning a bit about Montserrat, an island I had heard of but new almost nothing about. One question, however. Is it correct to ask “what gender” the frog is. I would think that “what sex” is the appropriate choice of words, and that “gender”, as it is used nowadays, refers only to people or nouns.

[@wolfx7628]

My grandparents are from here and I was born in 1995 i feel like poo

[@sharonzennetta8562]

Oh Montserrat land of my Birth I will Love you forever.