South Georgia - 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 of South Georgia, a UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic. It is a rugged, rocky isle, but home to some of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth. Colonies of over half a million king penguins congregate on its shores, along with millions of fur seals, elephant seals, albatrosses and petrels. The island harbours such concentrations of wildlife because, unlike Antarctic, South Georgia is not surrounded by ice during winter. An ambitious rodent eradication project has been undertaken, and it is hoped that South Georgia may harbour even greater numbers of animals in the future.
This film is one of forty mini-documentaries made from the footage not used in the broadcast series.
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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
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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...
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Anguilla - wildlife and heritage • Anguilla - wildlife an...
Turks and Caicos Islands - wildlife and heritage • Turks and Caicos Islan...
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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...
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[@Rommheim1]

Great series. Fascinating to see these really isolated places.

[@atlanticdriftfishing6451]

Another fantastic episode. Chris Kennedy

[@gnarmarmilla]

I want to go here some day, looks amazing. I love your videos. Such an amazing planet God gave us and we are blessed to have people like you who go out and study, explore and film it for us. Do keep up the great work and may God always bless you all to do so.

[@herreralockup]

Amazing nature

[@elayneyoung1837]

my grandfather was there in the fifties

[@garymavi9235]

Elayne Young oh very nice

[@aidangm7419]

Fact: South Georgia is the most important bird area with a population of over 60 million birds of nearly 80 species

[@juneliad1160]

Thanks for sharing.GOD BLESS

[@shadrana1]

Leith Harbour was the largest whaling station on the island but natural life is starting to establish itself on the island again.

[@tongyaozhang2580]

Visit Batumi in South Georgia - a picturesque ancient city on the shores of the Black Sea.

[@jaffacakenjoyer]

Thats not that georgia

[@tongyaozhang2580]

@@jaffacakenjoyer it's West Georgia indeed. What's the capital of the Empire of San Marino? Rome.

[@jaffacakenjoyer]

@@tongyaozhang2580 learn geography

[@tongyaozhang2580]

@@jaffacakenjoyer Batumi is located on the shores of the Black Sea, so it's located in the Western part of Georgia. The Empire of San Marino stretches from the Alps to Sicily. "Italy" doesn't exist, it's fake!

[@jaffacakenjoyer]

@@tongyaozhang2580 still the capital of San marino is San Marino

[@AvonLady98]

Love it

[@aidanmartin4334]

That king penguin colony lives in salisbury plain

[@Bulbagaba992]

We need those rodents eradicated so the big birds can once again thrive and rightfully prey on those cute seal pups! Harsh as it may seem, this will help in the propagation of their species and ensure the balance of life on the island.

[@jaffacakenjoyer]

the seals look epic

[@user-yx3dv9tr8b]

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