Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles TV Guide

Series 1 · Spring

Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin spends the spring travelling across the UK to track down and film some of the most-hidden wildlife spectacles the British Isles have to offer. Hamza’s hidden wildlife journey kicks off with a boom at RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk, where he witnesses something very few people ever have the chance to see, let alone film. The bittern is a rare, secretive bird which in full song creates a boom that can be heard over three miles away. A trip to the bluebell woods of Sussex is next, and Hamza is joined by his two nieces, whom he hopes to give a wildlife encounter to remember. Sitting quietly in the sun-dappled light of late evening, the trio are treated to an eye-to-eye experience with one of our most-loved yet rarely seen creatures: a clan of wild badgers emerging from their sett for the evening. From here, he heads to the wild wooded hills of Dartmoor with wildlife sound recordist Ellie Williams to attend one of the finest natural concerts in the world: the dawn chorus. By focusing on unique songs and calls, Hamza and Ellie are able to pinpoint exact species and individual bird calls in the woods. Inner-city Cardiff might not seem a likely place to...