About this season
Ray Mears explores wildlife around Great Britain.
Episodes (10)
1. Isle of Mull
Aired 4 January 2013 • 30 min
Ray makes his way to the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides looking for marine and coastal wildlife. He meets up with local whale watching skipper James Fairburns as they look for the signs of minke whale and he comes face to face with the world’s second largest fish after he snorkels with a huge basking shark. He finds it hard to stay on his feet as the boat takes him to the epicentre of the Corywreckan whirlpool.
2. Isle of Wight Woodland
Aired 11 January 2013 • 30 min
Ray takes a look around the ancient forests on the Isle of Wight. The island has no grey squirrels making it a sanctuary for our native endangered red squirrels. Ray talks to Ian White of the People’s Trust for Endangered Species as he takes a look at nest boxes put in to improve the survival chances of the dormouse.
3. Yorkshire Dales Limestone
Aired 18 January 2013 • 30 min
Ray makes his way to the Yorkshire Dales to learn more about the limestone geology of the pavements, cliffs and caves and the wildlife that depends on it.
4. Salisbury Plain
Aired 25 January 2013 • 30 min
Ray takes a look around the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire which is the largest area of chalk grassland in the country and home to the largest military training operation.
5. River Wye
Aired 1 February 2013 • 30 min
Ray continues his celebration of the British landscape and its wildlife. Ray takes a trip down the River Wye in Wales, meeting local experts and observing wildlife.
6. Argyll Rainforest
Aired 8 February 2013 • 30 min
In Argyll, Ray explores the temperate rainforest, discovers the skia deer, meets local lichenologist, and learns about reintroduction of the European beaver.
7. Isle of Wight
Aired 15 February 2013 • 30 min
Off the Isle of Wight Ray finds conger eels, the spiny spider crab and smooth hound sharks and on land a rare butterfly and the footprint of a prehistoric iguanodon.
8. Isle of Scilly
Aired 22 February 2013 • 30 min
9. The Weald
Aired 1 March 2013 • 30 min
Ray takes a look around the area known as The Weald, a landscape of ancient forest, small fields and heath on the Kent-Sussex border in south east England.
10. Best of Series 3
Aired 8 March 2013 • 30 min
Ray takes a look back at some of his favourite moments from the series.