Iolo's Valleys
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202429 minRunning

Iolo's Valleys

Network:BBC iPlayer

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S01E04 - "Episode 4"

Aired on May 17, 2024, 5:00 AM

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Description

From the industrial past to a remarkable rewilding. Iolo Williams explores the history, heritage and habitats of an abundance of wildlife in the south Wales valleys.

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Status
Running
Language
English
Runtime
29 min
Premiered
May 17, 2024

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Episodes (1 Season · 4 Episodes)

Episode 1

Iolo Williams explores the valleys north of Swansea. He finds dippers and kingfishers nesting on once-polluted rivers, and Wales's rarest nesting bird, the honey buzzard.

May 17, 2024

28 min

Episode 2

Iolo Williams explores the valleys inland from Port Talbot in south Wales. He finds adders on a rugby pitch, hears the haunting sounds of a nightjar and watches a barn owl hunting.

May 17, 2024

28 min

Episode 3

Iolo Williams heads up the Taff, Cynon and Rhondda to find sand martins at an old ironworks, a stunning wetland, insects thriving on a coal tip, and makes friends with a fox.

May 17, 2024

29 min

Episode 4

Iolo Williams goes up the valleys from Newport and gets a rare view of a long-eared owl. Another treat is a marble white butterfly. Also peregrines and lapwings on coal tips.

May 17, 2024

29 min

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