Cayman Islands - wildlife and heritage
Published on Apr 8, 2016
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 and conservation of the Cayman Islands, a UK Overseas Territory in the Caribbean comprising Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. All three islands are home to a staggering diversity of wildlife that occurs in tropical dry forests, mangrove forests and vast seabird colonies. In this film, we encounter fiddler crabs, snakes, land hermit crabs, exquisite orchids and many unique birds that occur no where else on Earth. The Cayman Islands are also home to two unique iguanas, both of which are critically rare. Grand Cayman's blue iguana is so called for its striking blue colouration. The blue iguana was predicted to become extinct, but conservationists acted just in time by setting up a very successful breeding programme, and the species has been saved for the future. Off shore, diverse coral reefs are renowned across the world, and are the site for immense grouper spawning aggregations - including the largest remaining aggregation events left in the Caribbean.
This film is one of forty mini-documentaries made from the footage not used in the broadcast series.
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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
Introduction
Overview of the UK Overseas Territories https://youtu.be/gl9As81DiDE
Filming the Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series https://youtu.be/W2_yNNE-mCw
Stewart McPherson’s lecture at the Royal Geographical Society https://youtu.be/xOt93lM2F2I
Mini-documentaries about each of the UK Overseas Territories
Ascension Island – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/XpLeHUCuY8c
Saint Helena – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/qIsI6paJYZs
Tristan da Cunha – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/Fspkfxcrfwc
Falkland Islands – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/DzOIb4D8SQE
South Georgia – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/oHZUibDpWuk
British Antarctic Territory – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/_V88voefIQk
British Indian Ocean Territory – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/nnDKVZQhCbI
Pitcairn Islands – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/yJZQyhx13AA
Bermuda – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/oIxF74vcfzM
Cayman Islands – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/TrSetBtLAB8
British Virgin Islands – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/z1lvLLG1Csg
Montserrat – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/BFnetjV8W2c
Anguilla – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/Bf3E6pD1nHM
Turks and Caicos Islands – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/JR_vLHHCO10
Akrotiri and Dhekelia – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/t4vqTl3EozM
Gibraltar – wildlife and heritage https://youtu.be/F4ueaYy9TRM
Mini-documentaries about specific subjects on particular UK Overseas Territories
Ascension Island – natives and aliens https://youtu.be/F0xMAIFgPg4
Ascension Island – supplying the garrison https://youtu.be/8BUDEUwx0hE
Saint Helena – wirebird conservation https://youtu.be/dlXg5zrBIlA
Saint Helena – plant conservation https://youtu.be/bL-pAsNHLdY
Life on Tristan da Cunha – the World’s Most Remote Inhabited Island https://youtu.be/n4ElF8awm90
Tristan da Cunha – the Monster Mice of Gough Island https://youtu.be/wT14Q7pZJzo
Falkland Islands – Jimmy the ex-whaler https://youtu.be/alaCe4LbWyo
British Indian Ocean Territory – coconut crabs https://youtu.be/JCkNSWz-IDc
British Indian Ocean Territory – seabirds https://youtu.be/quksfCDxbGE
British Indian Ocean Territory – underwater https://youtu.be/cTJd_WW_NHI
Pitcairn Islands – Henderson Island’s wildlife https://youtu.be/6jK3As_VAjc
Life on Pitcairn Island – home of the descendants of the mutineers from HMS Bountyhttps://youtu.be/vPZHzfRXzjA
Mini-documentaries about systematic wildlife groups across all of the UK Overseas Territories
Terrestrial Invertebrates of the UK Overseas Territories https://youtu.be/16AuBMsI_GY
Amphibians and Reptiles of the UK Overseas Territories https://youtu.be/JrFeLvyJ0Io
Plants of the UK Overseas Territories https://youtu.be/JimYKMzLaqY
Mammals of the UK Overseas Territories https://youtu.be/lnthUbLaBFk
Birds of the UK Overseas Territories https://youtu.be/A0irRRrUbKk
Marine Life of the UK Overseas Territories https://youtu.be/Bu5TydBKFFo
Overview mini-documentaries
Conservation Lessons of the UKOTs https://youtu.be/8VIK87Gd134
Islands of Evolution https://youtu.be/dP7nFXkOg48
Overview of the Britain’s Treasure Islands book https://youtu.be/OYgKyuC3xVY
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Overview of Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series https://youtu.be/ynR40R50Unc
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