Cayman Islands - 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 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    • Overview of the UK Overseas Territories  
Filming the Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series    • Filming the Britain's Treasure Islands TV ...  
Stewart McPherson’s lecture at the Royal Geographical Society    • Stewart McPherson’s lecture at the Royal G...  

Mini-documentaries about each of the UK Overseas Territories

Ascension Island – wildlife and heritage    • Ascension Island - wildlife and heritage  
Saint Helena – wildlife and heritage    • Saint Helena – wildlife and heritage  
Tristan da Cunha – wildlife and heritage    • Tristan da Cunha - wildlife and heritage  
Falkland Islands – wildlife and heritage    • Falkland Islands - wildlife and heritage  
South Georgia – wildlife and heritage    • South Georgia - wildlife and heritage  
British Antarctic Territory – wildlife and heritage    • British Antarctic Territory - wildlife and...  
British Indian Ocean Territory – wildlife and heritage    • British Indian Ocean Territory - wildlife ...  
Pitcairn Islands – wildlife and heritage    • Pitcairn Islands - wildlife and heritage  
Bermuda – wildlife and heritage    • Bermuda - wildlife and heritage  
Cayman Islands – wildlife and heritage    • Cayman Islands - wildlife and heritage  
British Virgin Islands – wildlife and heritage    • British Virgin Islands – wildlife and heri...  
Montserrat – wildlife and heritage    • Montserrat - wildlife and heritage  
Anguilla – wildlife and heritage    • Anguilla - wildlife and heritage  
Turks and Caicos Islands – wildlife and heritage    • Turks and Caicos Islands – wildlife and he...  
Akrotiri and Dhekelia – wildlife and heritage    • Akrotiri and Dhekelia – wildlife and heritage  
Gibraltar – wildlife and heritage    • Gibraltar – wildlife and heritage  

Mini-documentaries about specific subjects on particular UK Overseas Territories

Ascension Island – natives and aliens    • Ascension Island – natives and aliens  
Ascension Island – supplying the garrison    • Ascension Island – supplying the garrison  
Saint Helena – wirebird conservation    • Saint Helena – wirebird conservation  
Saint Helena – plant conservation    • Saint Helena – plant conservation  
Life on Tristan da Cunha – the World’s Most Remote Inhabited Island    • Life on Tristan da Cunha – the World's Mos...  
Tristan da Cunha – the Monster Mice of Gough Island    • Tristan da Cunha – the Monster Mice of Gou...  
Falkland Islands – Jimmy the ex-whaler    • Falkland Islands – Jimmy the ex-whaler  
British Indian Ocean Territory – coconut crabs    • British Indian Ocean Territory – coconut c...  
British Indian Ocean Territory – seabirds    • British Indian Ocean Territory – seabirds  
British Indian Ocean Territory – underwater    • British Indian Ocean Territory – underwater  
Pitcairn Islands – Henderson Island’s wildlife    • Pitcairn Islands – Henderson Island's wild...  
Life on Pitcairn Island – home of the descendants of the mutineers from HMS Bounty    • Life on Pitcairn Island - home of the desc...  

Mini-documentaries about systematic wildlife groups across all of the UK Overseas Territories

Terrestrial Invertebrates of the UK Overseas Territories    • Terrestrial Invertebrates of the UK Overse...  
Amphibians and Reptiles of the UK Overseas Territories    • Amphibians and Reptiles of the UK Overseas...  
Plants of the UK Overseas Territories    • Plants of the UK Overseas Territories  
Mammals of the UK Overseas Territories    • Mammals of the UK Overseas Territories  
Birds of the UK Overseas Territories    • Birds of the UK Overseas Territories  
Marine Life of the UK Overseas Territories    • Marine Life of the UK Overseas Territories  

Overview mini-documentaries

Conservation Lessons of the UKOTs    • Conservation Lessons of the UK Overseas Te...  
Islands of Evolution    • Islands of Evolution  
Overview of the Britain’s Treasure Islands book    • Overview of the Britain's Treasure Islands...  
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Overview of Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series    • Overview of Britain's Treasure Islands TV ...