Iolo's Valleys

Iolo's Valleys

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1 Season · 4 Episodes · Premiered May 17, 2024

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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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

4 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Fri, May 17 2024 5:00 AM GMT+0000 28 min
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.
E02
Episode 2
Fri, May 17 2024 5:00 AM GMT+0000 28 min
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.
E03
Episode 3
Fri, May 17 2024 5:00 AM GMT+0000 29 min
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.
E04
Episode 4
Fri, May 17 2024 5:00 AM GMT+0000 29 min
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.
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