Inside Scotland's animal paradise as BBC series captures our world-class wilderness

Filmed implicit 3 years, with the episodes called Islands, Lowlands and Highlands, the documentary 'Scotland The New Wild' shows Scotland's astonishing assortment of chaotic animals

A breathtakingly beauteous array of pictures springiness a snapshot of the astonishing assortment of chaotic animals that telephone Scotland and its islands home.

From a tufty eared reddish squirrel to watchful puffins and a guillemot successful a spot of a flap, they springiness a tantalising penetration of what’s to travel successful a caller 3 portion documentary series, Scotland The New Wild, which premieres connected Sunday astatine 8pm connected BBC2. Filmed implicit 3 years, with the episodes called Islands, Lowlands and Highlands, the spectacular documentary shows everything from rutting reddish cervid stags successful the glens to peregrine falcons flying supra the streets of Edinburgh.

Filmmaker Fergus Gill, who wore bonzer camouflage to movie astatine the borderline of a city, told The Mirror: “Filming wildlife successful the UK sometimes requires a much originative attack to trying to blend into the landscape! Luckily the animals didn’t look to announcement me, and neither did the radical retired for an aboriginal greeting walk!”

Sumptuous wildlife photography instantly transports you to the wilds of Scotland – from a distant windswept land wherever thousands of seals are pupping to the apical of a Scottish upland – location to a uncommon and secretive bird. The bid has already received a Royal Television Society Scotland grant for champion cinematography, arsenic good arsenic being nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for champion Factual series.

Executive shaper Jackie Savery, from filmmakers Maramedia, says: “People deliberation they request to question overseas to spot breathtaking wildlife but successful information the wildlife and scenery of Scotland truly is world people - from comical puffins to temperate rainforests, roaring cervid stags to elephantine basking sharks! This uplifting bid hopefully inspires radical to privation to spot and support each these peculiar taxon and places.”

From the play of battling grey seals connected a distant land to a touching brushwood betwixt an owl chick and a lamb, priceless moments person been recorded for posterity. Rebus histrion Thoren Ferguson, who narrates, says: “Perhaps you deliberation you cognize Scotland… this onshore of arrogant tradition, rugged mountains, sparkling lochs and heather clad hills.

“But look again, and our state whitethorn astonishment you… with its vastness, its subtlety and its splendour. For this is simply a chaotic country, connected the cusp of change, a onshore wherever animals and plants are warring to reclaim their spot successful the earthy order. This is Scotland The New Wild.”

Scotland The New Wild premieres connected BBC2 astatine 8pm connected Sunday