Iolo's Great Welsh Parks
Naturalist Iolo Williams visits historic estates in Wales discovering what special places they are for wildlife. These parks are now open for all to enjoy but sometimes the wildlife in them goes unnoticed.
- 2013-2017
- 3 seasons
- Documentary
Naturalist Iolo Williams visits historic estates in Wales discovering what special places they are for wildlife. These parks are now open for all to enjoy but sometimes the wildlife in them goes unnoticed.
Season 3 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2017
Episode 1
Great Orme Country Park
29 mins
Iolo visits the magnificent limestone headland beside the Victorian seaside town of Llandudno. Each year thousands of tourists visit the Orme but few are aware of the unique wildlife.
Episode 2
Margam Country Park
29 mins
This park overlooks the huge steelworks at Port Talbot was once part of the estate of one of South Wales' richest families with a Gothic Castle at its heart. Iolo learns about the extraordinary animals that live here.
Episode 3
Padarn Country Park
29 mins
This park, created on the site of a former slate quarry, sits next to the town of Llanberis at the northern edge of Snowdonia. Slow worms live in the old quarry workings and each Spring migrant birds from Africa arrive .
Episode 4
Dare Valley Country Park
29 mins
This park on the edge of the Brecon Beacons was Wales' first Country Park and was once home to 19 coal mines. Dippers, herons, cormorants, kingfishers, rare butterflies and lizards can be seen here now.