Wild Cities

19 May 2016

A number of BEES staff and students have contributed to the upcoming Wild Cities documentary on Cork.

As part of the new four-part series ‘Wild Cities’, RTÉ 1 will be broadcasting a one hour documentary on Cork’s urban wildlife on Sunday 22^nd at 6.30 pm. Several people at BEES helped over the last two years with information, finding and checking filming sites.

Wild Cities is a fascinating new four-part series set on the streets of Cork, Dublin, Galway and Belfast revealing each city's wildest, yet most secretive residents - the wild animals that live there.

Filmed over three years using the most up-to-date camera technologies, next cameras, infrared 'night vision' and super slow-motion, Wild Cities reveals an urban world teeming with wildlife in the most unexpected and unusual places.

Produced by the award-winning Wicklow-based filmmakers, Crossing the Line, these four programmes offer the very best in Natural History filmmaking.

"We wanted to show these animals that have adapted to living alongside us, but few of us ever notice them," said producer, Cepa Giblin, "There are so many intriguing stories to tell. These are clever, tenacious, opportunistic animals, like the urban fox, pigeon and the herring gull, who - love them or hate them - have found a niche in our most densely populated cities. This is a really exciting new series".