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European hare
Lepus europaeus
LC
Suffolk, UK
The media pack [1] clarifies that the sequence of the boxing hares was filmed in Suffolk, while the later shots of the golden eagle hunting a hare were from the Scottish island of Islay.
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European golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos
LC
Islay, UK
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European hare
Lepus europaeus
LC
Islay, UK
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Northern lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
NT
North Uist, UK
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Common gull
Larus canus canus
LC
North Uist, UK
3
Eurasian oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus
NT
North Uist, UK
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Horse
Equus ferus caballus
DO
Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK
The location is given in the caption of a production still featured alongside an interview with producer Nicholas Gates [1]: "A free-roaming herd of Konik horses grazes in the evening light at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, UK. © BBC/©Silverback Films/Hamza Yassin"
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Short-tailed field vole
Microtus agrestis
LC
Hebrides, UK
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Short-eared owl
Asio flammeus flammeus
LC
Hebrides, UK
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Two-coloured mason bee
Osmia bicolor
NE
Dorset, UK
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Common glow-worm
Lampyris noctiluca
NE
Dorset, UK
This species is abundant in the UK, though a much rarer species, Phosphaenus hemipterus, does occur too [1].
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White-lipped snail
Cepaea hortensis
NE
Dorset, UK
Visually most consistent with Cepaea hortensis. Most shots show the white lip around the aperture of the shell, whereas the closely related brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) has a clear brown lip.
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Common rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus cuniculus
EN
Lackford Lakes, Suffolk, UK
The sequence of the buzzard hunting rabbits was filmed at Lackford Lakes according to the Suffolk Wildlife Trust [1]: "Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Simon King spent many hours at the reserve capturing stunning daytime footage of rabbits and buzzards... Will Cranstoun, West Suffolk Sites Manager comments, It was a fantastic opportunity to work with the BBC and filmmaker Simon King. The filming helped us get a deeper insight into the interactions of species on this part of the reserve, Pipits meadow."
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Common buzzard
Buteo buteo buteo
LC
Lackford Lakes, Suffolk, UK
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Common rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus cuniculus
EN
Lankham Bottom, Dorset, UK
According to Butterfly Conservation Dorset Branch [1], the thermal camera sequence of foxes hunting rabbits at night were filmed at Lankham Bottom, north of Dorchester, at the UK's largest rabbit warren.
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European red fox
Vulpes vulpes crucigera
LC
Lankham Bottom, Dorset, UK
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Large blue butterfly
Phengaris arion
NT
Gloucestershire, UK
Various other butterflies shown in the build-up to the sequence.
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Ant
Myrmica sabuleti
NE
Gloucestershire, UK
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British black grouse
Lyrurus tetrix brittanicus
LC
Cairngorms, UK
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Common European adder
Vipera berus berus
LC
Northumberland, UK
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Hen harrier
Circus cyaneus
LC
Cairngorms, UK
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Red deer
Cervus elaphus elaphus
LC
Killarney National Park, Ireland