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Scotland: The New Wild
本系列节目将带您领略苏格兰的野生动物、栖息地和自然风光。苏格兰正迈入一个全新的“野性”时代。在年轻一代的热情和创新精神的推动下，国家“重归野性”已成为21世纪的一项标志性议题。随着人们对荒野及其野生动物的全新认识，苏格兰最具标志性的栖息地未来或许会比我们想象中更加原始……
Nearly 800 islands lie off the coast of Scotland, and these are some of the most biodiverse places in the country where the mix of low intensity agriculture, wild spaces and a diverse and rich ocean has benefited numerous species. From the Shetland Isles in the north to the Inner Hebrides in the south, these isles are teeming with life.
More than 80 per cent of Scotland’s population live in the Lowlands, a vast swathe of the country stretching from Aberdeenshire in the north east to the border with England in the south. This is a landscape characterised by sprawling urban centres, huge areas of agricultural farmland, fragmented forests and mighty rivers. The Lowlands are the most intensely managed part of Scotland’s landscape. But wildlife still survives here, clinging on, and in some places a few species are beginning to stage a comeback.
The Highlands are a vast landscape covering much of Scotland. Dominated by mighty hills, glens, lochs, rivers and forests, it’s a landscape that has been heavily altered by people and climate. Once a great forest covered much of this land, but little now remains.
