Channel 5 explores one of Scotland’s great beauties in brand new series Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild

Channel 5 has announced a brand new nature series Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild. A co-production between Natural History specialists Tigress Productions and GroupM Entertainment, they spent a year in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, filming the impact of the changing seasons on a diverse array of some of Britain’s most fascinating species – including Osprey, Red Deer, Atlantic Salmon, Golden Eagle, Red Squirrel, Otters , Beaver and Pine Marten. The result is an epic and thrilling story of birth and death, predators and prey, struggle and survival in one of Britain’s wildest places.

On the western edge of Scotland and boasting 700 square miles of rugged mountains, hidden valleys and churning rivers, Loch Lomond contains one of the most diverse landscapes in the country, being home to a dazzling array of wildlife, some of which is unique to the park.

From the largest mammal to the smallest insect, Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild will take a look at the lives of some of these animals who battle each other and everything that nature throws at them, revealing the secrets, challenges and interlinked lives in the magnificent landscape.

One of the first British nature documentaries to be shot on state of the art Red cameras, giving unrivalled picture quality and the ability to shoot high speed and slow action, throughout all seasons, cameras will be there every step of the way. Plus with macro cameras for the insects, mini-cams for the nests, underwater cameras for the lochs and coastlines, time lapses and drones carrying cameras inches above the ground to capture the changing season and dedicated wildlife cameramen to capture the animals life in full glory, the series will get to the heart of what can be found in Loch Lomond.

Simon Raikes, Factual Commissioner at Channel 5 said “Who thought Britain could look so fabulous? Or that British wildlife could seem so…exotic? I defy anyone not to marvel at the majesty of the setting, nor to be fascinated by the extraordinary lives, births, couplings and deaths of its fabulous animal inhabitants.” Dick Colthurst, executive producer at Tigress Productions said “We’re so used to watching nature films shot in exotic parts of the world there’s a real danger we overlook how amazing our own wildlife is. Loch Lomond is home to an astonishing range of spectacular animals each battling to survive in one of Britain’s most beautiful wild places.”