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We follow wildlife filmmaker Dan O’Neill and zoologist Yussef Rafik as they discover (a)   happens when abandoned places – from a former slate quarry to a disused coal mine – turn wild.

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These places were once busy sites. (a)   over the years, their doors have closed, and nature has been allowed to run riot.

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Dan and Yussef are on a mission to uncover the wildlife secrets hidden inside. It’s a fascinating story of how nature is reclaiming and ___ the broken soil we leave behind. 

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Inchkeith Island

This island off the Scottish coast, just a short distance ___ Edinburgh, was an important strategic location for military defences for over 500 years.

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While its buildings might be empty and derelict, the w (a)   f_ (=fauna and flora) has bloomed. Dan and Yussef watch young seal pups on the beach, spot seabirds including the eider duck, and brave a walk in an old Victorian tunnel, now home to European cave spiders.

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Dinorwic Quarry

Dan and Yussef visit this former slate quarry in Wales. Once one of the biggest producers of slate in the world, Dinorwic closed its doors in 1969 and nature has slowly been reclaiming the land ever (a)   .

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Dan and Yussef search for the fastest animal (a)   the world, the peregrine falcon. They spot rare wild mountain goats. And they walk around buildings that, once a hive of industry, are now a place of peace and tranquillity.  

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Chatterley Whitfield

Today it looks more like a set from an apocalyptic film, but at its ___ Chatterley Whitfield was a busy coal mine employing more than 4,000 people every day.

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In the 45 years since it closed, wildlife has taken hold. Dan waits (a)   (PATIENCE) to see if the tiny owl he thought he saw is a rare ‘little owl’. Yussef finds plants including buddleia and sunflowers that have sprung up in the most unlikely places.

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And hidden cameras capture footage of the rabbits, foxes and badgers that roam these empty buildings at night.

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