Breathing Grounds | 2023 UK Conservation + Rewilding Documentary (4K + CC)

Shooting across the UK, over the course of 11 months, now presenting....Breathing Grounds!

Let's get the boring stuff out of the way. All footage was shot by us, except for the Beaver footage, which was gifted to us from both Forestry England, and Elliot McCandless independently. All music in the film was composed and recorded in house - all well as the SFX and voiceover dialogue.

This is a very important step in my career, and an even bigger step in regards to my ability to tell the stories I want to tell. I'd like to thank my whole crew, listed in the credits, and all of those who donated towards the project. It simply could not have been done without you.

The majority of Breathing Grounds was shot in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Some parts were filmed in Bristol, North London, and West Sussex. No animals were harmed, distressed, or abused during production. We had biologist, authors, government workers and local guides in order to make sure everything was handles ethically and responsibly.

Thank you to the Rewild Project, who helped spread the word, and to the Forest Voluntary Action Forum (FVAF) for their support. Thank you to Tristian, who welcomed us into his forest with open arms, and to Owen, who greeted me in the country lane every visit I made. The Forest of Dean is such a beautiful place - and it's my pleasure to be able to show it to you all.

We have an Instagram @Breathing_Grounds, as well as our website - breathinggrounds.weebly.com

The animals included in Breathing Grounds are:

- Wild Boar
- Coal Tit
- Great Tit
- European Badger
- Eurasian Beaver
- Blow Fly
- Dung Beetle
- Spinach Leafminer Fly
- Buzzard
- Wood Mouse
- Muntjac Deer
- Isopod
- Mute Swan
- Eurasian Lynx
- Eurasian Brown Bear
- Eurasian Grey Wolf
- Tree Sparrow
- Carrion Crow
- European Robin
- Blackbird
- Red Fox
- Domestic Goat
- Domestic Sheep
- Grey Squirrel
- Mallard
- Pheasant
- Peregrine Falcon
- Wood Pigeon
- Western Jackdaw
- British Cave Spider
- Roe Deer
- Song Thrush
- Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- Common Moorhen
- Domestic Cattle
- Eurasian Magpie
- White Leghorn Chicken

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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Ecological History Of The UK
6:14 - The Impacts Of Humans
10:22 - Natural Solutions
17:15 - Outro