Sky Nature HD
Ireland
Sky Nature HD is a television channel available to viewers in Ireland, focusing on documentary content centred on wildlife, natural habitats, and environmental themes. Programming typically includes films and series that explore animal behaviour, ecosystems, and conservation efforts from around the world. The channel broadcasts in high definition, with content sourced from various international producers. Scheduling is available through local television guides and electronic programme listings. Sky Nature HD is part of the Sky channel lineup and is accessible via satellite subscription services in the region.
Schedule
00:00 - 01:00
Ireland's Wild Islands with Eoin Warner
Summer on the Edge
Documentary, Natural World
Exploring a 1,500-year-old monastery among the crags of the world-famous Skellig Islands. A look at Manx shearwaters and humpback whales, a chase after pygmy shrews on Clare, and a peek at an autumn spectacle on the Aran Islands.
01:00 - 02:00
Reef Wrecks
Mexico's Artificial Reefs
Documentary, Natural World
Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula houses ships converted to artificial reefs.
02:00 - 02:30
Ol Pejeta Diaries
Arc of Baringo
Natural World
Ol Pejeta must help move eight giraffes to a newly opened wildlife area on an island several hundred kilometres away. How do you move the tallest animals on the planet?
02:30 - 03:00
Ol Pejeta Diaries
Flight of the Pachyderms
Natural World
The vets encounter a difficult predicament when a large elephant wanders off and ends up in a local village in an agitated state. If they can't find a helicopter to help with herding immediately, they will have to have the elephant shot.
03:00 - 03:30
City Wildlife Rescue
Episode 1
Documentary, Animals
Go with the rescue crew on a house call to a sleepy horse barn, where a fox with an irritating skin condition is staying up in an old stall.
03:30 - 04:00
City Wildlife Rescue
Episode 2
Documentary, Animals
When a baby mink is abandoned in a store, the team gets to work on some behavioural training. But will this sweet little one be tough enough for the wild when they're done?
04:00 - 05:00
Kenya Wildlife Diaries
Ivory Wars
Documentary, Natural World
Elephant hunting has been banned in Kenya for 40 years. Organised gangs of armed poachers are still targeting elephants, illegally hunting them and selling their ivory tusks on the black market.
05:00 - 06:00
Africa's Wild Horizons
Crowded Islands
Natural World, Documentary
On rocky islands off the coast of South Africa, thousands of creatures congregate to breed. Among these, huge colonies of cape gannets dominate. Surrounded by rich waters, they can find enough to feed themselves and their young.
06:00 - 07:00
Europe's Amazon
The Wetlands
Natural World, Animals
Diving into the great floodplains that lie along the Drava River, areas that are at risk of intense seasonal flooding, before exploring the wetlands of Kopacki Rit.
07:00 - 08:00
Becoming Orangutan
A Wild Education
Documentary, Animals
At the sanctuary, staff eagerly await baby orangutan Topan, a new orphan in need of a surrogate mum, while 16-year-old Kasper busily prepares for graduation and a return to the jungle.
08:00 - 09:00
Becoming Orangutan
Lean on Me
Documentary, Animals
Love is in the air as junior school buds Valentino, Yutris, and Madara see their friendship truly blossom, while a very distractible Beni cannot help but lean into his love of food.
09:00 - 10:00
Becoming Orangutan
Growing Pains
Documentary, Animals
Buckle in for a roller coaster of emotions as the sanctuary's orangutans move toward their release into the wild and Beni goes on a diet.
10:00 - 11:00
The Invisible River: Under Water Between the Black Forest and the Vosges
Documentary, Natural World
Between the Black Forest and the Vosges, under the Rhine plain, flows an invisible river. Europe's largest groundwater reservoir flows northwards. Sometimes, on the surface, it gives rise to wetlands of great beauty.
11:00 - 11:30
Animal Senses
Super Senses
Animals, Documentary
Some animals have senses that humans can't even conceive. With those powers they can do marvellous things.
11:30 - 12:00
Animal Senses
Humans Versus Animals
Animals, Documentary
Humans have sharp senses, used explore the environment. Vibrations in the air, light, and chemicals in food and in the air give the information needed to survive. But some animals have taken those senses and, through evolution, turned them into marvels of biological engineering.
12:00 - 13:00
The Island of Giants
Documentary
A single marine species shapes life on Santa Maria, one of the smallest Azores islands. As Europe's only regular hotspot for whale sharks, the island depends on these gentle giants even as their migration patterns remain unexplained.
13:00 - 14:00
Superbeast
Deadly Deeds
Documentary, Natural World
Experience abilities beyond human limits: crocodiles sensing tiny movements, pigeons using their internal GPS and dolphins hunting with a seventh sense.
14:00 - 15:00
Wild Animal Babies
Single Kids
Documentary, Natural World
Patrick Aryee looks at how single offspring depend on their mother as a critical life companion, one who will go to quite extraordinary lengths to care for and keep their babies safe.
15:00 - 16:00
Wild Animal Babies
Brothers & Sisters
Documentary, Natural World
Patrick Aryee explores how some siblings born in the wild quickly forge lifelong bonds while others compete ferociously with each other from the moment that they first emerge.
16:00 - 17:00
Wild Animal Babies
Outnumbered
Documentary, Natural World
For animals born in bulk, life is often an immense battle from the very start, and Patrick explores the many strategies nature has come up with to help raise the next generation.
17:00 - 18:00
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
Biography, Interview
President Barack Obama and Sir David Attenborough candidly discuss the future of the planet, their passion for nature and what can be done to protect the environment. This intimate film includes behind-the-scenes footage Sir David's latest project on the Great Barrier Reef, and...
18:00 - 19:30
Flying Monsters with David Attenborough
Documentary, Natural World
David Attenborough embarks on a journey into the past to explore the ancient world of the pterosaur, a remarkable flying monster that ruled the skies 200 million years ago.
19:30 - 21:00
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
Documentary, Fine Arts
Naturalist David Attenborough heads to London's Natural History Museum - a place he has been visiting since he was a boy - to bring some of his favourite extinct creatures back to life in a groundbreaking special. The museum's extinct inhabitants are brought to life through a...
21:00 - 22:00
Deadly Australians
Forests
Documentary, Animals
Australia is home to the world's most toxic, venomous and dangerous creatures. From the oceans to the forest, swamps and deserts, it's a continent teeming with a hugely disproportionate number of creatures that can bite, poison or maim.
22:00 - 23:00
Wolves & Lions: Old Enemies
An Eternal Duel
Animals, Natural World
Canids and felines deploy an arsenal of hunting skills. Felines face endurance, while wolves rely on their privileged sense of smell in a constant fight for survival.
23:00 - 00:00
Land of the Far North
Polartag - Skandinaviens Wildnis im Sommer
Mini-Series, Documentary
This documentary shows the wonderful polar world of northern Scandinavia. In summer, the sun barely sets. Despite an abundance of food, plants and animals face many challenges.