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
Africa's Wild Year
Winter
Mini-Series, Documentary
Winter in Southern Africa brings drought, ice, and storms that leave cheetahs, seals, vultures, and meerkats competing with the weather, the environment, and each other whilst triggering a burst of life with the ending of the dry season.
01:00 - 02:00
Orangutan Jungle School
Wine's New Friend
Documentary, Animals
Three-year-old Wine ditches lessons to make a remarkable new friend, as she bonds with a young macaque. Two refugees from a Thai circus, young mother Sampit and her son Sawadee, get a second chance at living semi-wild on a pre-release island.
02:00 - 03:00
Wildlife ER
Episode 5
Animals
Follows a range of dedicated professionals and volunteers as they look after unwell animals and carefully nurse them back to health at the RSPCA Wildlife Hospital in Brisbane, Australia.
03:00 - 04:00
Malawi Wildlife Rescue
Walking with a Pangolin
Documentary, Natural World
The team releases rehabilitated pythons, teaches a pangolin how to hunt, and rounds up a troop of vervet monkeys. Meanwhile, Dr Charlotte searches for a missing bird of prey, and Dr Amanda helps a bush pig savaged by poachers' dogs.
04:00 - 05:00
Zambia Untamed
Mvula's Journey
Natural World, Documentary
As temperatures soar, lagoons and waterholes are drying up. This forces Mvula and his family to undertake a long and dangerous journey to the only remaining source of water, the Luangwa River.
05:00 - 06:00
Island of the Monsoon
From Cloud to Coast
Documentary, Natural World
Monsoon storms sweep over the tropical island of Sri Lanka, and water carried in with swirling mists hits the mountainous heartland, beginning a journey through the many changing faces of the island's forests.
06:00 - 07:00
Amazing Animal Friends
Creative Comforts
Natural World, Animals
This episode of Amazing Animal Friends features a troop of rescue centre monkeys that have adopted a litter of stray kittens, a loyal dog helping a rescued raccoon overcome her fears, and an emu raised by Irish setters.
07:00 - 08:00
Amazing Animal Friends
To The Rescue
Natural World, Animals
Meet more Amazing Animal Friends, including ranch manager Barclay, a Great Dane who happens to be a gifted horse whisperer. In Africa, a tiny marmoset called Thor has become obsessed with two young rescued mongooses.
08:00 - 08:30
Animal Senses
Super Senses
Animals, Documentary
Some animals have senses that humans can't even conceive. With those powers they can do marvellous things.
08:30 - 09:00
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.
09:00 - 10:00
Animals Like Us
Meerkat Survival School
Animals, Documentary
Tenacious meerkat pups show their determination to devour deadly scorpions in the vast Kalahari Desert, while a group of lionesses' demonstrate their seduction tactics in Kenya.
10:00 - 10:30
Aussie Snake Wranglers: Deadly Pursuit
Three's a Crowd
Documentary, Reality
Mick and Adele confront an aggressive boa constrictor in a yard, Jess and Dan rescue a python from a play area, and Liv is injured by a hungry python.
10:30 - 11:00
Aussie Snake Wranglers: Deadly Pursuit
Double Trouble
Documentary, Reality
Dan and Jess remove eastern brown snakes from a garden. Mick finds a venomous snake in the sofa cushion, while Stu opens a chicken coop to retrieve a carpet python.
11:00 - 12:00
Arctic Secrets
Yukon Wild
Documentary, Natural World
The third-longest waterway in North America, the Yukon River, flows through wide open valleys and narrow channels over 3,000 kilometres northwest towards the storm-tossed Bering Sea.
12:00 - 13:00
Arctic Secrets
Waiting for Winter
Documentary, Natural World
It's November at Cape Tatnam. Winter is coming to the lower Western shore of Hudson Bay. The ice, which should be forming on Hudson Bay by now, is nowhere to be seen. 2016 has been the warmest year on record.
13:00 - 14:00
Jungle of the Ants
Documentary, Natural World
Ants have an incredible form of collective intelligence. Between narration and sensational shots, this film offers an immersive micro-dive into the heart of the French Guianese jungle to reveal the mysteries of an extraordinary society.
14:00 - 15:00
Wildlife ER
Episode 5
Animals
Follows a range of dedicated professionals and volunteers as they look after unwell animals and carefully nurse them back to health at the RSPCA Wildlife Hospital in Brisbane, Australia.
15:00 - 16:00
Kui Buri: Thailand's Hidden Eden
Documentary
Visit a jungle paradise that is a model for national parks around the world.
16:00 - 17:00
Leopard Dynasty: The Rise of Rana
Documentary
In India's Jhalana Reserve, strength, strategy and survival collide in a wild power struggle. Ageing leopard Bahadur rules until his son, Rana, challenges his dominance. As father and son clash, alliances form, and a new chapter begins.
17:00 - 18:00
David Attenborough's Galapagos
Origin
Documentary, Natural World
Sir David Attenborough charts the explosive rise of the Galápagos archipelago, revealing how it emerged from the ocean millions of years ago and having a look at its unique wildlife.
18:00 - 19:00
David Attenborough's Galapagos
Adaptation
Documentary, Natural World
Sir David Attenborough encounters fascinating species found nowhere else in the world that show how life has to quickly adapt to the ever-changing landscapes of the Galápagos Islands.
19:00 - 20:00
David Attenborough's Galapagos
Evolution
Documentary, Natural World
Sir David Attenborough explores the unusual species that inhabit the unique islands of the Galápagos archipelago, including Lonesome George, the last tortoise from Pinta Island.
20:00 - 21:00
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.
21:00 - 22:00
A Cheetah's Pride
Lost and Found
Documentary
Rejoin the cheetah family as the mothers collaborate to keep the cubs fed, then watch the cubs survive abandonment and harsh conditions.
22:00 - 23:00
Wild Battleground
Forest Fights
Natural World
Up in the rainforest canopy, there are some of the toughest species ever seen in the wilderness. Competitors engage in epic clashes over love, dominance, and resources, often with grisly or deadly results.
23:00 - 00:00
Wild Battleground
Water Wars
Natural World
In oceans, lakes, and rivers, there are underwater war zones. There are also some creatures that have brutal skirmishes above the waves that determine who wins and who dies.