It’s summer in the Mournes, and temperatures are the highest on record, giving the mountain vets a new set of challenges like overheated dogs, dehydrated calves and hot badgers.
Source: BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 4
With winter giving way to spring, and the year’s earliest lambs and calves born, the vets begin to feel the pressure as they enter their busiest period.\n\nIn Castlewellan ...
13-01-2024
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 6
At the foot of the mountains is the market town of Castlewellan. It is home to the Castle Vets practice, where the team is being kept busy by the rush of newborns.\n \nTerry, on ...
11-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 5
It is the height of spring in the Mourne Mountains. This morning, local vet Jennie is on the road, heading to a friend’s farm just a mile from where she grew up. A young c ...
10-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 3
It is late winter in the Mourne mountains. Despite a blanket of snow covering the stunning landscape, the farms are working hard as the early lambing season is already underway. ...
08-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 2
The series returns to the spectacular Kingdom of Mourne and the mountain vets who are the lifeblood of this unique country community.\n\nThe historic cathedral town of Downpatri ...
07-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 1
It is autumn in the Mourne mountains, a rural area in the east of Northern Ireland where animals outnumber people. \n\nCahir is out on call. A local pedigree sheep breeder has p ...
06-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 6
After the busy birthing season, life is less hectic for the mountain vets. \n\nFor vet Maurice King, it is a less pressured time of year and a chance to enjoy the rewards of the ...
09-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 5
A calf born with an extraordinarily rare condition is brought in to see vet Martin Fitzpatrick at Castle Vets.\n\nCastle Vets also run an obesity clinic, and head nurse Julie Hu ...
08-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 4
At the mixed practice in Downpatrick, the vets treat farm animals and pets, and in the spring, concerned locals often bring wild animals into the clinic. \n\nA pregnant dog is ...
07-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 3
Warmer weather finally arrives in the Mournes. The racing season is getting underway and the vets face a rush of emergency operations. \n\nVet Maurice King and his son Cahir are ...
04-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 4
At the mixed practice in Downpatrick, the vets treat farm animals and pets, and in the spring, concerned locals often bring wild animals into the clinic. \n\nA pregnant dog is ...
07-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 5
A calf born with an extraordinarily rare condition is brought in to see vet Martin Fitzpatrick at Castle Vets.\n\nCastle Vets also run an obesity clinic, and head nurse Julie Hu ...
08-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 3
Warmer weather finally arrives in the Mournes. The racing season is getting underway and the vets face a rush of emergency operations. \n\nVet Maurice King and his son Cahir are ...
04-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 3
It is late winter in the Mourne mountains. Despite a blanket of snow covering the stunning landscape, the farms are working hard as the early lambing season is already underway. ...
08-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 4
With winter giving way to spring, and the year’s earliest lambs and calves born, the vets begin to feel the pressure as they enter their busiest period.\n\nIn Castlewellan ...
13-01-2024
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 5
It is the height of spring in the Mourne Mountains. This morning, local vet Jennie is on the road, heading to a friend’s farm just a mile from where she grew up. A young c ...
10-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 6
At the foot of the mountains is the market town of Castlewellan. It is home to the Castle Vets practice, where the team is being kept busy by the rush of newborns.\n \nTerry, on ...
11-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 2
The series returns to the spectacular Kingdom of Mourne and the mountain vets who are the lifeblood of this unique country community.\n\nThe historic cathedral town of Downpatri ...
07-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 5
It’s summer in the Mournes, and temperatures are the highest on record, giving the mountain vets a new set of challenges like overheated dogs, dehydrated calves and hot ba ...
19-08-2022
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 4
Gillian adopts three baby hedgehogs and hand feeds them until they can fend for themselves. Helen has to respond to a call from her boss’s husband about a difficult calving.
11-08-2022
BBC 2