Our Wild Isles series and Save Our Wild Isles films have helped drive crucial action to protect UK nature.

Yesterday, UK and Scottish governments banned industrial sand eel fishing in our North Sea waters. After 25 years of campaigning by conservation organisations, our series created a game-changing moment for the conservation effort.

In the powerful ending to Wild Isles: Our Precious Isles, Sir David Attenborough revealed the plight of puffins, sharing how overfishing and climate change are depleting the sand eels on which they depend. After our episode aired on BBC One and iPlayer, a consultation on a ban was launched by Government the very next day, with an outpouring of public support to close sand eel fisheries.

This is a huge win for internationally important and threatened seabirds, including puffins.

Our BBC series, produced by Silverback Films and co-produced by @rspb @wwf_uk and @theopenuniversity, reveals the wonder and fragility of UK nature – and why action must be taken to protect it.

Our filmmakers set out to tell stories that make a difference, we couldn’t be prouder of this incredible achievement.