The Minsmere Year

The World of Budgerigars

Sid James learns of the joys of owning a budgerigar.

1976

Winged Migration

This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer homes to the equator and back, covering thousands of

2001

China's Secret Monkey Kingdom

2021

Seabirds in the Shetland Islands

Footage of the seabirds found in the Shetland Isles. One of a group of films made by Jenny Brown and bought by John Grierson for the GPO Film Library

1932

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

A homeless musician finds meaning in his life when he starts a friendship with dozens of parrots.

2003

Falklandinseln : Pinguine auf dem Vormarsch

2010

The Gulls

Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless persistence. Though presented as pure nature study, t

1944

Dysphonias

After a premonition of an unusual bird, a father loses his voice. His daughter undertakes a search to rediscover him, through an intimate narrative th

2024

Kea - Mountain Parrot

This documentary tells the story of the inimitable kea. The 'Clown of the Alps' is heralded as the world’s smartest bird (its intelligence rivals a mo

The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco

Documentary about the harpy eagle, which feeds on monkeys.

2010

Purple Haze: A Conservation Film

Follow one man’s journey chasing America’s favorite backyard bird halfway around the world and back.

La fabuleuse histoire des oiseaux, des dinosaures parmi nous

2025

Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough

The remarkable story of one woman raising an army of over 10,000 people to help save one of the rarest birds on Earth from the depths of extinction.

2024

A Day on the Broads

With their gramophone perched on the back of their launch, the family set off for a day of rest and relaxation on the Broads and Suffolk coast.

1929

Attenborough's Big Birds

Meet the big birds, a feathered family who have never flown a day in their lives! From ostriches to kiwis, these bizarre birds appear to be nature's g

2015

Constable: A Country Rebel

The Haywain by John Constable is such a comfortingly familiar image of rural Britain that it is difficult to believe it was ever regarded as a revolut

2014

Owl's Odyssey

When a female barn-owl's home - an old disused barn - is demolished, she has to seek a new place to live. On the way, flying through forests and acros

2013

Концерт

1941

Puffin Season

This film is about the traditional puffin catch in the Westman Islands and shows the fowlers in action, often performing breathtaking feats in the soa

1975

Dessine - moi une hirondelle