Bird Movies

The birdlife of Northumberland's Farne Islands comes under the spotlight.

Ornithologist Seán Ronayne from Cobh, Co. Cork is on a mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland – that’s...

David Attenborough returns to the island of Madagascar on a very personal quest. In 1960 he visited the island to film one of his first ever...

Nature documentary meets Disney-style cute in this Animaland animated short.

A lively young boy befriends and attempts to raise an abandoned baby jackdaw unbeknownst to his choleric and disapproving father.

The long running, often bitter scientific debate over the origin of birds and the evolution of flight.

An experimental film about a black market surgery. Exploring the meaning of freedom, pain and relief.

An excellent display of how humans can rehabilitate and restore an area where a heavy industry polluted the water so severely that it was unsuitable...

Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild...

Tim Laman a photographer for National Geographic and ornithologist Ed Scholes have been traveling to some of the most remote jungles the world has to...

Devastated by the loss of her baby, Brontë discovers a bird’s nest in her backyard, and with it, an unconventional way to process her...

In this traditional blue-chip documentary we show a dramatic comparison between two environments fed by the same stock of sardine, and dominated by...

In Go Tell It to the Mountain, the speculative realms of archaeology and forensics intersect with these rumours. The word-of-mouth stories blur the...

A little bird tries to fly too soon and lands in Pluto's water dish. Pluto saves it and returns it to the nest but soon the bird tries again. This...

Based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's Nightingale and The Emperor's New Clothes.

Ray Parkes takes in abandoned parrots at his sanctuary in Peachland, British Columbia. Owning a parrot is a huge commitment. They often outlive their...

They hammer, drum and construct – meet the master builders and percussionists of the bird world – and their tenants, like tits, pigeons...