Bird Movies

From the North Pole to remote islands, birds can live almost anywhere. How do these resilient animals thrive in such different environments? They...

Swedish filmmaker Mikael Kristersson directs this austere yet beautiful experimental documentary about two European falcons. Shot over the course of...

Nature documentary that takes a breathtaking flight on the wings of birds across six continents and experiences some of the world's greatest natural...

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

Magnús Magnússon´s captivating footage gives viewers the opportunity to experience Icelandic nature in a unique way. The film...

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

A 1934 GB production that was picked up in 1937 by Educational for 20th Century Fox distribution about the gannet, a beautiful white and exceedingly...

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...

A small bird with a fear of flying tries to avoid heading South for the winter.

The story of Darwin's finches and their relationship with other creatures of the Galapagos; tracing their evolution, how the islands were formed and...

This film tells the story of David Rothenberg’s efforts to gather together an international band of musicians to cross the species line and...

Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless persistence. Though presented as pure nature...

With narration from Paul McGann, this ground-breaking film sets out to solve one of nature's mysterious phenomena: the Bewick swan's dramatic...

A witch and a magpie bake a carrot cake together on the anniversary of the witch's roommate's death.

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...

The nightingale and its song, its habitat, nest eggs and young.

When a boy is pushed by his Father to steal a rare Peregrine egg, he finds strength in the natural world to stand up to his Father and experiences...

The eider do not migrate to warmer areas but survive the harsh winters in the North Atlantic. Perhaps that is why nature has provided the eider with...

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