Top Cinema 2026 Movies 2025 Movies 2024 Movies Action Horror Comedy Thriller

The Life of Birds

The Life of Birds

The Life of Birds

1998 1 Seasons 10 Episodes ⭐ 8.2 Documentary

In the documentary series produced by the BBC, The Life of Birds, Sir David Attenborough unveils a new investigation into the behaviour of birds, perfectly adapted animals that conquer the air. This ten-part series reveals the secret of the birds' great success, their remarkable strategies for finding food, their complex social systems, and their ingenious and often bizarre ways of mating and breeding. From the high speed of large airborne hunters to long distance migrations or the bright colors of nectar feeding hummingbirds, this is the ultimate bird series that every ornithologist should not miss.

In the documentary series produced by the BBC, The Life of Birds, Sir David Attenborough unveils a new investigation into the behaviour of birds, perfectly adapted animals that conquer the air. This ten-part series reveals the secret of the birds' great success, their remarkable strategies for finding food, their complex social systems, and their ingenious and often bizarre ways of mating and breeding. From the high speed of large airborne hunters to long distance migrations or the bright colors of nectar feeding hummingbirds, this is the ultimate bird series that every ornithologist should not miss.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

To Fly or Not to Fly?

The first episode looks at how birds first took to the skies in the wake of the insects. It begins in Mexico, where Atte

EP 2

The Mastery of Flight

The second programme deals with the mechanics of flight. Getting into the air is by far the most exhausting of a bird's

EP 3

The Insatiable Appetite

A look at the constant need to feed necessitated by the demands of flight in species from sap suckers and crows, to robi

EP 4

Meat-Eaters

This epsiode looks at those birds that have become strictlt meat eaters from eagles and hawks to owls and vultures.

EP 5

Fishing for a Living

A look at those birds that look to fishing as their main food source. From gulls and ducks to cormorants and cranes.

EP 6

Signals and Songs

A look at the way birds communicate. The program shows us how calls of warning can unite a community of birds against a

EP 7

Finding Partners

A look at how birds attract and select mates. The survey ranges from common birds such as the sparrow to the more exotic

EP 8

The Demands of the Egg

A look at eggs and what birds go through to produce and protect them. This epsiode ranges from the mating flights to fle

EP 9

The Problems of Parenthood

This episode looks at the problems birds face in raising their young. It ranges from parrots who are very active parents

EP 10

The Limits of Endurance

A look at how birds deal with hostile environments and with people. The episode ranges from crows in Japan that use traf

Popular Cast

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Self - Narrator (voice)