Great Britain

Say "urban birds", and most people will think of sparrows, starlings and, perhaps, pigeons. Yet the truth is that an outstanding diversity of bird life exists in and around even our largest cities. Ruddy Duck live and breed quite happily on a London Lake. Black Redstart risk electrocution nesting inside a live electricity transformer, and Kittiwake forsake their cliffside homes for the narrow ledges of a Tyneside Flour mill. This film documents the intriguing changes that birds have made in their behaviour while adapting to an urban existence.