Earthflight
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:05 pm
Is anyone else enjoying this series?
It's not often I sit in front of the TV awestruck but this programme is remarkable. With cameras attached to birds the in-flight shots and view of the surroundings of migrating birds are simply astounding.
They are basing each week around one continent and its' birdlife and showing the trials each species face and predators they encounter. Episode 4 (of 6) was on last night and last week's (episode 3) focussed on Europe. It contained the finest sequence of wildlife film making I have ever seen - slow motion footage of Swallows taking feathers for nest building from mid air. (There are no attached cameras to the Swallows). The sequence starts around 30.40 and if you pause at 31.23 exactly, it was this frame that completely took my breath away.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... ht_Europe/
Last night's episode was based in South America and there is lovely footage of a lot of Pierids and Swallowtails mud puddling and taking minerals from a pool in the jungle. Be warned though, some meet a grisly end due to a Sun Bittern. The butterflies start at 23.26.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... h_America/
Apparently the last episode will be a making of.
Lee
It's not often I sit in front of the TV awestruck but this programme is remarkable. With cameras attached to birds the in-flight shots and view of the surroundings of migrating birds are simply astounding.
They are basing each week around one continent and its' birdlife and showing the trials each species face and predators they encounter. Episode 4 (of 6) was on last night and last week's (episode 3) focussed on Europe. It contained the finest sequence of wildlife film making I have ever seen - slow motion footage of Swallows taking feathers for nest building from mid air. (There are no attached cameras to the Swallows). The sequence starts around 30.40 and if you pause at 31.23 exactly, it was this frame that completely took my breath away.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... ht_Europe/
Last night's episode was based in South America and there is lovely footage of a lot of Pierids and Swallowtails mud puddling and taking minerals from a pool in the jungle. Be warned though, some meet a grisly end due to a Sun Bittern. The butterflies start at 23.26.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... h_America/
Apparently the last episode will be a making of.
Lee