Life
Birds
Season 1 Episode 5 of 10
The focus turns to birds, revealing the role of their feathers, the ways in which they attract partners and the challenges they face during the nesting season. Narrator David Attenborough provides an insight into the courtship spectacle of the lesser flamingo on Kenya's Lake Bogoria, and follows chinstrap penguins in Antarctica, which make an exhausting climb up a volcano to feed their young
Life airs on BBC Four HD at 1:50 AM, Wednesday 9 October. (Subtitles, audio description.)
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Nature ➝ Animals ➝ Environment
David Attenborough
Narrator
Martha Holmes
Series Producer
Michael Gunton
Executive Producer