Hugh Maynard

Deadly and with sharp claws, vultures, eagles, and hawks are majestic, wild, and mysterious birds that have always filled our imagination as powerful symbols of nature. Throughout this documentary, follow Fergus Beeley of National Geographic, a passionate bird of prey enthusiast, on an exciting journey from the coast of England to Australia and learn about the evolution of these powerful animals, feared conquerors of the skies...

Each of the twelve 50-minute episodes features a different aspect of the journey through life, from birth to adulthood and continuation of the species through reproduction.

High in the mountains of New Guinea live the Sambia people, a war-like tribe whose secret rituals of initiation are aimed at making their warriors courageous and bold.

Narrated by David Attenborough, this film showcases the bird diversity of the Minsmere Nature Reserve.

Behind the scenes of the documentary series The Trials Of Life showing how some of the footage was captured and interviews with the experts that informed them.

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.