Activity

As pupils watch the film, ask them to note down the key characteristics of at least one species of bird. Alternatively, give them the key features of 3 different species and ask them to identify them as the film plays.

Now, give pupils a table that allows them to classify the (selected) birds from the film (the film shows: guillemots, gulls, puffins, gannets, a sparrow-hawk, baby buzzards, a reed-warbler, cuckoo, turtle dove, hooded raven and the Richardson's Skua).

These tables of observations can then be used to construct a classification key for the birds.

Some more ideas

• What can students learn from the film about how certain birds have adapted to their different environments.