Swallows Drinking While Flying - Slow Mo!

In South Africa, 3 million barn swallows roost in reed beds before migrating north into Europe. This clips shows in beautiful high-speed and in HD their aerobatic skills allowing them to drink and bathe on the wing.
Earthflight (Winged Planet) uses many different filming techniques to create the experience of flying with birds.
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Narrated by David Tennant
Series Producer: John Downer
Music by Steven Faux and Will Gregory

[@chorton53]

These are some of my favorite birds. Their flight patterns are so fun to watch. They seem so happy flying around being birds.

[@mrgringo7289]

I saw them hunting bugs today after heavy rain and it made me so happy because they looked so cheerful and happy while being extremely stylish.

[@queenzada1026]

Beautiful birds

[@stefanschneider3681]

Beautiful footage! We always enjoy seeing them coming back in spring here in Switzerland 😅

[@Dreamskater100]

Nice.

[@feijida8841]

my favorite bird, their skill of flying is impressive.

[@stefanschneider3681]

I would just ad the swift to the group of amazing skilled flying birds

[@AntPDC]

Breathtaking!

[@GreenWingSpino]

That is so beautiful and rare!

[@patriciabryan9355]

Lovely enjoy them

[@kushalbiswas3507]

Mesmerizing 😍

[@foysalratul]

Majestic

[@seemlyme]

Great documentary and music here

[@glucadl]

Awesome !!!!

[@dewbow134]

i saw them doing that before and thought they were catching fish but then I realized that they never flew back with a fish in their mouth. So pretty! 😍

[@TheMaracaman]

Great work as always John x

[@pietromanca9490]

Amazing love the documentry make more please!!!

[@albert9348]

Pietro Manca its from BBC earth as you can see the mark, go to their channel to watch more animal documentaries.

[@trixyvellin5892]

@@albert9348 no

[@katyspeds7604]

Fabulous

[@lavendersoap]

Awesome

[@sizwembokazi8725]

They have nice wings.

[@jixing747]

好美!

[@esejony65]

But how do they carry the coconuts?

[@A.B.D.555]

They don't.

[@realhayabusa9515]

Flying Swallow

[@Johnnyjit]

To here from Psalms 84:3..

[@svilenkonac2084]

Super bird in real life 👍

[@RavenPaven]

Yep I love Swellow :)

[@jgonascar]

Why aren't they carrying coconuts?

[@GorinStudios]

They're European Swallows. A one ounce bird can't carry a 1 pound coconut.

[@faefiercevulpine6990]

Lol it’s a joke dude

[@A.B.D.555]

@@faefiercevulpine6990 some ppl literally think they carry them

[@johnaldis9832]

@@GorinStudios Maybe two of them could carry it between them, on a creeper?

[@varadagopi6]

wow..#varadaraj

[@khronoskay2749]

I wonder if lara/ciri are called swallow because this bird flies really fast and it's similar to their teleporting skills or something.

[@TheAsif5182]

birds are innocent and the most innocent bird on earth is swallow. God choose her to save his home by elephants troop of abrahaa just to show people that i can kill Big enemies by my little force. Oh my God. i love this bird. my childhood morning and evening has been passed by their crispy sounds . they were in hundreds on the top floor ceiling of woods were their nest they use to go at early morning when dawn shows its first light. and they use to come back at exect sunset .when sun falls on horizon and its light dies slowly.

[@somerandom6181]

How do they take a break during migration

[@ThreePhaseHigh]

Thought this video would be great, but the guy didn’t tell us a thing or next to nothing anyway. If you’re interested, and how great they fly get out your riding lawnmower, and watch them take down all the months that fly out of the grass. Absolutely amazing.

[@tlst9999]

None of them are carrying coconuts.

[@pablopicasso6699]

Nice footage but nobody, and I mean NOBODY can do David Attenboroughs job as well as the legend himself.

[@marcinsteg2643]

Rt5

[@Fishball0423]

sometime video show us evrything

[@rynexmkIII]

swallow's glide....

[@Alam-ni9wq]

no one could attack swallow in the air...

[@chickrepelant]

anyone else here because of monty python?

[@nansvdh]

luid dartelend hier in de lucht ... ik denk aan je*

[@madmansbd44]

@sparklydonkey because no one needs to.

[@irishbeeyotch]

No you're not.

[@marcinsteg2643]

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