Earthflight Swallows Drinking on the Wing

In South Africa, 3 million barn swallows roost in reed beds before migrating north into Europe. This clips shows in beautiful highspeed and in HD their aerobatic skills allowing them to drink and bathe on the wing. Earthflight uses many different filming techniques to create the experience of flying with birds. Earthflight Episode 2 Africa showing Thursday 5th January at 8pm on BBC One. For more information about the series visit For more information about John Downer Productions visit our website: A John Downer Production Narrated by David Tennant Series Producer: John Downer Music by Steven Faux and Will Gregory br, br,