A film documentary exploring the growing phenomenon of urban kittiwakes.
An obvious location in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to do some filming!
Kaleel filming the BALTIC kittiwake colony
We spent a couple of hours interviewing the building and facilities manager, Andrew Moore about the impact the nesting kittiwake colony has on the building and the perception of people visiting the BALTIC. What a fantastic viewpoint as a backdrop for our interview!
Andrew Moore and Dr Helen F. Wilson interview at BALTIC
Many thanks to Andrew and the team at BALTIC.
We don’t think any seabirds filming in the north east of England would be complete without a visit to the Northumberland village of Seahouses!
Seahouses is well known for its harbour and also as the gateway to the Farne Islands, one of the most important international seabird breeding colonies. It’s not as much ‘seabirds in the city’ as it is rural northumberland but it’s important to film kittiwakes in more traditional and natural settings too.
Andrew Douglas, skipper of Serenity Farnes Islands Tours kindly let us onboard his fantastic boats to do some filming and also, agreed to do an interview on what the seabird colonies mean for tourism and natural history in the region.
Interviewing Andrew Douglas, skipper of Serenity Farne Islands Boat Tours
Filming at Seahouses Harbour
Onboard Serenity filming around the Farne Islands
Many thanks to Andrew Douglas and the Serenity Farne Islands team!
From May 23rd, the Seabirds in the City team are heading to the North Yorkshire resort town of Scarborough. We’ll be filming the urban population of nesting kittiwakes and we’re also looking to conduct some interviews with people who feel strongly about the kittiwake colonies in Scarborough, whatever your views may be.
If you are business owner or resident and would like to express your opinions during a camera interview on either the 23rd, 24th or 25th May, please send us an email with your name, contact details and a brief overview of your feelings towards the presence of the kittiwake colonies:
production@seabirdsinthecity.com
Many thanks!
