Have you ever wondered how birds make colourful feathers? Join Heather as she investigates what makes feathers the colours they are, from the bright red of a Robin to the dazzling blue of a Peacock. Credits: Presented and produced by Heather Lampard Filmed and edited by Jim Lampard (www.jimlampard.co.uk) Music: Lightfoot by Aaron Liebermann (YouTube audio library) Barton_springs (YouTube audio library) Afrola by Bird Creek (YouTube audio library) Social media: Subscribe on YouTube - www.youtube.com/bristolnaturechannel Follow us on Twitter - @bristolnatchan https://twitter.com/bristolnatchan Like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BristolNatureChannel Follow us on Instagram - @bristolnaturechannel Equipment: Camera - Canon 550d If you found this topic as interesting as we did, here are a few links to some of the papers and articles we used to write this film: How Birds Make Colorful Feathers - https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/how-birds-make-colorful-feathers/ Beautiful Compounds: How Birds’ Feathers Get Their Color - https://ubrp.arizona.edu/beautiful-compounds-how-birds-feathers-get-their-color/ Specific Appetite for Carotenoids in a Colorful Bird - http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010716