Tiny Guillemot Chick's Treacherous First Flight | BBC Earth

Guillemot chicks have to take a daring first flight from their cliff-edge nests to the open ocean. Dangers lie between; can they evade the hungry Arctic foxes below? Taken from episode 4 of Spy In The Wild Series 2 Spy in the Wild returns to explore mass gatherings among the animal kingdom as its even more lifelike spy creatures infiltrate communities and take you into the heart of the action. Why do animals gather for one-off events? What does it feel like to be part of the herd? And how do they cope with the changing seasons and climate? Welcome to BBC EARTH! The world is an amazing place full of stories, beauty and natural wonder. Here you'll find 50 years worth of entertaining and thought-provoking natural history content. Dramatic, rare, and exclusive, nature doesn't get more exciting than this.

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for now the fox cubs buy their time above more novice flyers are warming up ready or not she must make the leap of faith [Music] [Applause] [Music] she falls short an opportunity for the Fox [Music] the chick is still 300 meters from the sea but her father's calls are beckoning her she's in a race for her life to keep out another spy creature is needed one based on a snowy owl the chick might seem an easy meal but this meal bites bad it's running range run there's novice hunter but there's a long way to go to reach the seed the chick must cross the boulder field [Music] and danger lurks wherever she turns [Music] but this bird has spirit and the boulders offer places to hide [Music] [Music] all the time she's edging closer to the scene it seems harborough's our dough is out foxing the Fox [Music] but she's not safe yet [Music] she's made it a hard lesson for the forks a happy reunion for the chair [Music] [Applause]