Oliver G. Pike

The film tkes us to the North of England to follow the migration of the black-headed gull down to London. There, the narrator asks viewers to "listen to their gossip", before demonstrating the bird’s flight in slow motion. We see a polecat feasting on gull eggs, and then a man collecting the eggs for human consumption, with the film telling us that they are considered a “delicacy” in London. Indeed, according to the British Trust for Ornithology, around 300,000 gull’s eggs were sold every year in Leadenhall Market in London during the 1930s, when London Visitors was made.

Part of BFI collection "Secrets of Nature."

Part of BFI collection "Secrets of Nature."

Native British birds, from common gulls and cuckoos to the rare Richardson's Skua, are filmed in their natural habitat.

Native British birds, from common gulls and cuckoos to the rare Richardson's Skua, are filmed in their natural habitat.

Scenes of islanders and seabirds on the remote island of St. Kilda.