Transcript:
| Timespan | Content |
| 0:00.1 – 0:02.0 | [Title: Birds of Fire] |
| 0:02.0 – 0:35.6 | [A shot inside the Hall facing the fire place fades in. The title fades out. A stop motion animation of a nest being built plays on top of the footage]
The jackdaws [pause] build a nest in the chimney pots. The nest used to fall down onto the lintels which were made of wood. And for years, and years, and years, these nests, old nests built up, and in those days, of course, the Hall was very cold. Although it wasn’t being lived in, they did keep the fires lit. [The colours of the video desaturate more and a fire animation appears] These fires smoldered away days and night and eventually, we think, the beams caught a light, before they eventually burst into flame, which was on the January 1822. But the jackdaws were the ones who originally started it. |
| 0:35.6 – 1:04.3 | And where I live in Seaton Delaval, which is just up the road, I live in a very old house and we have the jackdaws who nest in our chimney pots.
[The video de-saturates to black and white] But a few years ago, one of our neighbours came around, very, very concerned [jackdaw sounds can be heard in the background] because he could hear all the scratching and squawking going on. So, him and my husband dragged out the old fireplace which wasn’t lit. And there in the fireplace were two baby jackdaws. [Two hand drawn jackdaws fade in at the fireplace] And they were fabulous cause they had the most beautiful blue eyes. We looked at the fireplace and all we could see were these blue eyes looking back at us. |
| 1:04.3 – 1:12.0 | Fascinating! Absolutely fascinating birds! And they are linked with Seaton Delaval Hall and Northumberland.
[The video fades out. The two jackdaw drawings remain. The jackdaw sounds in the background fade out. The video fades to black] |